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Jean Metzinger — Homme assis devant la table
Jean Metzinger

Homme assis devant la table

1918

Jean Metzinger's 'Homme assis devant la table' from 1918 employs oil and sand on canvas to construct a cubist composition. The addition of sand to the painting medium adds texture and materiality to the fragmented representation of a seated man at a table.

Medium
oil and sand on canvas

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Modern & Contemporary Day Auction

June 28, 2023

Estimate: $500,000$700,000

Lot 311

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Jean Metzinger, Homme assis devant la table, 1918

Jean Metzinger's 'Homme assis devant la table' from 1918 employs oil and sand on canvas to construct a cubist composition. The addition of sand to the painting medium adds texture and materiality to the fragmented representation of a seated man at a table.

Medium
oil and sand on canvas
Year
1918
Seen at
Sotheby's, New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris

Related themes

Geometric, French, Sand, Cubism, Seated Man, Figure, Early 20th Century, Portrait, Monochromatic, Oil on Canvas

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