Georges, Braque, Pal (Bass bottle and glass on a table), 1911
1911
Original etching in black on Arches paper
66 x 50.5 cm
Annotated in pencil lower left “H.C 4/6”, signed by the artist in pencil lower right
Tirage Georges Visat, 1950; Maeght éditeur, Paris
Catalogue raisonné: Vallier 7
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Pal (Bass bottle and glass on a table) the title is given by the inscription Pal, which is the truncated name of Pale Ale beer (Dora Vallier – Braque L’oeuvre gravé – catalog raisonné). In an oval composition, Braque places a bottle, discernible by its label, on a table with a glass, an extreme simplification of the object in a geometric form. This is what Georges Braque was looking for in Cubism. This period, from 1907 to 1914, more or less, saw exchanges with artists such as Pablo Picasso.
About the author
Georges Braque (1882-1963)
The creator of Cubism with Pablo Picasso around 1907, after the First World War he adopted a more traditional aesthetic with a fairly dark color palette. Still lifes and landscapes are bathed in a calm, silent atmosphere. Georges Braque was also a painter of birds, which figured prominently in his late work. In 1953, they were given pride of place on the ceiling of the Salle Henri II at the Louvre. A close friend of poets such as René Char, Francis Ponge and Pierre Reverdy, Georges Braque illustrated numerous texts.
