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Si je mourais là-bas.

Creator: Georges Braque
Offered by: Shapero Gallery

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BRAQUE, GEORGES; APOLLINAIRE, GUILLAUME.
Si je mourais là-bas.
Stock Code 96247
Paris, Louis Brodeur, 1962
£65,000
Published in 1962, just a year before Braque died, the timely Si je mourais là-bas [If I die over there] was a suite of eighteen wood-engravings to accompany poems from Guillaume Apollinaire's Poèmes à Lou, which Braque himself selected and edited accordingly. Braque had been a close companion of Apollinaire, who died forty years prior to the series but gave a lot of good publicity to Braque and his fellow Cubists. Despite this, Braque felt that his friend, who was also an art critic, understood nothing about painting, a source of playful tension between the pair which may have contributed to the obscure nature of the suite's images.

Pierre-Lucien Martin (1913-85) was one of the most successful French binders of the XX century. He was trained at the École Estiènne in Paris and gained experience in several binderies before emerging as a designer in his own right after the Second World His designs are characterised by understated colour, impressive three-dimensional effects, and the intricate but highly logical application of geometry. This volume is a superb example of his work.

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Documentation:	Signed
Origin:	France
Period:	1950-1979
Creation Date:	1962
Styles / Movements:	Modern, Mid Century
Dealer Reference #:	96247
Incollect Reference #:	584319

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Shapero Gallery Located in the heart of Mayfair, London, Shapero Gallery specializes in prints and original works on paper, ranging from antique prints to modern pochoir plates and photography. For inquiries, contact us at +44.207.493.0876 or gallery@shapero.com.

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