Sep 20, 2018 - Sale 2485

Sale 2485 - Lot 410

Price Realized: $ 6,250
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 6,000 - $ 9,000
GEORGES BRAQUE
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Color lithograph, 1932. 370x300 mm; 14 5/8x11 7/8 inches, full margins. An hors commerce impression, aside from the edition of 75. Signed, numbered 10/11 and inscribed "H.C." in pencil, lower margin. Printed by Berdon, Paris. Published by the artist, Paris.

Considered by Braque as one of his most important lithographs. According to Bouvet, Braque helped Berdon with the printing and changed the inking of the stone several times, which explains the color variations in different impressions of this print. Vallier 19.