Georges Braque: His Graphic Work, Werner Hofmann, Harry N. Abrams, INC., 1961, HC, VG.

Hofmann, Werner. New York, Harry N. Abrams, INC., 1961. 

English, Very Good, HC, 4to, 12 3/4" x 10 3/4", Unpaginated.

Black cloth over board, white illustration to front, white lettering to spine, foxing to edges and pages, white soiling to bottom edges and front panel, some toning to edges, otherwise, sharp tips, tightly bound, and unmarked throughout. Very Good pictorial paper dust jacket with original transparent plastic-sleeve, foxing inside and outside panels and flaps on paper and plastic-sleeve, featuring wraparound of and color artwork by Georges Braque, black lettering to front and interior flaps, white lettering to spine and front panel on plastic-sleeve, minor wear and tears to head, tail, and tips, some toning to paper, pencil writing to interior flap, otherwise, clean and intact. Unpaginated, replete with 174 black-and-white reproductions, including 9 color, Introduction by Director of the Austrian Gallery of Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Art in Vienna, Werner Hofmann, Biographical Data, Selected Bibliography, List of Reproductions, and Catalogue of Braque's Graphic Work. From inside dust jacket: "In his work [Georges] Braque has been content to treat a small number of themes. Usually, the more everyday objects figure in his works--a pitcher, flowers, fruits, shells, or birds in flight...In the simplicity and dignity of these graphic works and in the calm luminosity of the colors, things are quietly allowed to speak their own language in terms which engage our imaginations and sensibilities." Acquired from the private library of photorealist, Robert Bechtle and art historian, Whitney Chadwick.