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Fine art print on Japon paper This artwork is Le Poète (The Poet), created in 1958 by the pioneering French modernist Georges Braque.
Artwork Details
• Artist: Georges Braque (1882–1963), co-founder of Cubism along with Pablo Picasso.
• Medium: Color lithograph printed on paper.
• Origin: This piece was originally designed as the cover imagery for the collaborative art book titled Cinq poésies en hommage à Georges Braque (Five Poems in Homage to Georges Braque), which featured text by poet René Char.
• Key Motifs: The composition pairs a stylized, classical profile of a head (the poet) with a dynamic, silhouetted soaring bird alongside floral flourishes—both recurring symbols of freedom, nature, and creative expression in Braque's late career.
• Signatures: This specific print bears Braque's distinct hand-written signature in pencil on the lower right and the edition numbers (such as 2/75) inscribed on the lower left. |
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