Bass

Prints and Drawings

1911, printed 1950

Georges Braque (French, 1882–1963)
printed by Georges Visat (French, 1910–2001)
published by Maeght, Paris

One of the more frequently depicted objects in Braque’s limited stock of subjects is a bottle of liquor. Here, Braque provides the brand name for what must have been a bottle of Bass Ale, produced in England since 1777.

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Department: Prints and Drawings

Artist: Georges Braque
Title: Bass
Place: France (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: Made 1911
Medium: Drypoint on cream wove paper
Dimensions: Plate: 45.7 × 32.8 cm (18 × 12 15/16 in.); Sheet: 65.5 × 50.5 cm (25 13/16 × 19 15/16 in.)
Credit Line: Gift from the estate of Curt Valentin
Reference Number: 1955.605
Copyright: © 2018 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

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