Still Life (Wineglass and Newspaper) (Primary Title)
Pablo Picasso, Spanish, 1881 - 1973 (Artist)
In 1914, Picasso explored the use of words and the expressive and conceptual possibilities of reflected light and vivid color in Cubist painting. At the center of this still life is a fluted goblet defined by a gray-blue patch of paint at its edge and by a white strip stippled with colors suggesting the sparkle of reflected light. A second area of dotted color above the glass creates a background wallpaper pattern. At the right is a fragment of folded newspaper, with the first three letters of the word “journal” visible. The straight but broken line of a decorated table edge, covered by the brown shadow of the goblet, marks the bottom of the arrangement. Picasso painted the image on a piece of canvas that was cut into a rough oval. He affixed it to a rectangular canvas with a more open weave, producing the effect of a frame within a frame—or an oval picture hung on a wall.
Signed at lower left: "Picasso"
T. Catesby Jones Collection
"Matisse, Picasso, and Modern Art in Paris: The T. Catesby Jones Collections at VMFA and the University of Virginia Art Museum," VMFA Statewide Exhibition, UVA, Charlottesville, January 30 - April 24, 2009; Museum of the Shenandoah Valley, Winchester, August 15 - November 29, 2009; William King Regional Art Center, Abingdon, December 11, 2009 - February 21, 2010; Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, May 1 - August 15, 2010
"Salute to Spain," Birmingham Museum of Art, March 19 - April 4, 1971
"Strokes of Genius," Dulin Gallery of Art, Knoxville, TN, March 30 - April 28, 1985
Thalhimers Brothers, Inc. August 1952
"Salute to Spain," Birmingham Museum of Art, March 19 - April 4, 1971
"Strokes of Genius," Dulin Gallery of Art, Knoxville, TN, March 30 - April 28, 1985
Thalhimers Brothers, Inc. August 1952
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