Glass and Ace of Clubs

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.

Glass and Ace of Clubs is the papier collé sibling of the reliefs Picasso made during the same period, the almost featureless background standing for the wall on which they were designed to hang. He mitigated the flatness of the cutouts by allowing their edges to lift slightly and gave the wineglass heft by using a textured paper. In a parody of trompe l’oeil painting, the playing card tips over the edge of the oval table—itself made from a sheet of Picasso’s hand-painted faux bois, complete with a crude faux carved edge. The dark gray-blue cutout may represent a jug and the vertical molding its handle.

Artwork Details

Overview

Exhibition History

Title: Glass and Ace of Clubs
Artist: Pablo Picasso (Spanish, Malaga 1881–1973 Mougins, France)
Date: 1914
Medium: Cut-and-pasted laid and wove papers, charcoal, graphite, and oil on laid paper
Dimensions: 18 7/8 × 24 13/16 in. (48 × 63 cm)
Classification: Collages
Credit Line: Museum Berggruen, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art