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Cubism in Focus

Conservators and curators explore individual aspects of works in the Leonard A. Lauder Cubist Collection.

Graphite drawing of a man with a hat leaning on a table with playing cards

Graphite drawing of a man with a hat leaning on a table with playing cards

Discover the artistic process Pablo Picasso went through in creating his graphite drawing, Man Leaning on a Table with Playing Cards.
Rachel Mustalish Oct 30, 2017
Painting on a midnight blue background with a pipe, bouquet of flowers, wine, and faux marble wallpaper

Juan Gris's Two Collages from 1914: Cup, Glasses, and Bottle (Le Journal) and Flowers

These two collages from 1914 appear to have similar backgrounds, but a closer look reveals significant differences.
Rachel Mustalish Oct 23, 2017
Oil painting of a village of cones, cylinders and cubes with mostly blue, white, and red shapes in the center and more green and yellow shapes on the outskirts

Fernand Léger's The Village, 1914

Take a closer look at Fernand Léger’s colorful early composition, The Village, created using oil paint on burlap canvas.
Isabelle Duvernois Oct 24, 2016
Oil and graphite painting of a green checked tablecloth with coffee cups, wine glasses, grapes, a newspaper and other objects arranged in the shape of a bull’s head

Juan Gris's Still Life with Checked Tablecloth, 1915

Conservation analysis reveals new details about Juan Gris’s intricate composition, Still Life with Checked Tablecloth (1915).
Isabelle Duvernois Oct 18, 2016
Painting of a mustachioed man holding a guitar with an environment of interlocking colored planes

Pablo Picasso's Man with a Guitar, 1915–16

Picasso used a variety of materials and techniques to create this small yet complex composition.
Rachel Mustalish Oct 17, 2016
Oil painting with red, yellow, and black geometric cylinders and rectangles combine to form a worker typesetting the letters in front of him

Fernand Léger’s Composition (The Typographer), 1918–19

The paint application of Fernand Léger’s Composition (The Typographer) reveals compelling facts about the artist’s process.
Isabelle Duvernois Oct 3, 2016
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