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''Nature morte'' (''Still Life''), or ''Compotier et cruche décorée de cerfs'', is a Cubist painting by the French artist Jean Metzinger. It was exhibited at ''Exposició d'Art Cubista'', Galeries Dalmau, Barcelona, 20 April – 10 May 1912 (no. 44). During this show—the first exhibition of Cubism in Spain—Metzinger's painting became one of the preferred targets of the press.〔(Mercè Vidal i Jansà, ''1912, l'Exposició d'art cubista de les Galeries Dalmau'', Volume 6 of ''Les Arts i els artistes: Breviari'', Edicions Universitat Barcelona, 1996, ISBN 8447513831 )〕 It was exhibited again 1 – 15 April 1917 at Nya Konstgalleriet (The New Art Gallery) founded by the Italian Futurist Arturo Ciacelli in Stockholm (reproduced in the catalogue).〔(Jean Metzinger, ''Nature Morte'', Nya Konstgalleriet, Flamman, Katalog Över Konstverk, Ur Samling Tillhörande, Flammans redaktion, 1 – 15 April 1917 )〕 Nya Konstgalleriet was one of the three main galleries in Sweden responsible for promoting national and international modernism between 1915 and 1925. 〔(Hubert van den Berg, Irmeli Hautamäki, Benedikt Hjartarson, ''A Cultural History of the Avant-Garde in the Nordic Countries 1900-1925'', Rodopi, 2012, ISBN 9401208913 )〕〔(Peter Brooker, Sascha Bru, Andrew Thacker, Christian Weikop, ''The Oxford Critical and Cultural History of Modernist Magazines: Europe 1880 - 1940'', Oxford University Press, May 19, 2013, ISBN 0199659583 )〕 The painting would eventually be exhibited at Galerie Philippe Reichenbach, Houston, where it was acquired in 1960. In 2008 ''Nature morte'' (titled ''Compotier et cruche décorée de cerfs'') was auctioned at Sotheby's in New York.〔(Jean Metzinger, ''Compotier et cruche décorée de cerfs'', lot 115, Impressionist & Modern Art Day Sale including Important Russian Paintings, 5 November 2008 )〕 ==Description== ''Nature morte'', signed "JMetzinger" (lower right), is an oil painting on canvas with dimensions 93.5 x 66.5 cm (36 3/4 by 26 1/4 in.), representing a still life. It is an interior scene depicting various objects including a compotier filled with fruit, a carafe, pears, a cup, a vase of flowers, and a jug (''cruche'') decorated with dear (''cerfs''). The objects are placed on a diamond-shaped table. In the 'background' (upper left) is another table with a glass and bowl resting on it. The colors employed by the artist are typical of early Cubism, ranging from reds to earth tones and greens—a legacy of Paul Cézanne. Rather than blurring the distinction between superimposed elements with irregular brushstrokes, Metzinger has clearly outlined each object with a thin dark line. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nature morte (Metzinger)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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