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Still Life (Braque, 1911)

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Still Life
French: Nature morte
ArtistGeorges Braque
Year1911
Mediumoil paint on canvas
MovementCubism
Subjectstill life (a glass and a guitar)
Dimensions33 cm × 41 cm (13 in × 16 in)[1]
LocationMusée d'Art moderne et contemporain, Strasbourg
Accession1923

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]

References

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