L'Instrument de Musique

1916

Henri Laurens

Associated Names
Henri Laurens

Artist, French, 1885 - 1954

The image features geometric shapes on a neutral brown backdrop. Shapes include angular and curved forms, with one paper displaying the word "MUSIQUE." Dark and light colors contrast in the composition. Some shapes resemble musical instruments or sheet music components, like a rounded edge similar to a string instrument body and a dark triangular form suggestive of a music stand or sheet.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    collage with charcoal and white chalk on brown paperboard

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall (approximate): 36.5 x 56 cm (14 3/8 x 22 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1981.97.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris; J.P.L. Fine Arts, London, 1979; Galerie Beyeler, 1980.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2001

  • A Century of Drawing, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2001-2002, no. 32.

Bibliography

2001

  • A Century of Drawing. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2001-2002: no. 32.

Inscriptions

lower center in black ink: LAURENS 1916; lower left: MUSIQUE; upper left verso: (Galerie Louise Leiris label); center verso: (Galeries Lafayette label)

Wikidata ID

Q64573663

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