Pipe, Glass, Bottle of Vieux Marc
Pablo Picasso Spanish
Not on view
Published in Florence, the journal Lacerba was a mouthpiece for the Italian Futurist movement and included articles on Cubism. The boldface title riffed on the adjective acerbo/a (acerbic), deliberately chosen because of the journal’s aim to be strident. Picasso’s handwritten label for Vieux Marc, a prized French brandy that requires aging for its rich flavor, takes aim at the Futurist obsession with youth and speed. As in earlier still lifes, the presence of long-distance dispatches and foreign publications attests to the widespread circulation of information across gaps of time and distance. Unlike the painted papers, however, the Cubist clippings, now yellowed and friable, have changed materially over time, underscoring the venerable vanitas theme of transience.
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