GEORGES BRAQUE UNIQUE ORIGINAL INK DRAWING SIGNED c1945 Start Price USD 10,000.00 Current Price USD 10,000.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Tuesday, July 08, 2008 End Time Friday, July 18, 2008 Location Madrid See more about 'GEORGES BRAQUE UNIQUE ORIGINAL INK DRAWING SIGNED c1945' Description nousavons Store FREE DHL / SEUR WORLDWIDE SHIPPINGARTIST:Georges BRAQUE [1882-1963]MEDIUM:Ink on Paper / Encre sur papier / Tinta sobre papelIMAGE SIZE:3 1/4 in x 4 1/2 in (8 x 11,5 cm.) FRAME SIZE:13 in x 14 1/4 in (33 x 36 cm.)SIGNATURE: Hand signed in ink by Braque, in the lower left corner.Inscribed in ink by Braque, in the upper right corner.YEAR:circa 1945 EDITION:Unique.CONDITION:This work is in excellent condition (see photograph). FRAMING: Conservation framed with archival materials and museum quality, this work is set in a fine quality hand carved French-Style gilded frame with a delicade moulding. The gold tone of the frame accentuates the work. Completed with black mat, this piece of art is set behind an archival Plexiglas® cover. SHIPMENT: FREE DHL / SEUR WORLDWIDE SHIPPING Georges  Braque  Birth Year : 1882Death Year : 1963Country : FranceGeorges Braque was born on May 13, 1882, in Argenteuil-sur-Seine, France. He grew up in Le Havre and studied evenings at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts there from about 1897 to 1899. He left for Paris to study under a master decorator to receive his craftsman certificate in 1901. From 1902 to 1904, he painted at the Académie Humbert in Paris, where he met Marie Laurencin and Francis Picabia. By 1906, Braque's work was no longer Impressionist but Fauve in style; after spending that summer in Antwerp with Othon Friesz, he showed his Fauve work the following year in the Salon des Indépendants in Paris. His first solo show was at Daniel-Henri Kahnweiler's gallery in 1908. From 1909, Pablo Picasso and Braque worked together in developing Cubism; by 1911, their styles were extremely similar. In 1912, they started to incorporate collage elements into their paintings and to experiment with the papier collé (pasted paper) technique. Their artistic collaboration lasted until 1914. Braque served in the French army during World War I and was wounded; upon his recovery in 1917, he began a close friendship with Juan Gris.After World War I, Braque's work became freer and less schematic. His fame grew in 1922 as a result of an exhibition at the Salon d'Automne in Paris. In the mid-1920s, Braque designed the decor for two Sergei Diaghilev ballets. By the end of the decade, he had returned to a more realistic interpretation of nature, although certain aspects of Cubism [more] always remained present in his work. In 1931, Braque made his first engraved plasters and began to portray mythological subjects. His first important retrospective took place in 1933 at the Kunsthalle Basel. He won First Prize at the Carnegie International, Pittsburgh, in 1937.During World War II, Braque remained in Paris. His paintings at that time, primarily still lifes and interiors, became more somber. In addition to paintings, Braque also made lithographs, engravings, and sculpture. From the late 1940s, he treated various recurring themes, such as birds, ateliers, landscapes, and seascapes. In 1954, he designed stained-glass windows for the church of Varengeville. During the last few years of his life, Braque's ill health prevented him from undertaking further large-scale commissions, but he continued to paint, make lithographs, and design jewelry. He died on August 31, 1963, in Paris. Place a Bid!