Still Life (Braque, 1911) Explained

Still Life
Other Language 1:French
Other Title 1:Nature morte
Wikidata:Q61449185
Artist:Georges Braque
Year:1911
Medium:oil paint on canvas
Movement:Cubism
Subject:still life (a glass and a guitar)
Height Metric:33
Width Metric:41
Dimensions Ref:[1]
Museum:Musée d'Art moderne et contemporain
City:Strasbourg
Accession:1923

Still Life, also referred to as Glass and Guitar (French: Verre à pied et guitare), is a 1911 oil painting by the French artist Georges Braque, today in the Strasbourg Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (inventory number 55.974.0.720). It was the first cubist painting ever bought by a public collection of France.[2]

Still Life had belonged to Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler until 1921, when his collection was confiscated by the French government, and sold. The architect and designer Pierre Chareau bought the painting and sold it two years later to the Strasbourg museum.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Nature morte . navigart.fr/mamcs . 1 October 2023.
  2. Book: Laps . Thierry . Les collections du musée d'art moderne et contemporain de la ville de Strasbourg . February 2008 . Musées de la ville de Strasbourg . Strasbourg . 978-2-901833-82-6 . 103.
  3. Book: Knoery . Frank . Hans Haug, homme de musées . October 2009 . Éditions des musées de la ville de Strasbourg . Strasbourg . 978-2-35125-071-6 . 136.