Oct 31, 2008 - Sale 2160

Sale 2160 - Lot 377

Price Realized: $ 3,120
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 5,000
THE ARTIST'S FIRST PRINT GEORGES BRAQUE
Étude de nu.

Etching on cream laid Japan paper, 1907-8. 275x197 mm; 10 7/8x7 3/4 inches, wide margins. Printed by Visat, Paris. Published by Maeght, Paris. A superb, richly-inked impression of this scarce, early print.

After a first printing of only several trial proofs in 1907-8, Maeght published an edition of 25 impressions on Auvergne and 30 impressions on Rives in 1953. Vallier 1.