Georges, Braque, The Poet, 1958

1958

Original lithograph in color on Japon nacré paper for the cover of the original edition of Cinq poésies en hommage à Georges Braque by René Char, Genève, Edwin Engelberts éditeur, 1958

55 x 70.5 cm

Numbered in pencil lower left of 75, signed by the artist in pencil lower right

Tirage Mourlot, Paris

Catalogue raisonné : Vallier 131

This original color lithograph forms the cover of the book Cinq poésies en hommage à Georges Braque with text by René Char. For the book, the paper margins are folded inside. The friendship between René Char and Georges Braque began in 1945, as evidenced by the many illustrated books they produced together. The right-hand side of the subject shows a Greek-inspired profile of a man, while on the left a bird seems to be joining him.