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Patrick Henry Bruce
Peinture/Nature Morte, c. 1925-1926
Peinture/Nature Morte is one of 25 still lifes inspired by objects in Bruce's Paris apartment. Emerging from the collage-like combinations of broad, flat areas of color is a horizontal plane abstracted from one of the artist's four antique tables. On the table appear drinking glasses, mortars and pestles from the artist's collection of African artifacts, draftsman's tool including an engineer's scale, and wooden moldings and magnets used to secure drawings to a table or wall. |