COLLECTION NAME:
Campus Art Collection
Record
Filename:
cc-2023-03b
Identifier:
cc-2023-03b
Title:
Untitled
Alternate Title:
Flock of Birds
Creator:
Braque, Georges
Creator Dates:
1882-1963
Creator Nation:
France
Primary Subject:
abstract
Secondary Subject:
birds
Description:
Lithograph in blue and black wove paper
Black and gray silhouetted birds with outstretched wings are depicted against and blue and white background, with addition abstracted white and gray shapes. suggesting flight. From a series of designs of birds in flight that Braque created in 1953 for a commission to decorate the ceiling of the Etruscan Gallery in the Louvre. These designs from Braque's sketchbooks were published in 1955 as a double edition by Verve.
Black and gray silhouetted birds with outstretched wings are depicted against and blue and white background, with addition abstracted white and gray shapes. suggesting flight. From a series of designs of birds in flight that Braque created in 1953 for a commission to decorate the ceiling of the Etruscan Gallery in the Louvre. These designs from Braque's sketchbooks were published in 1955 as a double edition by Verve.
Creation Date:
1955
Primary Creation Decade:
1950-1959
Primary Creation Century:
20th Century
Medium (General):
lithograph
Dimensions:
11.75" x 9.5" (29 x 39 cm.)
Donor:
Hirschhorn Family (Daniel B. Hirschhorn)
