The Garden Table
1952
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View on museum website →Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
overall: 116.2 x 81.3 cm (45 3/4 x 32 in.) framed: 141.6 x 106.7 x 3.8 cm (55 3/4 x 42 x 1 1/2 in.)
Classification
Painting
Department
CMC
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon
Accession Number
1985.64.5
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 ...