"Les Pommes et Feuilles"

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(1958)

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"Les Pommes et Feuilles" 1958, color lithograph, full margins with deckles all four sides, 11 7/8" x 17 1/2"; 303x448mm. Arches watermark.  Signed and numbered in pencil, lower margin.  Printed and published by Mourlot, Paris. A very good impression with strong colors [Vallier 114].

"Les Pommes et Feuilles" (Apples and Leaves) was actually executed before 1958 and was part of an album conceived for the 100th anniversary of the Imprimerie Mourlot.  It was published in 1958.

Georges Braque first engaged in lithography in 1921, enticed by the broad possibilities offered by the medium.  Lithography, though requiring drawing, is more aligned with painting and color.  Braque's early lithographs echo the color schemes of his paintings, employing browns, blacks and yellows. After a hiatus from lithography, Braque resumed the process from 1945 until his death. Unlike his etchings and earlier lithographs, Braque restrains stone grain from his lithographs, focusing on color with strokes deliberately thickened and massive to have an impact on color.  His strokes are 'painted strokes' modeled on painting, not drawing.

"Les Pommes et Feuilles" is in a Roma 'Tabacchino' 31" x 36" olive leaf hand-finished veneer frame with colors echoing those in the lithograph. The  Larson-Juhl 'Antica' chestnut wood fillet echoes the frame. The outer camel linen and inner 8-ply khaki mats are acid and lignin free and protected with Acrylite-AR OP3 (UV) by CYRO ...............  $4,500.00