BRAQUES, Georges | Hommage a Georges Braque. Derriere le Miroir

Braques, Georges et al. Hommage a Georges Braque. Derriere le Miroir 144, 145, 146. Paris: Maeght Editeur, 1964. 

Folio; 86 loose leaves; 4 original color lithographs by Miró, Tal-Coat, Ubac and Pallut; 1 original b/w lithograph by Picasso; 9 color reproductions of George Braque's work; 2 color reproductions of work by Giacometti and Bissiere; 1 engraving l'eau-forte by Georges Braque after “Les trois oiseaux sur fond violet”; plates by additional artists including Man Ray, Marc Chagall, and others. light edgewear; autograph annotations on pp. 1–15; in lithographic wraps; lightly soiled; sunned spine; mild edgewear.

First edition of 350 copies, the full edition. In French. 

Painter, collagist, and sculptor Georges Braque co-founded Cubism with Pablo Picasso and revolutionized twentieth-century painting. Throughout his oeuvre, which comprised mostly still lifes, Braque fractured the picture plane in order to explore a variety of viewpoints; he painted in muted tones, fragmenting and reconstructing tablescapes into energetic, geometric forms. Braque also made innovative collages: He helped develop the papier collé technique, pasting imitation wood-grain paper to his Cubist compositions. The artist originally trained as a decorator before turning to fine art. He embraced Impressionism and Fauvism, then solidified his signature Cubist style. After serving in World War I, Braque adopted vibrant color palettes and a freer, more naturalistic style. During his lifetime, the artist enjoyed retrospectives at the Louvre and Kunsthalle Basel. Today, his work belongs in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and the Centre Pompidou, among others. On the secondary market, a number of Braque’s pieces have sold for eight figures. This fine edition was  published the year after Braque's death with contributions from his friends and colleagues, such as Picasso, Miró, Giacometti, Chagall, Brassaï, Chillida, and others.