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Artist:
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Georges Braque
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Title:
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The Viaduct at L'Estaque
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Date:
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1907
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Medium:
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Oil on canvas
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Dimensions:
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25 5/8 x 31 3/4in. (65.1 x 80.6cm)
25 x 31 in. (63.5 x 78.74 cm) (sight)
36 x 42 x 4 in. (91.44 x 106.68 x 10.16 cm) (outer frame)
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Credit Line:
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The John R. Van Derlip Fund, the Fiduciary Fund, and Gift of funds from Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Butler and various donors
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Location:
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Gallery 371
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Between 1906 and 1910, Georges Braque made several trips to the south of France and the port at L'Estaque, just west of Marseilles. There, he found the new landscapes to paint using the nonnaturalistic colors of the Fauves.
During his 1907 stay, Braque also became influenced by the art of Paul Cézanne, who had painted there earlier. Like Cézanne, Braque reduced the site to simple geometric forms. Moving beyond Cézanne's solid masses, however, Braque made the tilting planes obey his own--rather than nature's--laws. Two years after finishing this picture, Braque abandoned Fauvism for Cubism.
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Artist/Creator(s)
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Name:
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Braque, Georges
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Nationality:
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French
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Life Dates:
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French, 1882 - 1963
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Object Description
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Inscriptions:
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Signature and Date LL in purple: [G.Braque]; on verso: [G.Braque 1907]
The work appears to have been signed in the L Labels on verso:
MIA label: [L82.4.1 Lent by Thaw Gallery]
Shipping label: [Eagle Transfer Corp.,
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Classification:
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Paintings
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Physical Description:
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Cubist landscape
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Creation Place:
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Europe, France, , ,
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Accession #:
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82.22
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Owner:
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The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
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