Artist: Georges Braque
Date: 1912
Size: 55 x 46 cm
Technique: Oil On Canvas
In this painting of a bar or café interior, Braque evokes space and depth by varying the size, opacity, and placement of letters and numbers. A sign on the back wall ("BOCK 30 c") advertises a reasonably priced mug of beer, while the “BA[L]” in the lower right refers to a dance hall. The tall shape at center is identified as a bottle of alcohol by its “Marc Vieux” label. (Braque made other compositions that include "Vieux Marc" bottles—both are brandies.) The adjacent forms can be read as a stemmed glass and curved tabletop or as part of a violin or cello, a playful ambiguity typical of Braque and Picasso’s Cubist style in the years preceding World War I.
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