Description

Penguin 1st 1959
small 4to paperback in wraps. 32 pages of text + 32 pages
of plates (16 b/w, 16 col). V v min wr to edges of cvrs,
underlining + notes to some pages, slight wr, small chps + small trs to wraps o/w VG+/VG 180 gms
(Order reference 14865).

From the blub:

“Although one of the greatest French artists of the last century, Braque is still to some extent overshadowed by Matisse and Picasso. Yet, as the recent retrospective exhibition in London revealed, Braque's highest achievements are no less profound and original than theirs, and his work has likewise proved one of the most fruitful sources for modern artists to draw upon.

Instead of devising one eye-catching style after another, Braque has devoted his time to less spectacular but, in the long run, more rewarding tasks: he has evolved an entirely fresh solution to the problem of representing form and space on a two-dimensional surface and, at the end of his life, has arrived at an original and valid conception of artistic reality. Braque makes us look at things with new eyes, gives us a new insight into their physical reality and arouses in us a new awareness of formal, spatial, and tactile values. That is why we have to recognize him as a great master.

Throughout the preparation of this study the author has worked in close collaboration with Braque, consequently many of the statements are made with the artist's authority.”