Etching on vélin du Lana Papiers Spéciaux pur fil paper. Paper Size: 10.0625 x 8.25 inches. Excellent condition. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, Du cubisme, 1947. Published by Compagnie Française des Arts Graphiques, Paris; printed by Thirot, Le Maître-Imprimeur, Paris, July 3, 1947. Excerpted from the album (translated from French), Du cubisme...was completed to print on July 3, 1947 by R. Girard & Cie for the typography and by the Compagnie Française des Arts Graphiques for the plates in copperplate engraving, le maître, Thirot being presser. Du cubisme was completed to print on July 1, 1947. The draw includes: No. I. example on papier d'Auvergne with some states and two suites of the plates. No. II to XX. examples on papier d'Auvergne with two suites of the boards. No. XXI to XXXV. examples on papier d'Auvergne with a suite of plates. No. XXXVI to CDXXXV. examples on papier pur fil Lana. In addition, XX examples were printed on papier Lana, numbered in Roman numerals for the Dépôt Légal and collaborators. GEORGES BRAQUE (1882-1963) was a major 20th-century French painter, collagist, draughtsman, printmaker and sculptor. His most notable contributions were in his alliance with Fauvism from 1905, and the role he played in the development of Cubism. Braque's work between 1908 and 1912 is closely associated with that of his colleague Pablo Picasso. Their respective Cubist works were indistinguishable for many years, yet the quiet nature of Braque was partially eclipsed by the fame and notoriety of Picasso.