Sale 2460 - Old Master Through Modern Prints, November 2, 2017

432 432A 432 c GEORGES BRAQUE (after) L’Oiseau jaune . Color lithograph, 1959. 405x565 mm; 16x22 1 / 4 inches, full margins. Signed and numbered 72/300 in pencil, lower margin. Published by Maeght, Paris, with the blind stamp lower left. A superb impression with strong colors. Maeght 1031. [2,000/3,000] 432A c GEORGES BRAQUE (after) Les Deux Oiseaux . Color lithograph, 1963. 1190x1600 mm; 46x62 inches, full margins. Proof before text. A superb impression of this monumental color lithograph; very scarce in ths issue. Based on the artist’s color lithograph, Oiseaux , 1963, which was issued both as a limited edition of 75 signed and numbered impressions as well as a standard poster edition for the exhibition, “Les bijoux de Braque,” Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, March-April 1963. This larger version of the subject was likely also used for promotion of the exhibition throughout Paris. cf. Vallier 184. [3,000/5,000]