A Glass on a Table
1913
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
overall (oval): 19.05 × 24.13 cm (7 1/2 × 9 1/2 in.) framed: 24.45 × 33.02 cm (9 5/8 × 13 in.)
Classification
Painting
Department
CMC
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Corcoran Collection (Gift of Ingrid and Morton Leeds)
Accession Number
2014.136.164
Art Historical Context
**A Glass on a Table**1913) by Pablo captures the revolutionary spirit of early 20th-century modernism in a compact oil on canvas, measuring just 19.05 × 24.13 cm in an oval format. This intimate still life, now housed in the National Gallery Art as part of the Corcoran (Gift of Ingrid and Leeds), exemplifies Picasso's Cubism phase. Departing from the fragmented forms of Analytic Cubism, Picasso here employs bolder colors, simplified shapes, and textured surfaces to evoke a glass and tabletop, blending reality with abstraction in a playful yet profound way. The oval shape adds a unique, almos...
About the Artist
Pablo Picasso
Pablo Picasso (1881–1973), born Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso in Málaga, Spain, was the son of José Ruiz Blasco, a painter and art professor who served as his first teacher. From age seven, Picasso trained under his father in figure drawing and oil painting, mastering naturalistic techniques by copying mas...