Glass and Ace of Clubs
Pablo Picasso Spanish
Not on view
Glass and Ace of Clubs is the papier collé sibling of the reliefs Picasso made during the same period, the almost featureless background standing for the wall on which they were designed to hang. He mitigated the flatness of the cutouts by allowing their edges to lift slightly and gave the wineglass heft by using a textured paper. In a parody of trompe l’oeil painting, the playing card tips over the edge of the oval table—itself made from a sheet of Picasso’s hand-painted faux bois, complete with a crude faux carved edge. The dark gray-blue cutout may represent a jug and the vertical molding its handle.
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