Georges Braque Man with a Guitar Céret, summer 1911-early 1912
- MoMA, Floor 5, 503 The Alfred H. Barr, Jr. Galleries
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 45 3/4 x 31 7/8" (116.2 x 80.9 cm)
- Credit
- Acquired through the Lillie P. Bliss Bequest (by exchange)
- Object number
- 175.1945
- Copyright
- © 2025 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
- Department
- Painting and Sculpture
- Georges Braque has 68 works online.
- There are 2,465 paintings online.
Installation views
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Georges Braque
Mar 29–Jun 12, 1949
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Works from the Museum Collection
Aug 12–Sep 21, 1952
3 other works identified
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XXVth Anniversary Exhibition: Paintings from the Museum Collection
Oct 19, 1954–Feb 6, 1955
2 other works identified
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Art in a Changing World: 1884–1964: Painting and Sculpture from the Museum Collection
May 27, 1964
2 other works identified
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Permanent Collection
Mar 29, 1972–Apr 21, 1980
2 other works identified
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Masterpieces from the Collection
Mar 2, 1982–Mar 1, 1983
2 other works identified
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Selections from the Permanent Collection: Painting and Sculpture
May 17, 1984–Aug 4, 1992
3 other works identified
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Selections from the Permanent Collection: Painting and Sculpture
May 17, 1984–Aug 4, 1992
3 other works identified
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Picasso and Braque: Pioneering Cubism
Sep 24, 1989–Jan 16, 1990
1 other work identified
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Selections from the Permanent Collection of Painting and Sculpture
Jul 1, 1993
2 other works identified
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Selections from the Permanent Collection of Painting and Sculpture
Jul 1, 1993
2 other works identified
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MoMA2000, ModernStarts: People, Composing with the Figure
Oct 7, 1999–Feb 1, 2000
1 other work identified
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MoMA2000, ModernStarts: People, Composing with the Figure
Oct 7, 1999–Feb 1, 2000
2 other works identified
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Painting &
Sculpture II Nov 20, 2004–Aug 5, 2005
5 other works identified
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503: Picasso, Rousseau, and the Paris Avant-Garde
Oct 25, 2021–Mar 10, 2024
2 other works identified
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503: Picasso, Rousseau, and the Paris Avant-Garde
Oct 25, 2021–Mar 10, 2024
7 other works identified
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503: Picasso, Rousseau, and the Paris Avant-Garde
Oct 25, 2021–Mar 10, 2024
5 other works identified
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503: A Cubist Salon
Ongoing
13 other works identified
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503: A Cubist Salon
Ongoing
3 other works identified
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This work is included in the Provenance Research Project, which investigates the ownership history of works in MoMA's collection.
Acquired from the artist by Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler (1884-1979), Galerie Kahnweiler, Paris, 1911 [1]; sold to Wilhelm Uhde (1874-1947), Paris, before 1914; seized during the war by the French government as enemy property and sold through Hôtel Drouot, Paris, May 30, 1921 [2]. Marcel Fleischmann, Zurich, [c. 1924] [3]; sold through Paul Drey, New York to The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1945 [4].
[1] Douglas Cooper and Gary Tinterow, The Essential Cubism: Braque, Picasso, and their Friends, 1907-1920, exh. cat. London: The Tate Gallery, 1983, no. 16: "The artist to Galerie Kahnweiler, Paris (photo no. 1019), 1911."
[2] Vente de biens allemands ayant fait l'objet d'une mesure de séquestre de guerre. Collection Uhde: Tableaux modernes, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, May 30, 1921, no. 4: Figure. Buyer not known.
[3] See Douglas Cooper and Gary Tinterow, The Essential Cubism: Braque, Picasso, and their Friends, 1907-1920, exh. cat. London: The Tate Gallery, 1983, no. 16. Included in the exhibitions Georges Braque, Kunsthalle Basel, April 9 - May 14, 1933, no. 49 (Mann mit Gitarre); and Georges Braque, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, November-December 1936, no. 9 (L'homme à la guitare).
[4] On extended loan to The Museum of Modern Art, New York from 1939 until sold in 1945. Included in the exhibition Modern Masters from European and American Collections, January 26-March 24, 1940, no. 19.
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