Still life with Chair Caning is an ovular 1912

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collage work by

Pablo Picasso Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso (25 October 1881 – 8 April 1973) was a Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, Ceramic art, ceramicist, and Scenic ...

(1881-1973) which is considered to be the first

cubist Cubism is an early-20th-century avant-garde art movement which began in Paris. It revolutionized painting and the visual arts, and sparked artistic innovations in music, ballet, literature, and architecture. Cubist subjects are analyzed, broke ...

collage Collage (, from the , "to glue" or "to stick together") is a technique of art creation, primarily used in the visual arts, but in music too, by which art results from an assembly of different forms, thus creating a new whole. (Compare with pasti ...

as well as by some the first assemblage. The work consists of oil and printed oilcloth (a waterproof fabric used for tablecloths - here imitating the chair caning material i.e.

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) on canvas edged with

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. It is said that by introducing the facsimile of a newspaper into the work that he was "inserting a fragment of reality into the fictive realm of painting". In this piece

still life A still life (: still lifes) is a work of art depicting mostly wikt:inanimate, inanimate subject matter, typically commonplace objects which are either natural (food, flowers, dead animals, plants, rocks, shells, etc.) or artificiality, human-m ...

and in turn the elements which go into a restaurant or cafe dining experience are the crux of the literal pictorial ingredients. It is one of the initial Synthetic Cubist

works. ..."In these works, still-life objects overlap and intermingle, barely maintaining identifiable two-dimensional forms, losing individual surface texture, and merging into the background—achieving goals nearly opposite to those of traditional still life." The work is held in the permanent collection of the Musée Picasso in

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.Seeing Picasso, Fixing Cézanne - Peter V. Moak - Google Books https://books.google.com/books?id=NghLDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT28&dq=still+life+with+the+caned+chair&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&ovdme=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi6j5_L69WLAxUwhIkEHVANKhsQ6AF6BAgLEAM#v=onepage&q=still%20life%20with%20the%20caned%20chair&f=false

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(1901–1904) *

Rose A rose is either a woody perennial plant, perennial flowering plant of the genus ''Rosa'' (), in the family Rosaceae (), or the flower it bears. There are over three hundred Rose species, species and Garden roses, tens of thousands of cultivar ...

(1904–1906) * African (1907–1909) *

Cubism Cubism is an early-20th-century avant-garde art movement which began in Paris. It revolutionized painting and the visual arts, and sparked artistic innovations in music, ballet, literature, and architecture. Cubist subjects are analyzed, broke ...

(1910–1919) , group2 = Lists of works , list2 = * 1889–1900 * 1901–1910 * 1911–1920 * 1921–1930 * 1931–1940 * 1941–1950 * 1951–1960 * 1961–1970 * 1971–1973 * Picasso's written works , group3 = Paintings , list3 = * '' Le petit picador jaune'' (1889) * ''

Science and Charity ''Science and Charity'' is an Oil painting, oil on canvas painting by Pablo Picasso, which he painted in Barcelona in 1897. It is an example of one of Picasso's earliest works, as he painted it when he was only 15 years old. The painting depicts ...

'' (1897) * '' Le Moulin de la Galette'' (1900) * '' The Appointment'' (1901) * '' Child with a Dove'' (1901) * '' La Gommeuse'' (1901) * '' Yo, Picasso'' (1901) * '' Portrait of Jaime Sabartés'' (1901) * '' The Blue Room'' (1901) * '' Femme aux Bras Croisés'' (1901–1902) * '' Old Jewish Man with a Boy'' (1903) * '' The Old Guitarist'' (1903) * '' La Vie'' (1903) * '' Portrait of Angel Fernández de Soto'' (1903) * '' Portrait of Suzanne Bloch'' (1904) * '' The Actor'' (1904–1905) * '' Woman Ironing'' (1904) * '' Girl in a Chemise'' ({{Circa, 1905) * '' Acrobat and Young Harlequin'' (1905) * '' Family of Saltimbanques'' (1905) * '' Garçon à la pipe'' (1905) * '' Girl on a Ball'' (1905) * '' Les Noces de Pierrette'' (1905) * '' Au Lapin Agile'' (1905) * '' Young Girl with a Flower Basket'' (1905) * '' Famille d'acrobates avec singe'' (1905) * ''

Boy Leading a Horse ''Jeune garçon au cheval'' (English: ''Boy Leading a Horse'') is an Oil painting, oil on canvas painting by Pablo Picasso. The painting is housed in the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, New York. It was painted in Picasso's Rose Period fr ...

'' (1905–1906) * '' Portrait of Gertrude Stein'' (1905–1906) * '' Head of a Young Woman'' (1906) * {{Lang, fr,

Les Demoiselles d'Avignon (''The Young Ladies of Avignon'', originally titled ''The Brothel of Avignon'') is a large oil painting created in 1907 by the Spanish artist Pablo Picasso. Part of the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York, it portrays f ...

(1907) * '' Woman with a Fan'' (1908) * '' Brick Factory at Tortosa'' (1909) * '' Woman with a Fan'' (1909) * '' Femme et pot de moutarde'' (1910) * '' Girl with a Mandolin'' (1910) * '' Portrait of Ambroise Vollard'' (1910) * ''

Portrait of Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler ''Portrait of Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler'' (Spanish: ''Retrato de Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler'') is an oil on canvas painting by Pablo Picasso in the Analytical Cubism style. It was completed in the autumn of 1910 and depicts the prominent art dealer ...

'' (1910) * '' The Accordionist'' (1911) * '' Le pigeon aux petits pois'' (1911) * '' La Coiffeuse'' (1911) * '' Violon et Raisins'' (1912) * '' Bottle, Glass, Fork'' (1912) * '' Ma Jolie'' (1912) * ''Still Life with Chair Caning'' (1912) * '' Arlequin'' (1913) * '' Ma Jolie'' (1914) * '' Three Musicians'' (1921) * '' Reading the Letter'' ({{Circa, 1921) * '' The Pipes of Pan'' (1923) * '' The Three Dancers'' (1925) * '' Woman in a Red Armchair'' (1929) * '' Le Repos'' (1932) * '' Girl before a Mirror'' (1932) * '' La Lecture'' (1932) * '' Le Rêve'' (1932) * '' Nude, Green Leaves and Bust'' (1932) * '' Nude in a Black Armchair'' (1932) * '' Femme à la montre'' (1932) * ''

Two Girls Reading ''Two Girls Reading'' (French: ''Deux Enfants Lisant'') is a 1934 painting by Pablo Picasso. Since 1994, it has been at the University of Michigan Museum of Art. In 2002, UMMA included it in an exhibition called ''Picasso: Masterworks of the Coll ...

'' (1934) * '' Jeune Fille Endormie'' (1935) * '' Guernica'' (1937) * '' Portrait of Dora Maar'' (1937) * '' Woman in Hat and Fur Collar'' (1937) * ''

The Weeping Woman ''The Weeping Woman'' (French: ''La Femme qui pleure'') is a series of oil on canvas paintings by Pablo Picasso, the last of which was created in late 1937. The paintings depict Dora Maar, Picasso's mistress and muse. ''The Weeping Woman'' pai ...

'' (1937) * '' Girl with a Red Beret and Pompom'' (1937) * '' Femme au béret et à la robe quadrillée (Marie-Thérèse Walter)'' (1937) * '' Maya with Doll'' (1938) * '' Woman's Head'' (1939) * '' Dora Maar au Chat'' (1941) * '' The Charnel House'' (1944–1945) * '' Nature morte au poron'' (1948) * '' Massacre in Korea'' (1951) * ''Les Femmes d'Alger'' series (1955) * ''

Las Meninas ) is a 1656 painting in the Museo del Prado in Madrid, by Diego Velázquez, the leading artist of the Spanish Baroque painting, Spanish Baroque. It has become one of the most widely analyzed works in Western painting for the way its complex a ...

'' (1957) * '' The Fall of Icarus'' (1958) * '' Bust of a Seated Woman (Jacqueline Roque)'' (1960) * '' Jacqueline'' (1961) * '' Femme au Chien'' (1962) , group4 = Sculptures , list4 = * '' Bust of a Woman (Marie-Thérèse)'' (1931) * '' Tête de femme (Dora Maar)'' (1941) * '' Bull's Head'' (1942) * '' Baboon and Young'' (1951) * '' Figure découpée'' (1963, 1964, 1965) * Chicago Picasso (1967) * '' Sylvette'' (1970) , group5 = Etchings , list5 = * '' Vollard Suite'' (1930–1937) * '' Minotaur Kneeling over Sleeping Girl'' (1933) * '' Minotauromachy'' (1935) * '' The Dream and Lie of Franco'' (1937) * '' 347 Series'' (1968) , group6 = Drawings , list6 = * '' Girl from Majorca'' (1905) * ''

Don Quixote , the full title being ''The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha'', is a Spanish novel by Miguel de Cervantes. Originally published in two parts in 1605 and 1615, the novel is considered a founding work of Western literature and is of ...

'' (1955) * '' Toros y toreros'' (1961) , group7 = Lithographs , list7 = * '' Le Taureau'' (1945–1946) * ''

Dove Columbidae is a bird family consisting of doves and pigeons. It is the only family in the order Columbiformes. These are stout-bodied birds with small heads, relatively short necks and slender bills that in some species feature fleshy ceres. ...

'' (1949) , group8 = Murals , list8 = * Regjeringskvartalet murals , group9 = Plays , list9 = * '' Desire Caught by the Tail'' ({{Circa, 1941) * '' The Four Little Girls'' ({{Circa, 1947–1948) , group10 = Poetry , list10 = * Picasso's written works , group11 = Ballet designs , list11 = * Picasso and the Ballets Russes **''

Parade A parade is a procession of people, usually organized along a street, often in costume, and often accompanied by marching bands, floats, or sometimes large balloons. Parades are held for a wide range of reasons, but are usually some variety ...

'' **'' The Three-Cornered Hat'' **''

Pulcinella Pulcinella (; ) is a classical character that originated in commedia dell'arte of the 17th century and became a stock character in Neapolitan puppetry. Pulcinella's versatility in status and attitude has captivated audiences worldwide and kept ...

'' **'' Le Train Bleu'' *'' Mercure'' , group12 = Museums , list12 = * Musée Picasso (Paris) * Musée Picasso (Antibes) *

Museu Picasso The Museu Picasso (, "Picasso Museum") is an art museum in Barcelona, in Catalonia, Spain. It houses an extensive collection of artworks by the twentieth-century Spanish artist Pablo Picasso, with a total of 4251 of his works. It is housed in f ...

(Barcelona) * Museo Picasso M%C3%A1laga (Malaga) * Museo Casa Natal (Malaga) * Château de Boisgeloup (Normandy) , group13 = Partners , list13 = * Fernande Olivier *

Marie-Thérèse Walter Marie-Thérèse Walter (13 July 1909 – 20 October 1977) was a French model and lover of Pablo Picasso, with whom she had a daughter, Maya Widmaier-Picasso. Walter is known as Picasso's "golden muse." She inspired numerous artworks and sculpt ...

Dora Maar Henriette Theodora Markovitch (22 November 1907 – 16 July 1997), known as Dora Maar, was a French photographer and painter. Maar was both a pioneering Surrealist artist and an antifascist activist. Maar was depicted in a number of Picasso's p ...

Françoise Gilot Françoise Gaime Gilot (26 November 1921 – 6 June 2023) was a French painter. Gilot was an internationally known artist working largely in watercolors and ceramics as well as a bestselling memoirist of the book ''Life with Picasso''. Gilot's ...

* Geneviève Laporte , group14 = Family , list14 = *

Olga Khokhlova Olga Picasso (born Olga Stepanovna Khokhlova; ; 17 June 1891 – 11 February 1955) was a Russian ballet dancer in the Ballets Russes, directed by Sergei Diaghilev and based in Paris. There she met and married the artist Pablo Picasso, serve ...

(first wife) * Jacqueline Roque (second wife) * Maya Widmaier-Picasso (daughter) * Claude Picasso (son) *

Paloma Picasso Paloma Picasso (born Anne Paloma Ruiz-Picasso y Gilot on 19 April 1949) is a French jewelry designer and businesswoman. She is best known for her collaboration with Tiffany & Co and her signature perfumes. The daughter of artists Pablo Picas ...

(daughter) * Diana Widmaier Picasso (granddaughter) * Marina Picasso (granddaughter) * Bernard Ruiz-Picasso (grandson) *

José Ruiz y Blasco José Ruiz y Blasco (12 April 1838 – 3 May 1913) was a Spanish painter, an art teacher, and the father of artist Pablo Ruiz Picasso (1881–1973). Family life José Ruiz y Blasco who was known by his family as "Pepe" was born in Mála ...

(father) , group15 = Residences
(France) , list15 = * Bateau-Lavoir (Montmartre Paris) * Villa La Vigie (Juan-les-Pins, Summer 1924) * Château de Boisgeloup (Gisors, 1930–1937) * Château of Vauvenargues (Vauvenargues, 1958–1962) * Villa La Californie (Cannes, 1955–1961) * Château de Vie (Mougins, 1961–1973) , group16 = Films and
television about , list16 = * '' Visit to Picasso'' (1949) * '' Guernica'' (1950) * '' The Mystery of Picasso'' (1956) * '' The Adventures of Picasso'' (1978) * '' Surviving Picasso'' (1996) * '' Picasso: Magic, Sex & Death'' (2001) * '' Modigliani'' (2004) * ''

Genius Genius is a characteristic of original and exceptional insight in the performance of some art or endeavor that surpasses expectations, sets new standards for the future, establishes better methods of operation, or remains outside the capabiliti ...

'' (2018 TV series) , group17 = Related , list17 = * Carles Casagemas * Carl Nesjar * Lydia Corbett * Lump (dog) * Fundación Picasso * '' Picasso. In the heart of darkness (1939–1945)'' (2019–2020 exhibition) * '' Picasso & Lump'' (2006 book) * Picasso referendum of Basel * Theft of ''The Weeping Woman'' from the National Gallery of Victoria * '' Portrait of Pablo Picasso'' (1915 painting) * " If I Told Him: A Completed Portrait of Picasso" (1924 poem) * '' The Picasso Summer'' (1969 film) * '' Woman, Bird, Star (Homage to Pablo Picasso)'' (1973 painting) * "

" (1976 song) * ''

The Blue Guitar ''The Blue Guitar'' is a suite of twenty Etching, etchings with aquatint by David Hockney, drawn in 1976–77 and published in 1977 in London and New York by Petersburg Press. The Book frontispiece, frontispiece to the portfolio mentions Hoc ...

'' (1977 etchings) * '' Picasso at the Lapin Agile'' (1993 play) * Picasso (crater)