Braque used a wallpaper simulating limewashed oak to represent the table and another pattern to imitate the paneling typical of dining rooms. The latter is laid on top of the other pasted fragments but, paradoxically, represents the wall behind the table. To integrate it into his composition, Braque extended its molding on the left with a hand-drawn replica. The clay pipe appears to be a pasted-on cutout but was in fact cut from the newspaper on which it seems to lie. Violette de Parme (Parma violet), advertised in bold type at the bottom of the other news clipping, was a prized perfume for women. Facing the pipe, it promises a floral antidote to the pungent smell of tobacco.
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Inscription: Signed (lower right, in graphite): G. Braque [underlined after G]
[Galerie Kahnweiler, Paris, 1914; inv. no. 2241, photo no. 1587]; [Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris, 1950; no. 04718]; Sir Edward and Lady Nika Hulton, London (1953–81; sold on March 18, 1981 to Marlborough); [Marlborough Fine Art Ltd., London, 1981–82; sold in 1982 to Lauder]; Ronald Lauder, New York (1982–89; in February 1989 to Estée Lauder); his mother, Estée Lauder (née Josephine Esther Mentzer), New York (1989–2000; in March 2000 to Leonard A. Lauder); her son, Leonard A. Lauder, New York (2000–2013; transferred on April 8, 2013 to the Leonard A. Lauder Cubist Trust); The Leonard A. Lauder Cubist Trust, New York (2013–16; gift to MMA)
Paris. Musée National d'Art Moderne. "Le Cubisme (1907–1914)," January 30–April 9, 1953, no. 159 (as "Bouteille, verre et pipe," lent by Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris).
London. Institute of Contemporary Arts Gallery. "George Braque: An Exhibition of Paintings and Drawings from Collections in England, with Lithographs, 1909–1953," May 15–July 3, 1954, no. 8 (as "Bouteille, verre et pipe," lent by Mrs. Edward Hulton).
Edinburgh. Royal Scottish Academy. "G. Braque: An Exhibition of Paintings," August 18–September 15, 1956, no. 39 (as "Bottle, Glass and Pipe," 1913, lent by Mrs. Edward Hulton, London).
London. Tate Gallery. "G. Braque: An Exhibition of Paintings," September 28–November 11, 1956, no. 39.
London. Tate Gallery. "A Selection of Pictures, Drawings and Sculpture from the Collections of Sir Edward and Lady Hulton," August 29–September 18, 1957, no. 2 (as "Bouteille, verre et pipe").
Munich. Haus der Kunst. "Georges Braque," October 18–December 15, 1963, no. 41 (as "Flasche, Glas und Pfeife [Bouteille, verre et pipe]," 1913, lent by Sir Edward Hulton, London).
Wuppertal. Kunsthalle Barmen. "Sammlung Sir Edward und Lady Hulton, London," September 9–November 15, 1964, no. 2 (as 1913).
Rotterdam. Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen. "Sammlung Sir Edward und Lady Hulton, London," November 27, 1964–January 17, 1965, no. 2.
Frankfurter Kunstverein. "Sammlung Sir Edward und Lady Hulton, London," February–March 1965, no. 2.
Munich. Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus. "Sammlung Sir Edward und Lady Hulton, London," April 3–May 9, 1965, no. 2.
Dortmund. Museum am Ostwall. "Sammlung Sir Edward und Lady Hulton, London," (June)–August 8, 1965, no. 2.
Kunsthaus Zürich. "Sammlung Sir Edward und Lady Hulton, London," December 3, 1967–January 7, 1968, no. 3 (as "Stilleben mit Flasche, Glas und Pfeife [Violette de Parme]," 1913).
Frankfurt. Frankfurter Kunstverein. "Collagen aus sechs Jahrzehnten," April 6–May 19, 1968, no. 21 (as 1913, lent by Sir Edward and Lady Hulton, London).
Kunstgewerbemuseum Zürich. "Collagen: Die Geschichte der Collage," June 8–August 18, 1968, unnumbered cat. (p. 55; as "Stilleben mit Flasche, Glas und Pfeife [Violette de Parme]," 1913, lent by Sir Edward and Lady Hulton).
Paris. Centre Georges Pompidou, Musée national d'art moderne. "Georges Braque: Les papiers collés," June 17–September 27, 1982, no. 41 (lent by a private collection).
Washington, D.C. National Gallery of Art. "Braque: The Papiers Collés," October 31, 1982–January 16, 1983, no. 44 (lent by a private collection).
London. Tate Gallery. "The Essential Cubism, 1907–1920: Braque, Picasso & their friends," April 27–July 10, 1983, extended to July 31, 1983, no. 32 (as "Bottle, Newspaper, Pipe and Glass," autumn 1913, lent by a private collection, New York).
New York. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. "Aspects of Collage, Assemblage and the Found Object in Twentieth Century Art," March 29–May 22, 1988.
New York. Museum of Modern Art. "Picasso and Braque: Pioneering Cubism," September 24, 1989–January 16, 1990, unnumbered cat. (p. 318; as "Bottle, Glass, and Pipe," [spring] 1914, lent by a private collection).
New York. Acquavella Galleries. "Georges Braque: Pioneer of Modernism," October 12–November 30, 2011, no. 22 (as "Bottle, Glass, and Pipe," lent by a private collection).
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Cubism: The Leonard A. Lauder Collection," October 20, 2014–February 16, 2015, no. 15.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Cubism and the Trompe l'Oeil Tradition," October 17, 2022–January 22, 2023, unnumbered cat. (pl. 90).
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Georges Braque: An Exhibition of Paintings and Drawings from Collections in England, with Lithographs, 1909–1953. Exh. cat., Institute of Contemporary Arts Gallery. London, 1954, unpaginated, no. 8.
G. Braque. Exh. cat., Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh. London, 1956, p. 37, no. 39, pl. 10.
Maurice Gieure. G. Braque. New York, 1956, p. 98, colorpl. 30 (French ed., p. 114, colorpl. 30), as "Papier collé (Violette de Parme)," ca. 1914.
Jean Paulhan. "Georges Braque, le patron des cubistes." Nouveau Femina. France Illustration (February 1956), ill. p. 69, as "Bouteille, verre et pipe".
A Selection of Pictures, Drawings and Sculpture from the Collections of Sir Edward and Lady Hulton. Exh. cat., Tate Gallery. London, 1957, unpaginated, no. 2.
Frank Elgar. Braque, 1906–1920. New York, 1958, unpaginated, colorpl. 14, as "Parma Violet," ca. 1914.
John Golding. "The History of Cubism, 1907–1914." PhD diss., Courtauld Institute of Art, London, 1958, p. 171.
Guy Habasque. Cubism: Biographical and Critical Study. New York, 1959, p. 167, ill. p. 78 (color), as "Bottlte, Glass and Pipe".
John Golding. Cubism: A History and an Analysis, 1907–1914. New York, 1959, pp. 7, 109, colorpl. B, as "Bottle, Glass and Pipe," 1913.
Denys Chevalier. "Georges Braque." Aujourd'hui, Art et Architecture no. 34 (December 1961), ill. p. 6 (color), as "Violette de Parme," ca. 1914.
Douglas Cooper. Georges Braque. Exh. cat., Haus der Kunst. Munich, 1963, p. 39, no. 41, fig. 37.
Sammlung Sir Edward und Lady Hulton, London. Exh. cat., Kunsthalle Barmen. Wuppertal, 1964, unpaginated, no. 2, ill.
John Berger. The Success and Failure of Picasso. Harmondsworth and Baltimore, 1965, unpaginated (list of illustrations), ill. no. 30, as "Bottle, Glass, and Pipe," 1913.
Robert L. Delevoy. Dimensions of the 20th Century: 1900–1945. Geneva, 1965, p. 221, ill. p. 120 (color), as "Violette de Parme".
Robert Rosenblum. Cubism and Twentieth-Century Art. Rev. ed. (1st ed., 1960). New York, 1966, pp. 96, 319, ill. no. 49, as 1913.
Hulton-samlingen. Exh. cat., Moderna Museet. Stockholm, 1966, unpaginated, no. 1, ill., as "Flaska, glas och pipa," 1913.
Sammlung Sir Edward und Lady Hulton, London. Exh. cat., Kunsthaus Zürich. Zürich, 1967, p. 11, no. 3, ill. (color).
Collagen: Die Geschichte der Collage. Exh. cat., Kunstgewerbemuseum Zürich. Zürich, 1968, ill. p. 55.
Collagen aus sechs Jahrzehnten. Exh. cat., Frankfurter Kunstverein. Frankfurt, 1968, p. 38, no. 21, ill.
Nadine Pouillon. Braque. Paris, 1970, colorpl. V, as "Violette de Parme".
Paul Waldo Schwartz. Cubism. New York, 1971, pp. 102, 209, ill. no. 69, as "Bottle, Glass and Pipe," 1913.
Marco Valsecchi and Massimo Carrà. L'opera completa di Braque dalla scomposizione cubista al recupero dell'oggetto, 1908–1929. Milan, 1971, p. 93, no. 130, ill. p. 92, as "Violette de Parme," 1914.
Pierre Descargues and Massimo Carrà. Tout l'oeuvre peint de Braque, 1908–1929. Paris, 1973, p. 93, no. 130, ill. p. 92, as "Nature morte (Violettes de Parme)," 1914.
Kurt Rowland. A History of the Modern Movement: Art Architecture Design. New York, 1973, fig. 254, as "Glass, Bottle and Pipe," 1913.
Maciej Gutowski. Braque, 1906–1920. Warsaw, 1975, pl. 14, as "Fiołki Parmeńskie (Violette de Parme)".
Robert Rosenblum. Cubism and Twentieth-Century Art. Rev. ed. New York, 1976, pp. 91, 341, ill. no. 49, as 1913.
Ulrich Weisner et al. Zeichnungen und Collagen des Kubismus: Picasso, Braque, Gris. Exh. cat., Kunsthalle Bielefeld. Bielefeld, 1979, p. 272, pl. 172, as "Flasche, Glas und Pfeife (Bouteille, verre et pipe)".
Ivan Margolius. Cubism in Architecture and the Applied Arts: Bohemia and France, 1910–1914. London, 1979, fig. 16 (color), as "Bottle, Glass and Pipe".
Nicole Worms de Romilly and Jean Laude. [Catalogue de l'œuvre de Georges Braque]. Vol. [1], Le Cubisme, fin 1907–1914. [Paris], 1982, p. 287, no. 224, ill. p. 235, as "Bouteille, verre et pipe (Bottle, Glass and Pipe)".
Isabelle Monod-Fontaine with E. A. Carmean Jr. Braque: The Papiers Collés. Exh. cat., Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris. Washington, D.C., 1982, p. 132, no. 44, ill., and colorpl. 7 (French ed., p. 146, no. 41, ill. p. 147 [color]), erroneously listed as no. 40 and as in the collection of John R. Gaines.
Douglas Cooper and Gary Tinterow. The Essential Cubism: Braque, Picasso & their friends, 1907–1920. Exh. cat., Tate Gallery. London, 1983, p. 98, no. 32, ill. p. 99 (color).
Jean-Paul Bouillon. "L'énigme cubiste: Picasso, Léger, Braque, Gris." Beaux Arts Magazine no. 2 (May 1983), ill. p. 46, ill. no. 3 (color), erroneously as "Nature morte à la pipe," 1911, in the collection of the Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris.
William Rubin, ed. Picasso and Braque: Pioneering Cubism. Exh. cat., Museum of Modern Art. New York, 1989, ill. p. 318 (color) (German ed., 1990, fig. 395; French ed., 1990, and Spanish ed., 1991, ill. p. 312).
Leo J. O'Donovan. "To Find Originality." America 161, no. 13 (November 4, 1989), p. 300.
Mary Acton. Learning to Look at Modern Art. London and New York, 2004, pp. xvi, 126, 130–34, pl. 50, as "Bottle, Newspaper, Pipe and Glass," 1913.
Fred S. Kleiner and Christin J. Mamiya. Gardner's Art through the Ages. 12th ed. Belmont, Calif., 2005, pp. 974–75, fig. 33-13 (color), as "Bottle, Newspaper, Pipe, and Glass," 1913.
Bernice B. Rose, ed. Picasso, Braque, and Early Film in Cubism. Exh. cat., PaceWildenstein. New York, 2007, ill. p. 133 (color), as "Bottle, Glass, and Pipe".
Fred S. Kleiner. Gardner's Art through the Ages: A Global History. 13th ed. Boston, 2009, pp. 922–23, fig. 35-17 (color), as "Bottle, Newspaper, Pipe, and Glass," 1913.
Picasso and Braque Go to the Movies. (video recording). Produced by Martin Scorsese and Robert Greenhut, Produced and directed by Arne Glimcher. New York: Arthouse Films, 2010, ill. (color).
Richard Shiff inGeorges Braque: Pioneer of Modernism. Exh. cat., Acquavella Galleries. New York, 2011, pp. 33–34.
Georges Braque: Pioneer of Modernism. Exh. cat., Acquavella Galleries. New York, 2011, colorpl. 22.
"Objects Promised to the Museum during the Year 2012–2013." The Metropolitan Museum of Art, One Hundred Forty-third Annual Report of the Trustees for the Fiscal Year July 1, 2012, through June 30, 2013 (2013), p. 45, as "Bottle, Newspaper, Glass, and Pipe (Violette de Parme)," spring 1914.
Anne Umland inCubism: The Leonard A. Lauder Collection. Ed. Emily Braun and Rebecca Rabinow. Exh. cat., The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, 2014, pp. 105, 309 nn.45–47, no. 15, ill. p. 102 (color).
Anna Jozefacka and Luise Mahler inCubism: The Leonard A. Lauder Collection. Ed. Emily Braun and Rebecca Rabinow. Exh. cat., The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, 2014, pp. 254–55, fig. 15 (color, installation photo, Exh. Washington 1982–83).
Elizabeth Cowling in Emily Braun and Elizabeth Cowling. Cubism and the Trompe l’Oeil Tradition. Exh. cat., The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, 2022, pp. 179, 243, colorpl. 90.
Newspaper fragment at bottom right from page 8 of Le Journal, December 12, 1913
Newspaper fragment at left from page 3 of Le Journal, February 20, 1914
Georges Braque (French, Argenteuil 1882–1963 Paris)
1912, published 1950
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