Violin and Pipe

1913-1914

Not on view

Returned to lender

This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.

This belongs to a series of papiers collés in which Braque foregrounded the dual-directional reading of table and tableau (picture) by drawing the outline of his tabletops inside the picture with soft charcoal lines. The violin inscribed on faux bois wallpaper could be lying on the table or hanging on the wall, given that its tuning keys double as nails. The masthead “LE QUO[TIDIEN] DU M[IDI],” from a daily published in the South of France, may surreptitiously refer to the quotidian (everyday) subjects of still lifes; it also brings to mind “le quodlibet,” a term used to describe pictures of assorted objects and ephemera.

Artwork Details

Overview

Exhibition History

Title: Violin and Pipe
Artist: Georges Braque (French, Argenteuil 1882–1963 Paris)
Date: 1913-1914
Geography: Country of Origin France
Medium: Cut-and-pasted newspaper and printed wallpapers, charcoal, graphite, and crayon on paper mounted on cardboard
Dimensions: 29 1/8 × 41 3/4 in. (74 × 106 cm)
Classification: Collages
Credit Line: Musée National d’Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, Purchase, 1965
Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art