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Although not the most recent painting in the National Gallery’s collection, this picture is perhaps the most self-consciously modern. It is also the Gallery’s only example of Cubism, the early twentieth-century art movement initiated by Pablo Picasso and his colleague Georges Braque, which radically transformed the visual arts, particularly through its rejection of single-point perspective that had dominated art since the Renaissance. Although the picture may seem to be entirely abstract, there are several recognisable objects. These include a table, an off-white tablecloth with grey tassels, the strings and neck of a violin, part of a newspaper (including the letters ‘AL’ of ‘JOURNAL’) and a dish of fruit. Picasso shows these objects from more than one point of view – for example, we see the table from the side and also look down at it from above.
Title
Fruit Dish, Bottle and Violin
Date
1914
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 92 x W 73 cm
Accession number
NG6449
Acquisition method
Bought, 1979
Work type
Painting