Lithograph on Auvergne du Moulin Richard de Bas filigrané paper. Paper size: 17 x 12.75 inches. Excellent condition. Inscription: Watermarked with the artist's signature and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the folio, Les Paroles Transparentes, Lithographies Originales de Georges Braque, 1955. Published by Les Bibliophiles de l'Union Française, Paris, under the direction of Félia Léal; printed by Mourlot Frères, Paris, May 11, 1955. Excerpted from the folio (translated from French), This folio, produced under the direction of Félia Léal for Les Bibliophiles de l'Union Française, Ms. Félia Léal and Mr. Maurice Gonon being Book Commissioners has been printed in Paris, May 11, 1955. Typography in Kennerley corps 18 was printed by Fequet et Baudier. The lithographs were drawn on the presses of Fernand Mourlot. The stones were erased after drawing. All examples are signed by the Author, the Artist and the President of the Society [on the colophon]. Of this book published by Bibliophiles de l'Union Française, Mr. Léon Léal being President. It was shot on Auvergne du Moulin Richard de Bas filigrané watermarked with the artist's signature, C examples, nominative, numbered from I to C; XXII examples, nominative, numbered from I to XXII, including III reserved for the Author; VIII for the Illustrator; and, IX for the Collaborators. V examples, nominatives reserved for the Bibliophiles, marked from A to E. It was, in addition, printed on Japon, V examples, nominative, numbered from I to V, including I for the Author; II for the Illustrator; and, II for the Book Commissioners. 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.