Aria de Bach

1913

Georges Braque

Artist, French, 1882 - 1963

Georges Braque

Attributed to

Two pieces of black paper and a third sheet with imitation wood grain paper are layered over a drawing of a guitar and other sheets of paper in this vertical collage. The guitar’s curved body and the lower part of the strings are drawn in black on tan paper, while the sound hole and rest of the strings are drawn with white lines on a rectangular piece of black paper that lies on top. Straight and angled lines protrude from the sides and top of the guitar with light hatching to suggest shading. A sheet of paper is drawn over the bottom of the guitar with hand lettering that reads, “Aria de Bach.” Another black rectangle overlaps the paper on the left and has a long, white, vertical line broken by a C-shape. The paper patterned with wood grain lies on top of the black paper and resembles a long triangle with its point cut off. The artist signed the lower right, “G Braque.”
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    collage of black paper and imitation wood-grain paper with charcoal and white chalk on white paper

  • Credit Line

    Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon

  • Dimensions

    Overall (approximate): 62.1 x 46.9 cm (24 7/16 x 18 7/16 in.)
    support: 45.2 x 50.4 cm (17 13/16 x 19 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1982.55.2

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Maria Cuttoli, Paris, until 1970; Galerie Beyeler, Basel, 1970; purchased by Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1978

  • Aspects of Twentieth-Century Art. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1978-1979, no. 18, repro.

1986

  • Gifts to the Nation: Selected Acquisitions from the Collections of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1986, unnumbered checklist

2001

  • A Century of Drawing. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2001-2002, no. 24.

2007

  • Modernism: Designing a New World 1914-1939. The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 17 March 2007 - 29 July 2007.

2013

  • Over, Under, Next. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, 18 April 2013 - 8 September 2013.

2016

  • In Celebration of Paul Mellon, NGA, 2016.

Bibliography

1983

  • Monod-Fontaine, I./Carmean, E.A. BRAQUE, THE PAPIERS COLLES, DC: 1983, 24.

1992

  • National Gallery of Art, Washington. Washington, D.C., 1992: 325, repro.

1995

  • La Petite Encyclopédie de l'Art. Réunion des Musées Nationaux, Paris, 1995: p. 160.

2001

  • A Century of Drawing. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2001-2002: no. 24.

Inscriptions

lower right: G Braque

Watermarks

JCA France INGRES

Wikidata ID

Q64571651

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