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GEORGES BRAQUE (French 1882-1963) A PRINT, "Le Couple, From Lettera Amorosa," 1963, original color lithograph on Arches paper, signed in pencil L/R, "G. Braque," number 34/75, verso pencil titled. Image: 12 1/4" x 8 1/2", sheet: 15" x 11". Note: Catalogue raisonné, Dora Vallier, Number 187, pg. 53. One of  twenty-nine color lithographs created by Georges Braque for the book by poet René Char entitled Lettera Amorosa, published by Edwin Engelberts, Geneva, printed by Mourlot, Paris, 1963. Reference: Christie's Sale 8990, Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Prints, New York, Park Avenue, 2-3 November 1998, lot 117; and Sale 1412, Prints and Multiples, New York, 28 September 2004, lot 315.

  • Condition: Some fingerprint smudges lower center, acid darkening on boarder, tape residue on back, pencil markings verso, but otherwise in good condition, wear commensurate with age.

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