Guitar and Still Life on a Guéridon

Georges Braque

1922 · Oil with sand on canvas · Modern and Contemporary Art

A guéridon is a small side table that was popular in France during the court of Louis XIV. Displaying both Cubist and Neoclassical elements, this painting, with its somber tones and tactile surface, is typical of Braque's work when he returned to painting after being seriously injured during World War I.

Artist

Georges Braque

Date

1922

Medium

Oil with sand on canvas

Department

Modern and Contemporary Art

Credit line

Gift of Louise Reinhardt Smith, in honor of William S. Lieberman, 1979