Cubist Still Life II

Original Language TitleNature Morte II--Cubiste

Artist Georges Braque (French, 1882 - 1963)

Printer Visat (French)

Publisher Aimé Maeght (French)

Date1912

MediumEtching with drypoint on paper

DimensionsImage: 12 15/16 × 17 15/16 inches (32.86 × 45.56 cm)
Mat: 21 × 26 1/2 inches (53.34 × 67.31 cm)

Credit LinePurchase: Nelson Gallery Foundation

Object numberF84-41

SignedLR in pencil: G. Braque

MarkingsLL in pencil: 8/50

Edition/State/Proof8/50

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This still life is not still at all! The central bottle, the two delicate goblets flanking it, a pipe in the lower left, and the wooden table are all enlivened by dynamic diagonals, overlapping shapes, shifting textures, and sweeping arcs. Together, they convey a sense of life in motion. Georges Braque combined the crisp lines of etching with fuzzier shaded areas of drypoint to suggest and then deny the physicality of forms.

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