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Bass,
1911, printed 1950
Georges Braque, French, 1882–1963
Printed by George Visat
Published by Fondation Maeght
Printed by George Visat
Published by Fondation Maeght
x1976-1
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Didactics
Braque began experimenting with printmaking in 1907, shortly after the poet Guillaume Apollinaire introduced him to Picasso. He made ten etchings and drypoints between 1907 and 1913, but few were published at that time; <em>Bass</em> was among the uneditioned plates discovered in Braque’s studio in the late 1940s. The print exemplifies the Analytic Cubist style developed by Braque and Picasso, breaking objects into multiple facets. <em>Bass</em> evokes a scene in a café, with bottles of beer and wine on a table that is suggested by the illusion of woodgrain.
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Title
Bass
Dates
1911, printed 1950
Maker
Medium
Drypoint
Dimensions
plate: 44.5 x 22.9 cm. (17 1/2 x 9 in.)
sheet: 63 x 50 cm. (24 13/16 x 19 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of H. Kelley Rollings, Class of 1948, and Mrs. Rollings
Object Number
x1976-1
Place Made
Europe, France
Inscription
Numbered in graphite below plate, lower left corner: 20//50
Signed in graphite below plate, lower right corner: G. Braque
Marks/Labels/Seals
Watermark: Arches
Reference Numbers
Hofmann 6
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