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Georges Braque
(1882 - 1963)

Decentes Aux Enfers (Descent into Hell)



Georges Braque was born on May 13, 1882, in Argenteuil sur Seine and spent his early years in Le Havre, France. He trained as a house painter to take up the family business, but in 1897, also enrolled in evening art classes at the municipal art school there, where he first met artists Othon Friesz and Raoul Dufy. A few years later, in 1900, Braque moved to Paris to apprentice with a decorator, and then, after completing one year of military...



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IMPRESSIONIST AND MODERN ART AUCTION
15-16 FEBRUARY 2012

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Georges Braque
Decentes Aux Enfers (Descent into Hell)

Signed 'G. Braque' in pencil (lower right)
1961
Lithograph in colours on Japan paper
12.5 x 9.5 in (31.8 x 24.1 cm)

PUBLISHED:
Dora Vallier, Georges Braque, The Complete Graphics, alpine Fine Arts, United Kingdom 1988, no. 171

Category: Print Making
Style: Figurative


 









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