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Cubism across Cultures and Continents: The Leonard A. Lauder Collection and Masterpieces of the Met

Explore one of the most significant Cubist art collections ever assembled from multiple perspectives.
Various contributors
1 hour 25 min. watch

Explore one of the most significant Cubist art collections ever assembled from multiple perspectives.

Speakers:

Andrea Bayer, Jayne Wrightsman Curator, Department of European Paintings, MMA

Jayson Kerr Dobney, Associate Curator and Administrator, Department of Musical Instruments, MMA

Yaëlle Biro, Associate Curator, Department of the Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas, MMA

In Conversation:

Rachel Mustalish, Conservator, Department of Paper Conservation, MMA

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

Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Cubism: The Leonard A. Lauder Collection, on view October 20, 2014–February 16, 2015.

https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2014/cubism-leonard-a-lauder-collection

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

Contributors

Andrea Bayer
Jayne Wrightsman Curator, Department of European Paintings
Jayson Kerr Dobney
Frederick P. Rose Curator in Charge, Department of Musical Instruments
Yaëlle Biro
Associate Curator, Department of the Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
Rachel Mustalish
Acting Conservator in Charge Paper Conservation
Rebecca Rabinow
Former Leonard A. Lauder Curator of Modern Art and Curator in Charge of the Leonard A. Lauder Research Center

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Art Mentioned

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Figure from a Reliquary Ensemble: Seated Female, Wood, metal, Fang peoples, Okak group
Figure from a Reliquary Ensemble: Seated Female
Fang peoples, Okak group
19th–early 20th century
Sculptural Bust from a Reliquary Ensemble (The Great Bieri), Fang-Betsi artist, Wood, copper alloy, palm oil, Fang-Betsi
Sculptural Bust from a Reliquary Ensemble (The Great Bieri)
Fang-Betsi artist
19th century
Mask (Samana), Wood, pigment, iron, Dogon peoples
Mask (Samana)
Dogon peoples
19th–20th century
Melencolia I, Albrecht Dürer German, Engraving
Melencolia I
Albrecht Dürer
1514
A Woman Reading, Camille Corot French, Oil on canvas
A Woman Reading
Camille Corot
1869 and 1870
View of Toledo, El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos) Greek, Oil on canvas
View of Toledo
El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos)
ca. 1599–1600
The Vision of Saint John, El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos) Greek, Oil on canvas
The Vision of Saint John
El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos)
ca. 1608–14
Allegory of Music, Laurent de La Hyre French, Oil on canvas
Allegory of Music
Laurent de La Hyre
1649
Portrait of a Woman with a Man at a Casement, Fra Filippo Lippi Italian, Tempera on wood
Portrait of a Woman with a Man at a Casement
Fra Filippo Lippi
ca. 1440
Kneeling Nude, Pablo Picasso Spanish, Fabricated chalk on paper
Kneeling Nude
Pablo Picasso
1906
Josep Fondevila, Pablo Picasso Spanish, Oil on canvas
Josep Fondevila
Pablo Picasso
1906
Gertrude Stein, Pablo Picasso Spanish, Oil on canvas
Gertrude Stein
Pablo Picasso
1905–6
Still Life: "2ᵉ étude", Georges Braque French, Oil, charcoal, and sand on unprimed canvas
Still Life: "2ᵉ étude"
Georges Braque
Paris, early 1914
Standing Female Nude, Pablo Picasso Spanish, Ink on white wove paper
Standing Female Nude
Pablo Picasso
Cadaqués, summer 1910
Two Nudes, Pablo Picasso Spanish, Oil on canvas
Two Nudes
Pablo Picasso
Paris, spring 1909
Nude in an Armchair, Pablo Picasso Spanish, Oil on canvas
Nude in an Armchair
Pablo Picasso
Horta de Ebro (present-day Horta de Sant Joan), summer 1909
Head of a Man, Pablo Picasso Spanish, Ink and charcoal on white laid paper
Head of a Man
Pablo Picasso
Paris, late 1908
Composition with Violin, Pablo Picasso Spanish, Cut-and-pasted newspaper, graphite, charcoal, and ink on white laid paper; subsequently mounted to paperboard
Composition with Violin
Pablo Picasso
Paris, 1912
Head of a Woman (Study for "Nude with Drapery"), Pablo Picasso Spanish, Gouache and watercolor on tan wove paper; subsequently mounted to panel
Head of a Woman (Study for "Nude with Drapery")
Pablo Picasso
Paris, 1907
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
Violin and Sheet Music: "Petit Oiseau", Georges Braque French, Oil and charcoal on canvas
Violin and Sheet Music: "Petit Oiseau"
Georges Braque
Paris, early 1913
Still Life with Clarinet (Bottle and Clarinet), Georges Braque French, Oil on canvas
Still Life with Clarinet (Bottle and Clarinet)
Georges Braque
Céret, summer–autumn 1911
Violin: "Mozart Kubelick", Georges Braque French, Oil on canvas
Violin: "Mozart Kubelick"
Georges Braque
Paris, spring 1912
Bottle, Glass, and Newspaper, Georges Braque French, Charcoal and cut-and-pasted newspaper and printed wallpaper on gessoed paperboard (commercial board from mirror backing)
Bottle, Glass, and Newspaper
Georges Braque
Paris, early 1914
Woman with a Book, Pablo Picasso Spanish, Oil on canvas
Woman with a Book
Pablo Picasso
Paris, spring 1909
Bottle of Rosé Wine, Juan Gris Spanish, Collage of cut printed and painted papers with black and green crayon, charcoal, white, black and dark green opaque matte paints and selectively applied glaze, mounted on canvas
Bottle of Rosé Wine
Juan Gris
Paris, 1914
Composition (Study for "Nude Model in the Studio"), Fernand Léger French, Oil, gouache, and ink on paper on tan wove paper; subsequently mounted to Masonite
Composition (Study for "Nude Model in the Studio")
Fernand Léger
1912
Three Nudes, Pablo Picasso Spanish, Gouache, ink, watercolor, and charcoal on white laid paper
Three Nudes
Pablo Picasso
Gósol, summer 1906
Nude Woman with Guitar, Pablo Picasso Spanish, Charcoal on primed canvas
Nude Woman with Guitar
Pablo Picasso
Paris, spring 1909
Head of a Woman (Fernande), Pablo Picasso Spanish, Bronze
Head of a Woman (Fernande)
Pablo Picasso
Clay original: Paris, autumn 1909; Plaster model: Paris, late 1910; Bronze cast: Foundry Désiré or Florentin Godard, Paris, made to order for Ambroise Vollard between July 27, 1926, and March 11, 1927
Man with a Guitar, Pablo Picasso Spanish, Watercolor, gouache, resin, and graphite on white wove paper
Man with a Guitar
Pablo Picasso
Paris, 1915–16
Still Life with Checked Tablecloth, Juan Gris Spanish, Oil and graphite on canvas
Still Life with Checked Tablecloth
Juan Gris
Paris, spring 1915