Cubist Still Life
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Object Details
- Artist
- Louis Bouche, born New York City 1896-died Pittsfield, MA 1969
- Luce Center Label
- Louis Bouché painted this image in New York, a few years after he returned from Paris. He was inspired by the work of the cubist painters, who reduced nature to simple geometric forms. Here, he fragmented the shapes in this still life to create a distorted view of a tabletop. The dark colors and sharp angles create an almost threatening atmosphere that underlies the ordinariness of the objects.
- Luce Object Quote
- ". . . nature is so much more exciting than art. I've thought in terms of art all my life, but nature is actually much more thrilling." Louis Bouche; , Oral History, August 7, 1959, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution
- Credit Line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of LaSalle Spier
- 1918
- Object number
- 1980.124.5
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Painting
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 17 x 15 in. (43.2 x 38.1 cm)
- See more items in
- Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
- Department
- Painting and Sculpture
- On View
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 4th Floor, 33B
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 4th Floor
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Topic
- Abstract\geometric
- Still life\fruit
- Still life\written matter\book
- Still life\other\container
- Record ID
- saam_1980.124.5
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk73c39c6a9-8cab-4419-abee-933119dca592
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