The Cleveland Museum of Art

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Guitar and Bottle of Marc on a Table

1930

Georges Braque

(French, 1882–1963)
France, 20th century
oil and sand on canvas
Framed: 163.8 x 106.7 x 11.4 cm (64 1/2 x 42 x 4 1/2 in.); Unframed: 130.5 x 75 cm (51 3/8 x 29 1/2 in.)
Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund 1975.59
© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
Location: 223 20th Century Avant-Garde

Did You Know?

Braque loved music as much as visual art; he was a classically trained flutist and also played the violin and accordion, instruments that often appear in his paintings.

Description

Painted during a highly productive period between 1928 and 1932, this work of art belongs to a series of large still lifes notable for their rich, textured surfaces and vibrant colors. Here, a bottle of Marc (a distilled alcoholic beverage made from fermented fruits, herbs, and spices that originated in the Champagne region of France), a music sheet, and a glass fruit bowl containing two apples are arranged on a white tablecloth atop a rectangular table.
  • sold to Paul Rosenberg [1881-1959], Paris, France
    -1975
    (P. Rosenberg & Co., New York, NY, 1975, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art).
    1975-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Cleveland Museum of Art, “Recent Acquisition Press Release,” September 9, 1975, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives. archive.org
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    Henning, Edward B. “Two Major Paintings by Georges Braque.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 64, no. 4 (April 1977): 137–141. Mentioned and reproduced: p. 137, fig. 1 www.jstor.org
    Gross, Lori. “Guitar and Bottle of Marc on a Table.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 64, no. 4 (April 1977): 141–146. Mentioned and reproduced: p. 141-144, fig. 1 www.jstor.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 243 archive.org
    Henning, Edward B. “Two New Cubist Paintings by Juan Gris and Pablo Picasso.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 68, no. 2 (February 1981): 39–50. Mentioned and reproduced: p. 40, fig. 5 www.jstor.org
  • Path to Abstraction: Picasso, Braque, and Cubism’s Impact on Modern Art - Reciprocal Loan. Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts, Little Rock, AR (organizer) (December 12, 2023-April 14, 2024) https://arkmfa.org/art/exhibitions/path-to-abstraction-picasso-braque-and-cubisms-impact-on-modern-art/.
    Georges Braque (1882–1963) . Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais, Paris, France (September 16, 2013-January 6, 2014); Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, TX (February 18-May 11, 2014); Museo Guggenheim Bilbao, 48001 Bilbao, Spain (June 13-September 21, 2014).
    Monet to Dalí: Modern Masters from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Beijing World Art Museum (May 26-August 27, 2006); Mori Art Center (September 16-November 26, 2006); Seoul Art Center, South Korea (December 22, 2006-March 28, 2007); Seoul Olympic Museum of Art, South Korea (April 7-May 20, 2007); Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada (June 9-September 16, 2007); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 21, 2007-January 13, 2008); Frist Art Museum, Nashville, TN (February 15-June 1, 2008); Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City, UT (June 22-September 21, 2008); The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI (October 12, 2008-January 18, 2009).
    Masterworks from The Phillips Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 20-May 29, 2005).
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