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Still Life: Bottle + Vase + Journal + Table

ca. 1914–15
Not on view
A leader of Italian Futurism, Severini was living in Paris in 1912 when Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso began to paste pieces of cut paper onto their Cubist drawings. Inspired by such innovative papiers collés, Severini incorporated newspaper clippings into this work made a few years later. Severini’s Still Life, however, portrays a decidedly Futurist interest in dynamism and speed: the diagonal, vertical, and rotational lines and strong shading suggest energetic motion within fractured space. Likewise, the newspaper fragments reveal a Futurist sensibility, referencing French military actions, weaponry, and Italy’s then-neutrality in World War I.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Still Life: Bottle + Vase + Journal + Table
  • Artist: Gino Severini (Italian, Cortona 1883–1966 Paris)
  • Date: ca. 1914–15
  • Medium: Collage of charcoal, newspaper, and opaque watercolor on paper
  • Dimensions: 22 1/8 × 18 3/4 in. (56.2 × 47.6 cm)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: Alfred Stieglitz Collection, 1949
  • Object Number: 49.70.20
  • Rights and Reproduction: © 2025 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
  • Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art

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