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Focus on Modern Art: Georges Braque's "Bottle of Rum," 1914

Metropolitan Museum conservator Isabelle Duvernois discusses Georges Braque's painting process and his adaptation of collage techniques to painting.
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Bottle of Rum, Georges Braque French, Oil on canvas
Bottle of Rum
Georges Braque
Paris, spring 1914