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Georges Braque (1882-1963), Etching ‘Le Lierre’, 1955

Currency:EUR Category:Collectibles Start Price:700.00 EUR Estimated At:1,120.00 - 1,400.00 EUR
Georges Braque (1882-1963), Etching ‘Le Lierre’, 1955
The colour etching ‘Le Lierre’ [The Ivy] by Georges Braque shows a bouquet of ivy leaves in a vase. The motif is typical of Braque’s work from the 1950s. The slightly abstracted forms and the dissolved perspective also characterise his other still lifes from this period. This is one of Braque’s largest etchings and it stands out due to the refined grain of the background, which was achieved by using multiple plates. The etching was not created for commercial use (‘H.C.’ – hors de commere).



The etching is in good condition. The vellum is a little browned and discoloured above the plate, where the mat is laid down. It is signed in pencil lower right ’G Braque’ and inscribed lower left ‘H.C.’ [hors de commerce]. On the back it is titled ‘Le Lierre’. Framed the work measures 66 x 56.5 cm. The sheet measures 56.3 x 45 cm, the plate measures 34 x 36.5 cm.



Georges Braque (1882-1963)

Georges Braque was born in Argenteuil, a suburb of Paris, in 1882. He began with his studies as an artist in Paris in 1900. At the beginning of his career, the artist was very much influenced by the Salon d’Automne, the young French Fauvists. At the same time, Braque studied the much reduced, architectural works of Cézanne. In 1907, Georges Braque met Pablo Picasso. The two artists started workin together very closely. In 1909 an art critic described Braque’s works as ‘cubist grotesques’ and the term Cubism was coined. Two years later, Braque was seriously wounded in the First World War. After the war, he increasingly painted still lifes with a main focus on the effect of colour.
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