Clarinet, Bottle of Bass, Newspaper, Ace of Clubs by Pablo Picasso – Canvas Giclée Print

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The high-resolution replica revisits the masterpiece “Clarinet, Bottle of Bass, Newspaper, Ace of Clubs” painted 1913 by Pablo Picasso. As one of the Spanish artist’s seminal pieces of work, it is part of the masterpiece series at Pigment Pool. Picasso created the picture during the late years of the Cubist art movement called Synthetic Cubism (1912 – 1919), applying clearer shapes, simplifying the use of viewpoint and plane, and using cut paper fragments for collages.

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Pablo PicassoSynthetic Cubism: Commonly considered the founding father of Cubism, Pablo Picasso was famous for his eagerness to evolve. In the early 20th century, Picasso focused his artistic activity on the genre of still life, exploring the processes of perception and their relationship to the mechanics of representation. The artist drew and painted myriad arrangements of objects including glasses, bottles, guitars, and fruit. In Synthetic Cubism (1912 – 1919), Picasso and other avant-garde artists further experimented with their compositions, pasting cut paper fragments, wallpaper, portions of newspaper pages onto the compositions – the first use of collage in fine art.

Where is the picture “Clarinet, Bottle of Bass, Newspaper, Ace of Clubs today?

The original picture of “Clarinet, Bottle of Bass, Newspaper, Ace of Clubs” is part of a private collection today.

What’s in it?

Clarinet, Bottle of Bass, Newspaper, Ace of Clubs” depicts a series of objects and paper fragments clustered on a table. The oval edge of the table has been loosely drawn on the right side of the composition. An abstract formed clarinet stretches across the table, intersecting with pieces of notepaper and an open newspaper, which again half covers the playing card ace of clubs almost falling off the table. Picasso attached not only paper and cardboard onto the collage making the arrangement appear three-dimensional, but also included letters, such as “Bass” and a fragment of the red beer logo for indicating a bottle of beer. Again, the bottle is presented from different viewpoints: The audience looks into the bottleneck from an aerial view, then again sees the writing on the label on the front. Associating product elements like beer labels later became common practice for Picasso and other Cubist artists, blurring the line between low and high art, art, and advertising as later brought to extremes by Roy Lichtenstein.

What’s the context?

Pablo Picasso – Periods: In preceding art periods, namely Picasso’s Blue Period (1901–1904), the Rose Period (1904–1906), and the African-influenced Period (1907–1909), the objects represented still played a major role in the respective compositions. The transition to Analytical Cubism was created by his painting Les Demoiselles d’Avignon (1907), in which he abandoned all known forms and representation of traditional art, using distortion and simplifying the female body to geometric forms.
However, Picasso kept further experimenting with what would become Synthetic Cubism in 1912: He expanded the monochrome colour palette of the analytic phase, added new textures and materials. As can be seen in “Clarinet, Bottle of Bass, Newspaper, Ace of Clubs”, he now applied clearer shapes and simplified the use of viewpoint and plane. From the time of its invention until around 1919, Synthetic Cubism was considered the height of the avant-garde in European artist circles. The synthetic approach expanded the ways painters could explore reality, paving the way for later movements Dadaism, Surrealism, and Pop Art.

Chatter and Prattle

Pablo Picasso – Facts:

  • Picasso is said to have a strong affinity for alcohol. Many art historians have labeled him as an alcoholic. However, alcohol would never stop him from performing as an outstanding artist.
  • Besides shiny bottles of absinthe, Bass beer bottles likewise were part of Picasso’s favourite alcohol imageries: The letters “Bass” and the red brand icon appear in over 40 of his paintings.
  • The artist’s final words have been recorded to be “Drink to me, drink to my health. You know I can’t drink anymore.” These words soon became legendary: In 1973, the year of his death, Paul McCartney used them in a song.

 

Recommended Readings:

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Marilyn McCully et al. (2019): Picasso: Blue and Rose Periods

Victoria Charles (2019): Pablo Picasso Masterwoks

Roland Doschka et al. (2000): Pablo Picasso: Metamorphoses of the Human Form : Graphic Works, 1895-1972

Francoise Gilot et al. (2020): Life with Picasso

Christopher Lloyd (2018): Picasso and the Art of Drawing

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