Napkin, Knife, and Pears (Serviette, couteau, et poires)

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FROM THE BARNES FOUNDATION’S CATALOG

In 1908, the French art critic Louis Vauxcelles coined the term cubism upon seeing works by Georges Braque in which he responded to Paul Cézanne's landscapes. Here Braque deployed the characteristic brown-and-gray palette favored by the cubists, as well as touches of green and yellow, to give shape to the two pears. While the space of the picture is shallow, emphasizing its two-dimensionality, the subject of this still life remains recognizable, a common feature of early cubist works.

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