Oiseau noir sur fond vert
Georges Braque
1962
Original woodcut in large margins on pure wove paper for Si je mourais là-bas by Guillaume Apollinaire, Paris, Louis Broder éditeur, 1962
73.1 x 47 cm
Numbered in pencil lower left, signed by the artist in pencil lower right
Printed by Féquet and Baudier, Paris
Catalog raisonné : Vallier 181
Very early in his work, around 1929, Georges Braque used the "bird" motif. A recurring theme right up to the end of his life, it may be thought that the artist was seeking to represent lightness, freedom and escape. Always using the woodcut technique,
Here, the black bird seems to be flying over a green plain.
