Le guéridon vert devant la fenêtre

Georges Braque

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AUTHOR Georges Braque
DATE 1942
OBJECT TYPE AND MATERIAL Oil on canvas
DIMENSIONS cm 116 x 89
INVENTORY 5460
ROOM XXIII
FIRMA G. Braque 42
Work on display
Donation

Painted in the spring of 1942, this work is one of a series of still-lifes entitled Guéridon, or round “occasional” table, with typically flattened spaces peopled by geometric objects reduced to evenly coloured shapes defined in strong contrast, from the red ochres of the furniture to the icy green-blue tones dominated by a cloudy sky. Shown at the Palais des Papes in Avignon in 1947, the picture probably came into the possession of Jesi family some time before 1960.