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384 ● GEORGES BRAQUE
L’Oiseau et son ombre II.
Color aquatint and etching, 1961. 335x585 mm; 131/4x23 inches, full margins. Signed and
numbered 21/75 in pencil, lower margin. Printed and published by Maeght, Paris. A
superb impression with strong colors.
As early as 1929 Braque (1882-1963) explored avian imagery in his illustrations for Hesiod’s