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Interlude

1932

Pierre Dubreuil

(French, 1872–1944)
Culture
France, 20th century
Medium
oil print, Rawlins oil print process
Measurements
Image: 24.6 x 19.4 cm (9 11/16 x 7 5/8 in.); Matted: 50.8 x 40.6 cm (20 x 16 in.)
Credit Line
John L. Severance Fund 1987.217
Public Domain
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Location
Not on view
Print

Description

In Pierre Dubreuil's carefully planned still life, ordinary objects—a musical score, tuning fork, and eye glasses—are given an air of mystery. The photograph reveals the artist's interest in bold light and shadow patterns, strong contrasts of tone, and distorted scale and perspective, achieved through the use of a close-up viewpoint and an unusual camera angle. A pioneering modernist little known until recently, Dubreuil's preoccupation with the dream world and the human psychological condition linked him with the Surrealists of Brussels and Paris.
A vertically oriented oil print in muted gray tones features sheet music overlaid with a metal tuning fork and thin wire. The fork extends diagonally, intersected by a wire near the bottom. A circular eyeglass frame enters the upper left corner. Rippling shadows from draped fabric fall across the musical notation and text, including "AIR DE CHÉRUBIN" and "Andante." The composition layers sharp black lines over soft, hazy tonal shifts.

Interlude

1932

Pierre Dubreuil

(French, 1872–1944)
France, 20th century

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