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Objects on a Table

ca. 1920–21
Not on view
Painted in France, where Bruce lived from 1904 to 1936, this still life depicts cut fruit, a glass with a straw, block-like shapes, and an architectural column with clean lines, geometric clarity, and cool tonalities. The painting exudes a rational stillness, especially when compared to Cubist still lifes by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque. In fact, Objects on a Table marks a deliberate and profound departure from Cubism, which gained negative associations during World War I because its fragmentation of form appeared to visualize the conflict’s deadly destruction.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Objects on a Table
  • Artist: Patrick Henry Bruce (American, Long Island, Virginia 1881–1936 New York, New York)
  • Date: ca. 1920–21
  • Medium: Oil on canvas
  • Dimensions: 35 × 45 3/4 in. (88.9 × 116.2 cm)
  • Classification: Paintings
  • Credit Line: George A. Hearn Fund, 1961
  • Object Number: 61.67
  • Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art

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