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Still Life / Ben Nicholson
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1951/2.25
- Title
- Still Life
- Artist
- Ben Nicholson
- Artist Nationality
- British
- Artist Life Dates
- 1894-1982
- Medium and Support
- oil on board
- Object Creation Date
- 1945
- Object Creation Place
- Europe (continent)
- United Kingdom (nation)
- England (country)
- Cornwall (county)
- Saint Ives (inhabited place)
- Creation Place 1
- Europe (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- United Kingdom (nation)
- Creation Place 3
- England (country)
- Creation Place 4
- Cornwall (county)
- Creation Place 5
- Saint Ives (inhabited place)
- Credit Line
- Museum Purchase
- Style/Group/Movement
- Cubist
- Dimensions
- 58.5 cm x 29.8 cm (23 1/16 in. x 11 3/4 in.)
- Century
- 20th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Painting
- Primary Object Type
- still life
- Secondary Object Classification
- Painting
- Physical Description
- An angular bottle executed in two tones of white stands tall just to the (viewer's) right of center. To its left is a stack of gray drinking cups. Irregular blocks of various sizes and colors make up the rest of the field.
- Subject Matter
- A Cubist still life, depicting a bottle and drinking cups. The perspective is mildly fragmented and, through the use of the blocks of color as well as the blocky objects, the space is flattened into discrete planes.
- Primary Keywords
- abstract
- abstraction
- bottle
- cubist
- cups
- flasks (bottles)
- oil painting
- oil paintings
- still lifes
- Secondary Keywords
- bottles
- bottles by form
- containers
- containers by form
- containers by function or context
- containers for serving and consuming food
- culinary containers
- descriptors
- drinking vessels
- european
- european styles and periods
- genres
- image-making processes and techniques
- modern and contemporary art
- modern european fine arts styles and movements
- modern european styles and movements
- objects
- objects we use
- painting and painting techniques
- painting techniques
- painting techniques by medium
- paintings
- paintings by material or technique
- people and culture
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- vessels
- vessels for serving and consuming food
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- visual works by subject type
- Rights
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 761 x 1481
- File Size
- 63 KB
- Record
- 1951/2.25
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1951-sl-2.25/1951_2.25.jpg
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"Still Life; Ben Nicholson." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1951-sl-2.25/1951_2.25.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024.
