Oiseau Des Forets
Artist
Georges Braque
(Argenteuil, France, 1882 - 1963)
Date1958
Mediumcolour lithograph on paper
ClassificationsPrints
DimensionsOverall: Height: 54 cm, Width: 72 cm
Frame: Height: 79.2 cm, Width: 99.5 cm
Frame: Height: 79.2 cm, Width: 99.5 cm
AcquisitionPurchased in 1981 with assistance from the National Fund for Acquisitions.
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG011710
Keywords
- Bird of the Forests - Bird XVII
Braque saw the bird form as a liberating force in his art, stating in 1956, "I used guitars, tables, carafes, sand and wallpaper to express what I had to say. Now it is the bird that helps me to explain myself. I started on the ground and now I am slowly moving up toward the sky."
Clearly Braque was particularly pleased with this lithograph, for he chose to use it as a poster for one of the last exhibitions of his graphic work to be held during his lifetime, at the Galérie Nicolas Rauch in Geneva in September 1958.
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