Georges Braque
Still Life with Lemons
1927
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Georges Braque
Still Life with Lemons
1927
Physical Qualities
Oil on canvas, Unframed: 8 11/16 × 13 7/8 × 9/16 in. (22.1 × 35.2 × 1.4 cm.)
Framed: 22 3/8 × 28 11/16 × 3 in. (56.8 × 72.9 × 7.6 cm.)
Credit Line
The Cone Collection, formed by Dr. Claribel Cone and Miss Etta Cone of Baltimore, Maryland
Object Number
1950.192
This work, with its graceful curves, subtle muted color, and textural effects, is typical of the compositions which brought the artist recognition. Georges Braque was a French modern painter who, together with Pablo Picasso, developed the radical pictorial language of Cubism, shaping the course of 20th-century painting. Following World War I (1914-1918), in which Braque was seriously wounded, his style radically changed, becoming less abstract as he introduced a distinct realism to much of his production, which now focused on still life.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest, 1949; Etta Cone, Baltimore, by purchase, August 5, 1936; Galerie Rosengart, Lucerne, by purchase, 1931; Galerie Thannhauser, Berlin.
Kunsthalle Basel, Switzerland, "Georges Braque", April 9-May 14, 1933, no. 136.
Kunstmuseum Luzern, Switzerland, "These, Antithese, Synthese", February 24-March 31, 1935, no. 10.
Gertrude Rosenthal, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Selections from the Cone Collection", October 7-December 31, 1949, no. 3.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "The Cone Collection", circulated to The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond,October 23-November 22, 1953.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Cone Collection," circulated to The Greensboro Public Library, North Carolina,March 31-April 14, 1965.
Jane Harrison Cone, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Cone Collection from The Baltimore Museum of Art", circulated to Wildenstein and Company, New York, March 29-May 4, 1974, no. 2.
Brain Trust Inc., Isetan Museum of Art, Tokyo, "Matisse and Modern Masters from the Cone Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art", October 3-December 28, 1996, no. 73; circulated to the Osaka Municipal Museum of Art, January 8-February 11, 1997.
Katherine Rothkopf, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Matisse Picasso and the School of Paris: Masterpieces from The Baltimore Museum of Art featuring Selections from the Collection of Etta and Claribel Cone", circulated to North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh October 10, 2004-January 16, 2005; The Naples Museum of Art, Naples, Florida (as "Matisse, Picasso and Friends: Impressionism to Surrealism, Masterworks of Painting and Sculpture from The Baltimore Museum of Art)," February 5-May 1, 2005; The Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville (as "Matisse, Picasso, and the School of Paris: Masterpieces from The Baltimore Museum of Art"), March 2-June 3, 2007.
Kunstmuseum Luzern, Switzerland, "These, Antithese, Synthese", February 24-March 31, 1935, no. 10.
Gertrude Rosenthal, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Selections from the Cone Collection", October 7-December 31, 1949, no. 3.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "The Cone Collection", circulated to The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond,October 23-November 22, 1953.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Cone Collection," circulated to The Greensboro Public Library, North Carolina,March 31-April 14, 1965.
Jane Harrison Cone, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Cone Collection from The Baltimore Museum of Art", circulated to Wildenstein and Company, New York, March 29-May 4, 1974, no. 2.
Brain Trust Inc., Isetan Museum of Art, Tokyo, "Matisse and Modern Masters from the Cone Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art", October 3-December 28, 1996, no. 73; circulated to the Osaka Municipal Museum of Art, January 8-February 11, 1997.
Katherine Rothkopf, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Matisse Picasso and the School of Paris: Masterpieces from The Baltimore Museum of Art featuring Selections from the Collection of Etta and Claribel Cone", circulated to North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh October 10, 2004-January 16, 2005; The Naples Museum of Art, Naples, Florida (as "Matisse, Picasso and Friends: Impressionism to Surrealism, Masterworks of Painting and Sculpture from The Baltimore Museum of Art)," February 5-May 1, 2005; The Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville (as "Matisse, Picasso, and the School of Paris: Masterpieces from The Baltimore Museum of Art"), March 2-June 3, 2007.
"Georges Braque," Basel, Switzerland: Kunsthalle Basel, 1933, p. 21, no. 136. (The painting might have been included in this publication as "Stilleben," needs further research to confirm)
"These, Antithese, Synthese," Luzern, Switzerland: Kunstmuseum Luzern, 1935, p. 39, no. 10. (The painting might have been included in this publication as "Nature morte," needs further research to confirm)
George Boas, Adelyn D. Breeskin and J.G. D'Arcy Paul, "Selections from the Cone Collection," "News of the Baltimore Museum of Art," October 1949, vol. 13, no. 1, p. 11.
"$3,000,000 Art Collection," "Look," April 25, 1950, vol. 14, no. 9, p. 105, ill.
George Boas, Adelyn Breeskin, and Gertrude Rosenthal, "Cone Collection: A Handbook with a Catalogue of Paintings and Sculpture," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1955, pp. 27, 29, no. 7, ill.
"Loans to Other Institutions September 1964 through March 1965," "News of The Baltimore Museum of Art," 1967, vol. 28, nos. 2, 3 and 4, p. 24.
George Boas, Adelyn Breeskin, and Gertrude Rosenthal, "Paintings, Sculpture and Drawings in the Cone Collection," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1967, pp. 42, 65, no. 7, ill.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Cone Collection from The Baltimore Museum of Art: A Benefit Exhibition at Wildenstein," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1974, no. 2.
Brenda Richardson, "Dr. Claribel & Miss Etta: The Cone Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1985, pp. 30, 189, ill. p. 30.
Nobuyuki Senzoku and Akira Tomita, "Matisse and Modern Masters from the Cone Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art," Tokyo: Brain Trust Inc., 1996, pp. 43, 140, 161, no. 73, ill.
Ellen B. Hirschland and Nancy Hirschland Ramage, "The Cone Sisters of Baltimore: Collecting at Full Tilt," Evanston, IL: Northwestern University Press, 2008, pp. 158, 160, 217, 273, fig. 7.8, ill.
Karen Levitov, "Collecting Matisse and Modern Masters: The Cone Sisters of Baltimore," New York: The Jewish Museum, 2011, p. 24.
Inscribed: Recto: Lower left in black paint, "G. Braque/28" Verso: Center of top stretcher, rectangular yellow label in black print, "AQUE/___tilleben m. Zitronen 1928)/35.22/L.M. Ph. Nr." Center of top stretcher, black stamp, "5" Right on top stretcher, rectangular browned label, black print, "GALERIE THANNHAUSER/LUZERN/Haldenstr, 11 Telephon 186/NO. 91241" Top of central support in graphite, "O$" Middle of central support in graphite, "07" Middle of central support, white square label with a blue border in black print, "I/26 26" Frame Inscriptions Verso: Top right corner in white paint, "59" Right on top horizontal rail in blue pencil, "GT" Middle of top horizontal rail in black grease pencil, "140" Middle of right vertical rail in white paint, "192" Center of top horizontal rail in graphite, "192" Center of top horizontal rail, white square label with a blue border, in black print, "I/26" Left on top horizontal rail in graphite, "1089"
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