Mar 07, 2002 - Sale 1927

Sale 1927 - Lot 40

Price Realized: $ 8,050
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 5,000 - $ 8,000
GEORGES BRAQUE
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Color lithograph, 1932. 370x300 mm; 14 5/8x11 7/8 inches, full margins. Signed and numbered 28/75 in pencil, lower margin. Printed by Berdon, Paris. Time and mat stain, mat stain verso.

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 one sees in different impressions of this print. Bouvet 19.