Glass, Ace of Clubs, Packet of Cigarettes

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.

In iconography and structure this papier collé is closely related to Still Life (in the nearby case), its bare background representing the wall against which Picasso’s constructed reliefs were supposed to hang. The overlapping handmade components (the loosely brushed faux wood paneling with molding; the glass and pipe fashioned from cut-and-torn paper; the cutout imitating an ace of clubs) vie with real printed cigarette packaging, which Picasso cut and shaded to simulate creasing. In contrast, the schematic tabletop, drawn in reverse perspective directly on the paperboard, undermines the pretense of three-dimensionality governing the rest of the composition.

Artwork Details

Overview

Exhibition History

Title: Glass, Ace of Clubs, Packet of Cigarettes
Artist: Pablo Picasso (Spanish, Malaga 1881–1973 Mougins, France)
Date: 1914
Medium: Cut-and-pasted papers, printed packaging, graphite, gouache, oil, and pastel on paperboard
Dimensions: 20 1/4 × 26 3/8 in. (51.5 × 67 cm)
Classification: Collages
Credit Line: Musée National Picasso-Paris, Dation Pablo Picasso, 1979 (MP 379)
Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art