Cubist nudity

Female nude was formed from geometric shapes and used a limited palette of colors to create the illusion of mass and weight. It was displaying a growing fascination with geometric patterns and solid, defined forms. In Head of a Woman (1909) he kept eliminating the space and unfolding the object, using a limited palette of colors- mainly browns and grays, but yet it’s not as dark and monochromatic as his subsequent works. Like in Braque’s still -life the woman’s figure breaks down into its different components, which are joined together again in a new arrangement. Background and figure fuse into a web of vertical and horizontal lines. Some fragments are recognizable – like an eye, lips, hair, a necklace with a cross or a guitar, while others are so integrated into the abstract space of the background that they are barely discernible. Despite the reduced palette of colors (a narrow range of ochre’s, grays and browns) Braque achieves luminous effects by using a technique of small brushstrokes and loose fracture. Original $3,000, Limited edition $300, Prints $90. Size16x20- Custom sizes are available as well please contact us for a price- -SKU–XSJO-3494–henri.artsorigin@gmail.com—www.wordpress-800580-5001763.cloudwaysapps.com