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Lot Essay
«Ce qui importe à Braque, ce n’est pas sa situation par rapport au monde idéal, mais le sujet, son caractère et les exquis états d’esprit qui en découlent. Il trouve sa joie à s’attacher au sujet, à expurger par une longue étude ce qui pourrait rester d’inutile et de trivial. Chez Braque, le sujet est la poétique du tableau. Il créé le rythme.»
“What counts for Braque is not his positioning within an ideal world, but the subject itself, its appeal and the rewarding thought processes that follow on from its consideration. He finds his contentment in cherishing a subject and through lengthy the removal of what could appear redundant or trivial. With Braque, the subject is the painting’s poetry. It creates rhythm."
Christian Zervos, ‘Georges Braque et la peinture française’, in Cahiers d’art, no. 1, Paris, 1927.
“What counts for Braque is not his positioning within an ideal world, but the subject itself, its appeal and the rewarding thought processes that follow on from its consideration. He finds his contentment in cherishing a subject and through lengthy the removal of what could appear redundant or trivial. With Braque, the subject is the painting’s poetry. It creates rhythm."
Christian Zervos, ‘Georges Braque et la peinture française’, in Cahiers d’art, no. 1, Paris, 1927.