Symposium—Charting Cubism across Central and Eastern Europe, Part 1

Professor Anna Jozefacka and Assistant Curator Luise Mahler examine how Cubism impacted and integrated into Central and Eastern European culture.

Anna Anna Jozefacka

and

Luise Mahler

February 14, 2015

24 min. watch

Welcome:

Rebecca Rabinow, Leonard A. Lauder Curator of Modern Art and Curator in Charge of the Leonard A. Lauder Research Center for Modern Art, MMA

Introduction:

Anna Jozefacka, Adjunct Professor of Art History, Hunter College, City University of New York

Luise Mahler, Assistant Curator, The Museum of Modern Art, New York

Credits:

Charting Cubism across Central and Eastern Europe is presented in collaboration with and supported in part by the Historians of German and Central European Art and Architecture (HGCEA).

Organized by the Leonard A. Lauder Research Center for Modern Art

Contributors

Anna Anna Jozefacka
Independent Scholar

Luise Mahler
Assistant Curator at The Museum of Modern Art

Art Mentioned

Woman in a Chemise in an Armchair, Pablo Picasso Spanish, Oil on canvas — Woman in a Chemise in an Armchair
Pablo Picasso
Paris, late 1913–early 1914

Bottle of Rum, Georges Braque French, Oil on canvas — Bottle of Rum
Georges Braque
Paris, spring 1914

The Fruit Dish, Pablo Picasso Spanish, Oil on canvas — The Fruit Dish
Pablo Picasso
Céret, spring 1912

The Glass of Absinthe, Pablo Picasso Spanish, Painted bronze and perforated tin absinthe spoon — The Glass of Absinthe
Pablo Picasso
Wax original: Paris, spring 1914; Bronze cast: Foundry Florentin Godard, Paris, made to order for Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler by April 16, 1914

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