Bass
Bass
Bass

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Bass
Bass
Bass

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Bass,

1911, printed 1950

Georges Braque, French, 1882–1963
Printed by George Visat
Published by Fondation Maeght
x1976-1
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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.

Information

Title
Bass
Dates

1911, printed 1950

Maker
Georges Braque
Printed by George Visat
Published by Fondation Maeght
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
Culture
French, European
Type
prints, drypoints
Techniques
drypoint
Subject
still lifes, Cubist, text, abstraction

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