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Alternative titles
Paysage de La Roche-Guyon
Paysage avec maison
Maisons. La Roche-Guyon
Other titles
House and trees
Painting
oil on canvas
65.5 x 54.0cm stretcher; 88.3 x 76.3 x 4.5cm frame
Purchased 1980
2.1980
Art Gallery of NSW, Level 2, Impressionism & 20th Century European Art Galleries
Further information
This landscape by the co-founder of cubism was painted in a region of France frequented by Cezanne: coastal L'Estaque. Not unnaturally, Braque's faceted brush-work resembles Cezanne's, while at the same time hinting at the fragmented system of application he was destined to perfect with Picasso. Though it had its genesis in landscape - Braque at La Roche-Guyon, Picasso at La Horta - the cubist method found its purest expression in still life. This painting has elements of that genre, from the object-like character of the houses and tree, to their flattening thrust into the plane of the picture. Braque's shifting of forms in space, indeed his shifting of space itself, announce the fourth dimension of cubism. The landscape is understood almost exclusively in spatial terms, though not without a dramatic connotation specific to the early days of the movement. 'Landscape with houses' has a rawness that would convert to refinement within the year. The palette of browns, greens and unemphatic blues is already, at this date, quintessentially cubist.
AGNSW Handbook, 1999.
Provenance
Galerie Beyeler (Switzerland), 1977-25 Jan 1980, Basel/Switzerland, Purchased by the AGNSW from Galerie Beyeler 1980. Galerie Beyeler stock no. 8814.
Thomas Gibson Fine Art (England), pre 1977, London/England, Purchased by Galerie Beyeler from Thomas Gibson Fine Art 1977. Letters sent to Thomas Gibson Fine Art, 11 March and 14 October 2003 asking for information on when and from whom they acquired the painting. No response.
George W. and Emily Staempfli (United States of America), circa 1960-circa 1968, New York/New York/United States of America, by 1960, listed in 'Cubism and Twentieth Century Art' by Robert Rosenblum 1960 as collection of Mr and Mrs George W Staempfli. Lent in 1968 to the exhibition 'Summer loan exhibition including the McIlhenny and Staempfli Collections' at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Fine Arts Associates (United States of America), New York/New York/United States of America, dates unknown, sold to Mrs George Staempfli. Fine Arts Associates business records, now in the collection of the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., contain an undated sales record 'Paintings by Georges Braque sold by Fine Arts Associates, New York' page 3, listing the painting as sold to Mrs George Staempfli. Reel 4051 Otto and Ilse Gerson Papers, 6. Business records, a. Miscellaneous purchase and sales records.
Perls Galleries, New York (United States of America, estab. 1937, closed 1996), New York/New York/United States of America, stock number 5031. Perls Galleries records are now in collection of the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
Edwin Suermondt (Germany, b.1883, d.1923), Aachen/Germany
Bibliography
Exhibition catalogue; Georges Braque et le paysage: de l'Estaque à Varengeville 1906-1963; Musee Cantini (France); 2006, 129 (colour illus.), cat.no.20
Exhibition catalogue; Cezanne and the dawn of modern art; Museum Folkwang, Essen (Germany); 2004, (illus.), this work is not in this exhibition but is referred to in the catalogue
Auction catalogue; Sotheby's New York: The eye of a collector, works from the collection of Stanley J. Seeger; Editor Unknown; May 2001, 99 (colour illus.), illustrated in reference to cat.no. 26 'La Maison. La Roche-Guyon'
General/Book; Art Gallery of New South Wales handbook; Bruce James (Australia), Edmund Capon (England; Australia, b.1940); 1999, 53 (colour illus.), 'Western Collection: Paintings and Sculpture' by Bruce James, pg. 17-77.
Scholarly/Book; Psychology: Mind, Brain & Culture; Drew Westen (United States of America, b.1959); 1999, 132 (colour illus.)
Book; Art Investigator; Susan Lee; 1998, 182 (colour illus.), 'New Visions - Cubism', pg. 182-83.
Book; From Caves to Canvas: An Introduction to Western Art (Second edition); Donald Williams (Australia), Barbara Wilson (Australia); 1998, 243 (colour illus.), 'De-Construct and Re-Construct: Cubism and its followers' pg.240-250
Periodical; Look; Wendy Symonds (Australia); Feb 1997, 3 (colour illus.), 6, 'Close-ups of the Collection', pg. 6.
General/Book; The Art Gallery of New South Wales collections; Ewen McDonald (Australia); 1994, 145 (colour illus.), 'The Western Heritage, Renaissance to Twentieth Century' by Renée Free, pg. 108-172.
Book; The Post-Impressionists: A Retrospective; Martha Kapos; 1993, 29 (illus.), 'Introduction' pg. 29-34
Book; Picasso and Braque A Symposium; Museum of Modern Art, New York (United States of America); 1992, 184 (illus.), 'The Semiology of Cubism' by Yve-Alain Bois pg. 169-208, pl. 12. Symposium held at MOMA 10-13 Nov. 1989 in conjunction with the exhibition 'Picasso and Braque: Pioneering Cubism'
Book; From Caves to Canvas: An Introduction to Western Art; Donald Williams (Australia), Barbara Wilson (Australia); 1992, 219 (colour illus.), 'De-Construct and Re-Construct: Cubism and its followers' pg.216-224
Exhibition catalogue; Picasso and Braque: Pioneering Cubism; William Rubin (United States of America); 1989, 112 (colour illus.)
General/Book; Art Gallery of New South Wales Handbook; Annabel Davie; 1988, 50 (illus.), 51, 'European' by Renée Free, pg. 36-56
Book; Portrait of a Gallery; Edmund Capon (England; Australia, b.1940), Jan Meek (Australia); 1984, 91 (colour illus.), 'European 20th Century Art', pg. 91-95.
Periodical; Art and Australia (Vol. 22, No. 1); Elwyn Lynn (Australia, b.1917, d.1997); Spring 1984, 66, 67 (illus.), 'European Acquisitions: 1972-83' by Renee Free pg. 63-67
Series; Art Gallery of New South Wales Collection Series 4; Barry Pearce (Australia); Winter 1983, 5 (illus.), 'Georges Braque 1882-1963. Houses and trees. 1909' by Renée Free, pg. 5-8.
Book; Braque: Cubism 1907-1914; Nicole de Romilly, Jean Laude; 1982, 85 (illus.), cat.no. 33
Exhibition catalogue; Three years on: a selection of acquisitions 1978-1981; Art Gallery of New South Wales (Australia, estab. 1874); 1981, 31 (colour illus.), 'European Art' by Renée Free, pg. 27-36., cat.no. 2
Periodical; Art and Australia (Vol. 18, No. 2); Mervyn Horton (Australia, b.1917, d.1983); Summer 1980, 150, 151 (colour illus.), 'Artists Choice No. 6: Georges Braque' by Rodney Milgate, pg.150-151
Book; Raoul Dufy; Alfred Werner (England); 1970, 23 (illus.), fig.no. 19, as 'View of La Roche-Guyon' collection Mr & Mrs George W. Staempfli, N.Y.
Exhibition catalogue; Georges Braque, an American Tribute; Public Education Association of the City of New York (United States of America); 1964
Book; Cubism and Twentieth Century Art; Robert Rosenblum; 1960, 42 (illus.), as 'View of La Roche-Guyon' 1909
Exhibition venue
Title: Georges Braque et le paysage: de l'Estaque à Varengeville 1906-1963
Organizer: Musee Cantini
Venue: Musee Cantini
Opening: 01 Jul 2006
Closing: 01 Oct 2006
Notes: cat.no.20
Title: Picasso and Braque: die Gebürt des Kubismus
Venue: Kunstmuseum Basel
Opening: 25 Feb 1990
Closing: 04 Jun 1990
Title: Picasso and Braque: Pioneering Cubism
Venue: Museum of Modern Art, New York
Opening: 24 Sep 1989
Closing: 16 Jan 1990
Notes: Loan no. 89.475
Title: Three years on: Acquisitions 1978-81
Organizer: Art Gallery of New South Wales
Venue: Art Gallery of New South Wales
Opening: 15 Oct 1981
Closing: 01 Dec 1981
Notes: cat.no. 2
Title: Summer loan exhibition including the McIlhenny and Staempfli Collections
Venue: Philadelphia Museum of Art
Opening: May 1968
Closing: 15 Sep 1968
Notes: cat.no. 6, as 'Houses and trees, Roche-Guyon' 1909
Title: Summer loan exhibition: Paintings, drawings and sculpture from private collections, 1966
Venue: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Opening: 08 Jul 1966
Closing: 31 Aug 1966
Notes: cat.no.16
Title: The Heroic Years: Paris 1908-1914
Venue: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas
Opening: 20 Oct 1965
Closing: 08 Dec 1965
Title: The Years of Ferment: The Birth of Twentieth Centry Art 1886-1914
Organizer: University of California Art Galleries, Los Angeles
Venue: Cleveland Museum of Art
Opening: 13 Jul 1965
Closing: 22 Aug 1965
Venue: San Francisco Museum of Art
Opening: 28 Mar 1965
Closing: 16 May 1965
Notes: Reg. no. 14.65-53
Venue: University of California Art Galleries, Los Angeles
Opening: 24 Jan 1965
Closing: 07 Mar 1965
Title: Georges Braque, an American Tribute
Organizer: Public Education Association of the City of New York
Venue: Saidenberg Gallery
Opening: 07 Apr 1964
Closing: 02 May 1964
Curator: Public Education Association of the City of New York
Notes: cat.no. 13
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