COLLECTION NAME:
Campus Art Collection
mediaCollectionId
ConnColl~3~3
Campus Art Collection
Collection
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Filename:
cc-2023-03b
filename
cc-2023-03b
Filename
false
Identifier:
cc-2023-03b
identifier
cc-2023-03b
Identifier
false
Title:
Untitled
title
Untitled
Title
false
Alternate Title:
Flock of Birds
alternate_title
Flock of Birds
Alternate Title
false
Creator:
Braque, Georges
creator
Braque, Georges
Creator
false
Creator Dates:
1882-1963
creator_dates
1882-1963
Creator Dates
false
Creator Nation:
France
nationality
France
Creator Nation
false
Primary Subject:
abstract
subject
abstract
Primary Subject
false
Secondary Subject:
birds
secondary_subject
birds
Secondary Subject
false
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.
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.
Description
false
Creation Date:
1955
date
1955
Creation Date
false
Primary Creation Decade:
1950-1959
primary_creation_decade
1950-1959
Primary Creation Decade
false
Primary Creation Century:
20th Century
primary_creation_century
20th Century
Primary Creation Century
false
Medium (General):
lithograph
type
lithograph
Medium (General)
false
Dimensions:
11.75" x 9.5" (29 x 39 cm.)
format
11.75" x 9.5" (29 x 39 cm.)
Dimensions
false
Donor:
Hirschhorn Family (Daniel B. Hirschhorn)
source
Hirschhorn Family (Daniel B. Hirschhorn)
Donor
false