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Lot Essay
In the summer of 1911 Picasso was staying in the village of Céret in the French Pyrénées. He joined in early August by Braque who came down from Paris bringing Fernande Olivier with him. At Céret they found Picasso at work on a series of still lifes.
There is a remarkable similarity in the prints between these two artists from this period in both their technique and composition. Of remarkable size, their compositions are triangular in form and contain an elegant scaffolding in which the objects are held in space.
Two prints were published by Daniel Henry Kahnweiler in 1912. Nature morte, bouteille is the only major Cubist print by Picasso to have been published at the time of production.
There is a remarkable similarity in the prints between these two artists from this period in both their technique and composition. Of remarkable size, their compositions are triangular in form and contain an elegant scaffolding in which the objects are held in space.
Two prints were published by Daniel Henry Kahnweiler in 1912. Nature morte, bouteille is the only major Cubist print by Picasso to have been published at the time of production.