id:			90542
accession number:	2020.103
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2020.103
updated:		2022-09-13 09:00:22.313000

Basket of Anemones, 1924. Georges Braque (French, 1882–1963). Oil on canvas; unframed: 21 x 65.4 cm (8 1/4 x 25 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley Collection Gift 2020.103 © Artists Right Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

title:				Basket of Anemones
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creation date:			1924
creation date earliest:		1924
creation date latest:		1924
current location:		003 Special Exhibition Hall
creditline:			Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley Collection Gift
copyright:			© Artists Right Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

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culture:	France, 20th century
technique:	oil on canvas
department:	Modern European Painting and Sculpture
collection:	Mod Euro - Painting 1800-1960
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

* Georges Braque (French, 1882–1963)  - artist

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measurements: Unframed: 21 x 65.4 cm (8 1/4 x 25 3/4 in.)
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	inscription:	Artist's signature and date on lower left: "G. Braque / 24"
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Impressionism to Modernism: The Keithley Collection
	opening date:   2022-09-11T04:00:00
	<i>Impressionism to Modernism: The Keithley Collection</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 11, 2022-January 8, 2023).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* None known

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PROVENANCE

	Gottlieb F. Reber (1880–1959), Barmen and Lausanne
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	Dr. W. Chiodera, Küsnacht, Switzerland
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			* According to Dorothy Kosinski, “G. F. Reber: Collector of Cubism,” <em>Burlington Magazine</em> 133, no. 1061 (August 1991), p. 529.
			
			
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	(Sold at Christie's, London, United Kingdom, June 26, 1989, lot 37)
	date: June 26, 1989
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			* Dimensions given as “7 7/8 x 25 5/8 in (20 x 65 cm)”
			
			
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	(Sold at Christie's, New York, NY, November 9, 2000, lot 237)
	date: November 9, 2000
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	(Richard Feigen Gallery, New York, NY)
	date: 2000–2002
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			* According to documentation in the curatorial file supplied by Richard Feigen Gallery.
			
			
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	Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley, Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?–2020
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2020–
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fun fact: 
The flowering plant genus <em>Anemone</em> blooms in a wide variety of colors from red to blue; however, Braque opted to paint the flowers in a muted, neutral Cubist color palette.

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wall description: 
Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso worked closely together in the invention of Cubism from 1908 to 1914. “We were like two mountain climbers roped together,” Braque recalled. They separated when Braque enlisted in the French army at the outbreak of WWI in August 1914. Following a severe head wound and hospitalization, he returned to painting in 1916, but worked alone developing a personal Cubist style concerned with complex spatial constructions, color relationships, and textured surfaces. The flowers and basket in this still life are flattened, pressed tightly against the upright forms in the background, and surrounded by an illusionistic shadow. A decorator’s comb was used to create the wood grain pattern in the tabletop.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Kosinski, Dorothy. "G. F. Reber: Collector of Cubism."  <em>The Burlington Magazine</em> 133, no. 1061 (August 1991): 519-531.
	page number: 	Mentioned: P. 529
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/884887

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