Still Life with Mandolin and Galette

Pablo Picasso

1924 · Oil and sand on canvas · Modern and Contemporary Art

This painting belongs to a series of large still lifes of the mid-1920s that derive from small watercolors first exhibited at the Paul Rosenberg gallery in Paris in 1919, immediately after the conclusion of World War I. The bottle of wine and the galette (a thin almond-paste tart with a crisscross crust) are set against an open window or balcony with a view of the blue sky beyond. Despite its somber palette, the picture evokes a relaxed Mediterranean ambience. Picasso anticipated that these large, decorative canvases would find buyers among Rosenberg's affluent clients.

Artist

Pablo Picasso

Date

1924

Medium

Oil and sand on canvas

Department

Modern and Contemporary Art

Credit line

Jacques and Natasha Gelman Collection, 1998