Georges Braque: "L'oiseau jaune" Yellow Bird, 1959, Lithograph Mourlot

Technique:	Lithograph printed in 5 colours, mongrammed on the stone, lower right This is N O T a mass-produced reprint (photomechanical reproduction such as offset lithographs or giclée prints) but the lithograph from 1959, lithographed and printed by Mourlot after a painting by the artist.
Size / Paper:	38 x 55,5 cm / 15" x 21.8" (sheet), printed on velin paper with text on the reverse and the typical centerfold, as published in 1959
Year:	1959
Edition:	One of about 3000 impressions from the unsigned edition. In addition, 300 impressions on wove paper with full margins were pulled and pencil-signed by the artist.
Published by:	Maeght, Paris
Printed by:	Mourlot, Paris
Remarks:	*This print is not an original lithograph by Georges Braque, but was produced in 1959 by one of the lithographers of the famous Mourlot studio in Paris, who used to work for Braque. It is based on one of Braque’s paintings. Nevertheless, the work is not an art print at all. Vallier or Maeght, respectively, write in the catalogue raisonné for these works: "He [Braque] was involved in the production of these prints, he supervised and guided the work of the engraver or lithographer, he himself revised several pieces, corrected the prints and then gave his final approval by signing each exemplar." This unsigned exemplar is also an authentic print, since it was produced with the same stones and in the same year (1959) as the signed prints. Just to clarify: the signed prints are also not original lithographs, even though this is often claimed and they are offered for 4-digit sums.
Documentation / References:	Vallier, Dora. Braque. The Complete Graphics, London 1988, page 295, No. 1031 Your print is being delivered with an abstract from the a.m. catalogue raisonné for your files. In addition, you'll receive a proof of identity (without selling price in case this print is intended as a present).
Condition:	Read more A well preserved, untouched impression from the archives. Frame not included in delivery.

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