283 / 462
Théogonie
, a series of Greek myths on the origin of the cosmos and the gods who shaped
the world. By 1939, Braque was expressing vanitas ideas in paint, specifically in the form
of the bird: in his
Atelier
series he included a star-shaped embryonic bird on canvas on a
cruciform easel. These
apercus
did not come to full fruition until the 1950s/early 1960s
when Braque explored the form, shape and color of the bird more extensively in both his
prints and paintings.Vallier 157.
[10,000/15,000]