Vintage and striking modernist shot of women testing parachutes for flaws in 1942. Approx. 8.5"x 6.5" Glossy fiber silver gelatin photograph. (Shot 1942, Printed 1942) w/ Snipe, agency stamp, date stamp and notations on verso. Excellent image quality with waviness to the paper, dings and surface imperfections throughout. Small corner bends/creases.
Three-page proof set from the 1952 publication of the artist's aphorisms "Le Jour et la Nuit : Cahiers de Georges Braque, 1917-1952," identified here as "Cahiers," stamped on the first page "11 AVR 1951," with the artist adding his name in brown ink for the publication under the title "de / G. Braque." Paper toned, else fine. 16.5 x 25 cm.
Braque's aphorisms on art, said to have been originally jottings on the margins of drawings, were first collected and published in 1917.