The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 19, 2025

Black-inked print on cream paper with a loosely triangular shape composed of fine, straight lines and semi-circles intersecting with blotches of frenetic, curved hashes. Obscured in one of these blotches near the center of the print is the word "GIN" and, in open space to the right of that, "FOX."

Fox

1911

Georges Braque

(French, 1882–1963)
publisher

Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler

(German, 1884–1979)
France, 20th century
etching
Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland 1959.225
© Artists Right Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
Catalogue raisonné: Vallier 6
Location: Not on view

Did You Know?

This print was published by Georges Braque's dealer as a means of promoting the artist's avant-garde style.

Description

Georges Braque worked closely with Pablo Picasso to develop Cubism around the time this print was made. Their work became virtually indistinguishable from each other as they reduced identifiable subject matter to geometric abstraction. Here, Braque presented a still-life featuring a playing card and a bottle of gin. Although Picasso worked extensively in printmaking, Braque made fewer than ten Cubist prints.
  • after 1911-1959
    (R. M. Light and Co., Boston, MA, sold to the Print Club of Cleveland, Cleveland, OH)
    1959
    Print Club of Cleveland, Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
    1959-
    Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • A Lasting Impression: Gifts of the Print Club of Cleveland. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 5-September 22, 2019).
    Generous Donors: A Tribute to The Print Club of Cleveland. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 2-August 4, 1991).
    The Print Club of Cleveland, 1919 - 1969: Fifty Years in Review. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (January 14-March 31, 1970).
    Space and Modern Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 9-September 25, 1966).
  • {{cite web|title=Fox|url=false|author=Georges Braque, Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler|year=1911|access-date=19 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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