Braque Georges - Georges Braque: a life

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ISBN: 978-1-61145-407-9

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I prefer the man to the artist. Cezanne was not an artist, but Manet was. If you follow me.

Braque

What we see is not what we see but who we are.

Pessoa

Portrait by Robert Doisneau (1953)

All works by Braque unless otherwise indicated.

1. Landscape near Antwerp, 1906 (Solomon R.Guggenheim Museum, New York, Thannhauser Collection, Gift, Justin K.Thannhauser, 1978.78.2514.1. ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2005. Photo: Solomon R.Guggenheim Museum/David Heald).

2. The Little Bay of La Ciotat, 1907 (Muse national dart moderne, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France. ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2005. Photo: Giraudon/The Bridgeman Art Library).

3. Picasso, Les Demoiselles dAvignon, 1907 (New York, Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). Succession Picasso/DACS 2005. Photo: The Art Archive/Museum of Modern Art New York/ Album/Joseph Martin).

4. Houses at LEs taque, 1908 (Rupf Foundation, Bern, Switzerland. ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2005. Photo: Giraudon/ The Bridgeman Art Library).

5. Girl with a Cross, 1911 (Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth. ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2005. Photo: 2005 by Kimbell Art Museum).

6. Still Life with Musical Instruments, 1908 (Private Collection. ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2005. Photo: Lauros/ Giraudon/The Bridgeman Art Library).

7. Man with a Guitar, 1911 (New York, Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2005. Photo: Scala, Florence/MoMA/2003).

8. Picasso, The Accordionist, 1911 (Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York. Gift Solomon R. Guggenheim, 1937. 37-537. Succession Picasso/DACS 2005. Photo: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum/David Heald).

9. Fruit Dish and Glass, 1912 (Private Collection. ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2005).

10. Violin, 1914 (The Cleveland Museum of Art. ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2005. Photo: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonarde. Hanna,Jr., Fund, 1968.196).

11. Violin and Pitcher, 1910 (Kunstmuseum, Basel, Switzerland. ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2005. Photo: Giraudon/The Bridgeman Art Library).

12. The Round Table, 1929 (Phillips Collection, Washington, DC, USA. ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2005. Photo: The Bridgeman Art Library).

13. The Black Fish, 1942 (Muse national dart moderne, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France. ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2005. Photo: Giraudon/The Bridgeman Art Library).

14. The Braque ceiling in the Louvre, 1953 (The Louvre, Paris, France. ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2005. Photo: Giraudon/The Bridgeman Art Library).

15. The Bird and Its Nest, 1955 (Muse national dart moderne, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France. ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2005 Photo: Giraudon/The Bridgeman Art Library).

16. Studio VIII, 1954-5 (Private Collection. ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2005. Photo: Christies Images Ltd).

17. A seven-colour lithograph from Lettera Amorosa, 1963 ( ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2005).

18. The Weeding Machine, 1961-3 (Muse national dart moderne, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France. ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2005. Photo: The Bridgeman Art Library/Peter Willi).

1. Marie Laurencin and Georges Lepape at the Moulin de la Galette, 1904 (Private Collection. ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2005).

2. Marie Laurencin, Georges Braque at the Easel, 1904 (Private Collection. ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2005).

3. Georges Lepape, Georges Braque, c. 1905 (Private Collection. ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2005).

4. Large Nude, 1908 (Muse national dart moderne, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France. ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2005).

5. Woman, 1908 (Whereabouts unknown. ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2005).

6. Houses at LEstaque (Houses and Tree), 1908 (Donation Genevive et Jean Masurel. Muse dart moderne Lille Metropole, Villeneuve dAscq. ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2005. Photo: Philip Bernard).

7. Marie Wassilief, The Braque Banquet, 1917 (Courtesy Claude Berns, Paris).

8. Greetings card: No Braquing any time ( Judy Horacek www.horacek.com.au).

9. Violin: Mozart/Kubelick, 1912 (Private Collection, Basel, Switzerland. ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2005. Photo: Lauros/Giraudon/The Bridgeman Art Library).

10. Homage to]. S. Bach, 1911-12 (Private Collection. ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2005. Photo: The Bridgeman Art Library).

11. Picasso, The Reading of the Letter, 1921 (Muse Picasso, Paris. Succession Picasso/DACS 2005. Photo: RMN/J.G. Berizzi).

12. Hesiod and the Muse, 1932, an etching for the Theogony ( ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2005. Photo: Roger-Viollet/ Rex Features).

13. ApagefromBraques Cahier (Paris: Maeght, 1994. ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2005.).

14. Deaths Head, 1943 (The Laurens Archive. ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2005).

15. The Stove, 1942 (Yale University Art Gallery. Gift of Paul Rosenberg and Company in Memory of Paul Rosenberg. ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2005. Photo: Yale University Art Gallery.).

16. An etching for The Order of Birds, 1962 ( ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2005. Photo: Roger-Viollet/Rex Features).

17. Giacometti, Georges Braque on His Deathbed, 1963 (Alberto Giacometti, Georges Braque on His Deathbed, 1963. ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2005).

Frontispiece: portrait by Robert Doisneau, 1953 ( Robert Dois-neau/Rapho)

1. Charles and Georges Braque at Harfleur, c. 1895 (The Laurens Archive).

2. Aged sixteen, playing the flute (The Laurens Archive).

3. Marie Laurencin by Man Ray, 1924 ( Man Ray Trust/ ADAGP, Paris andDACS, London 2005. Photo: ADAGP, Banque dImages, Paris 2005).

4. Braques Paris studio by Robert Doisneau, 1957 ( Robert Doisneau/Rapho).