The Billiard Table

Georges Braque

1944–52 · Oil with sand and charcoal on canvas · Modern and Contemporary Art

The folding perspective and arrangement of objects around the table are the result of a slow and methodical process by which Braque related the space of the room to the flat surface of the picture. Braque began the series of seven billiard tables in September 1944. Together with the eight pictures of the Studio series, they represent the artist's largest and final major works.

Artist

Georges Braque

Date

1944–52

Medium

Oil with sand and charcoal on canvas

Department

Modern and Contemporary Art

Credit line

Jacques and Natasha Gelman Collection, 1998