Braque’s Mandota, Circa 1917
George’s Braque was a major 20th-century French painter, collagist, draughtsman, printmaker and sculptor. His most important contributions to the history of art were in his alliance with Fauvism from 1905, and the role he played in the development of Cubism. Using instruments that would have been played in France in the early 19th century, mounted on an 1850’s German spruce piano soundboard, this collage comes alive with music form that era. Placed throughout are mechanical devices also from that time that in essence could have helped the instruments sing their song as entire new art forms were being explored. This piece is around 3’ wide x 2’ tall
In a Private Collection
36” x 6” x 29”
