Louis Marcoussis

Shell-Fish, Zither and Ace of Hearts

Shell-Fish, Zither and Ace of Hearts by Louis Marcoussis

Artwork Detail

Louis Markus left Warsaw for Paris in 1903, where he initially painted in an impressionist style. In 1910 he met Braque and Apollinaire (who dubbed him Marcoussis after the name of a village outside Paris), and introduced him to Picasso and the ideas behind Cubism. The visualisation of objects in terms of multiple perspectives, and the disjunction and fragmentation of forms as seen here, were basic principles of Cubism.

Title
Shell-Fish, Zither and Ace of Hearts
Artist/creator
Louis Marcoussis
Production date
1928
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
865 x 1210 x 85 mm
Credit line
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1966
Accession no
1966/1
Copyright
No known copyright restrictions
Department
International Art
Display status
Not on display

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