From "Le tir à l'arc" Possibly 1960

Georges Braque made this print, titled "From 'Le tir à l'arc,'" using lithography. The forms float softly, almost like memories of flowers. There's a lovely, barely-there quality to the grey background, achieved through lithography, where the stone's surface seems to breathe. The petals are defined with simple dark lines, but never quite fully, they're just suggested. It’s like the essence of a flower, not the flower itself. I'm drawn to the way the texture of the paper becomes part of the image, that handmade quality. It’s like seeing the ghost of the artist's hand. That delicate web of lines almost makes the flowers seem to shimmer. Braque’s interest in distilling form down to its most essential elements reminds me of Matisse’s paper cut outs. Both artists share a joy in playing with shape and space, creating worlds where abstraction and representation dance together. It shows how art is a never-ending conversation, with each artist adding their own voice.