Georges, Braque, Archery, 1960
1960
Illustrated book in sheets
23 x 16 cm
Texts by D.T. Suzuki, E. Herrigel and G. Braque, Louis Broder éditeur, Paris, 1960, including eight original color lithographs, an original etching on the cover, two original woodcuts on the protective pages at the beginning and end of the volume.
Catalog raisonné : Vallier 153
In the catalog presenting the Tir à l’arc exhibition at Galerie Gérald Cramer in May 1960, Jean Paulhan wrote: “…. In my opinion, it is one of these signs, and the most pressing, that the meeting, at this extreme point where art and life merge, of a Japanese Zen master, a German philosopher and a French painter…”. Like a dialogue between these texts and Georges Braque’s aphorisms and thoughts, the book is illustrated by the artist with lithographs, etchings and woodcuts.
About the author
Georges Braque (1882-1963)
The creator of Cubism with Pablo Picasso around 1907, after the First World War he adopted a more traditional aesthetic with a fairly dark color palette. Still lifes and landscapes are bathed in a calm, silent atmosphere. Georges Braque was also a painter of birds, which figured prominently in his late work. In 1953, they were given pride of place on the ceiling of the Salle Henri II at the Louvre. A close friend of poets such as René Char, Francis Ponge and Pierre Reverdy, Georges Braque illustrated numerous texts.
