GEORGES BRAQUE
Argenteuil-sur-Seine, 1882 - 1963 Paris

The Green Nest - circa 1950
Hand Signed and Hand Numbered Color Etching and Aquatint

Title : The Green Nest.

Technique : Color Etching and Aquatint on BFK Rives paper

Paper size : 38 x 50,5 cm / 15 x 19.9 in

Plate size : 23 x 31 cm / 9.1 x 12.2 in

Additional Information : This work is Hand Signed in pencil by the artist at the lower right margin "G.Braque"
It is also Hand Numbered in pencil at the lower left margin "63/300".
This Etching was printed by Crommelynck, Paris, based on a painting by Braque, and published by Maeght, Paris in circa 1950.
The paper bears the printers blind stamp at the lower right margin.
The work was printed in a limited edition of 300 hand signed and numbered impressions.
Braque was very involved in the printing process, overseeing the engraver and correcting the proofs when necessary.

Literature: "Braque: The Complete Graphics Catalogue Raisonne", by Dora Vallier, published by Alpine Fine Arts collection, NY, 1982.
Reference: Maeght 1028, page 294, illustrated.

Condition : Very Good condition, apart from pale light stain, matstain. Two minor folds at the upper and lower right margin.