Cubist Still Life

1950
Gammon, Reginald

Object Details

TITLE:
Cubist Still Life
DATE:
1950
MEDIUM:
Soft-ground etching
DIMENSIONS:
5 ¾ x 8 7/8 in.
CREDIT LINE:
Museum purchase, 2004

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Description

Gammon is best known for his figural work that explores many dimensions of human social experience, but he began experimenting with Cubism in 1948, returning periodically to abstraction throughout his career. In many ways this work resembles Pablo Picasso’s early forays into cubist abstraction: breaking down dimensional objects into flattened planes, compressing natural space, and conflating perspectives. Traditional in subject matter—a still life—Cubism was revolutionary in its methods of representation.

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