Job
1911
Medium
etching in black on wove paper
Dimensions
plate: 14.5 × 20 cm (5 11/16 × 7 7/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1964.8.389
Art Historical Context
Georges Braque's *Job*, created in 1911, is a striking etching in black on wove paper, measuring a intimate plate size of 14.5 × 20 cm. Housed in the National Gallery of Art's Rosenwald Collection, this print exemplifies Braque's mastery during a pivotal moment in modern art. As a co-founder of Cubism alongside Pablo Picasso, Braque was immersed in Analytic Cubism by 1911, fragmenting forms and multiple viewpoints to challenge traditional perspective. The etching technique—incising lines into a metal plate with acid for precise, expressive marks—allowed Braque to explore Cubist geometry with ...
About the Artist
Georges Braque
Georges Braque (1882–1963) was a French painter, collagist, and sculptor who, together with Pablo Picasso, invented Cubism — one of the most revolutionary developments in the history of Western art. Born in Argenteuil and raised in Le Havre, he initially trained as a house painter and decorator before studying fine art at the Académie Humbert and the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Braque's early ...