Accession Number
1983/1.246

Title
Le Lierre

Artist(s)
Georges Braque

Artist Nationality
French (culture or style)

Object Creation Date
1955

Medium & Support
etching on paper

Dimensions
22 3/16 in x 17 13/16 in (56.3 cm x 45.3 cm)

Credit Line
Gift of the Marvin Felheim Collection

Subject matter
This etching comes from the very end of Braque's career.  In the last years of his life he focused  on creating scenes of interior spaces, objects, and still lifes.  This work, depicting an ivy plant represents Braque's late interest in plants and flowers which he drew more from his imagination than direct observation, expressing the essence of the objects. 

Physical Description
This print is a still life etching of a potted plant. The foreground shows the top of the table on which sits a large plant with five-pointed star-shaped leaves and a seed-pod shown as a cluster of small circles.  There are patches of different tones of olive green throughout the print.

Primary Object Classification
Print

Collection Area
Modern and Contemporary

Rights
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Keywords
Plants
Toxicodendron (genus)
houseplants
interior
ivy
modern and contemporary art
still lifes
vases