Nature morte: compotier (Still Life: Fruit Dish)
Nature morte: compotier (Still Life: Fruit Dish)
Nature morte: compotier (Still Life: Fruit Dish)

© 2013 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Nature morte: compotier (Still Life: Fruit Dish)
Nature morte: compotier (Still Life: Fruit Dish)
Nature morte: compotier (Still Life: Fruit Dish)

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Nature morte: compotier (Still Life: Fruit Dish),

1909, published 1911

Pablo Picasso, 1881–1973; born Malaga, Spain; died Mougins, France; active Paris
Published by Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler, German, 1884–1979
x1976-19
In the summer of 1909, Picasso began a series of monumental still-life paintings composed in the manner of Paul Cézanne; these would lead directly into the faceted Cubist style with which he and Braque would revolutionize the history of modern art.

Information

Title
Nature morte: compotier (Still Life: Fruit Dish)
Dates

1909, published 1911

Maker
Pablo Picasso
Published by Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler
Medium
Drypoint
Dimensions
plate: 13 x 11 cm. (5 1/8 x 4 5/16 in.) sheet: 22.5 x 19.8 cm. (8 7/8 x 7 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, with funds bequest of Mrs. Herbert S. Landfeld
Object Number
x1976-19
Place Made

Europe, France, Paris

Inscription
Signed in graphite below plate, lower right: Picasso
Reference Numbers
Baer 22; Bloch 18
Culture
Spanish, European
Type
drypoints, prints
Techniques
drypoint
Subject
fruit, Cubist, still lifes, bowls (vessels)

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