Pipe, Glass, Bottle of Vieux Marc

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.

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.

Artwork Details

Overview

Exhibition History

Title: Pipe, Glass, Bottle of Vieux Marc
Artist: Pablo Picasso (Spanish, Malaga 1881–1973 Mougins, France)
Date: 1914
Medium: Cut-and-pasted printed wallpaper, laid and wove papers, newspaper, charcoal, ink, graphite, and gouache on unprimed linen
Dimensions: 28 13/16 x 23 3/8 in. (73.2 x 59.4 cm)
Classification: Collages
Credit Line: The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice, 1976
Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art