Le Tir à l'arc

Georges Braque

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 lithographs in colors, one original etching on the cover, two original woodcuts on the protective pages at the beginning and at the 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.