1911, Georges Braue, Clarinet and Bottle of Rum -- Tate Modern (London)
From the museum label: A horizontal clarinet lies on top of a mantelpiece at the centre of this playful, geometric work. In front stands a bottle with the characters RHU, the first three letters of the French word for rum. The word VALSE (waltz) indicates sheet music, reinforced by fragments of treble and bass clefs found throughout the image. A scrolled form in the lower right could represent part of the mantelpiece, or a violin-head. Braque painted this during a summer he spent with Pablo Picasso in the Pyrenees. They worked together depicting similar scenes and objects in the same style.
1911, Georges Braue, Clarinet and Bottle of Rum -- Tate Modern (London)
From the museum label: A horizontal clarinet lies on top of a mantelpiece at the centre of this playful, geometric work. In front stands a bottle with the characters RHU, the first three letters of the French word for rum. The word VALSE (waltz) indicates sheet music, reinforced by fragments of treble and bass clefs found throughout the image. A scrolled form in the lower right could represent part of the mantelpiece, or a violin-head. Braque painted this during a summer he spent with Pablo Picasso in the Pyrenees. They worked together depicting similar scenes and objects in the same style.