Bass

Description

One of the more frequently depicted objects in Braque's limited stock of subjects is a bottle of liquor. Here, Braque provides the brand name for what must have been a bottle of Bass Ale, produced in England since 1777.

Bass

Georges Braque

1911, printed 1950

Accession Number

83826

Medium

Drypoint on cream wove paper

Dimensions

Plate: 45.7 × 32.8 cm (18 × 12 15/16 in.); Sheet: 65.5 × 50.5 cm (25 13/16 × 19 15/16 in.)

Classification

drypoint

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Gift from the estate of Curt Valentin