Cubist Still Life (Nature Morte Cubiste)
Maria Blanchard, Spanish, 1881 - 1932
about 1916-1918
Oil on canvas
Overall: 25 5/8 × 36 1/4 in. (65.1 × 92.1 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Evelyn A. and William B. Jaffe, Class of 1964H, by exchange
P.968.32
Geography
Place Made: Spain, Europe
Period
20th century
Object Name
Painting
Research Area
Nazi-Era Provenance Research
Painting
Not on view
Inscriptions
Signed, by artist, on reverse: M. Blanchard Label on reverse: C 37
Course History
ARTH 16.2, Picasso: The Vollard Suite, Michael R. Taylor, Fall 2013
THEA 90, Contemporary Practices in U.S. Theater, Laurie Cherba Kohn, Fall 2013
WRIT 5, The Waste Land, Before and After, Melissa Zeiger, Fall 2013
ARTH 16.2, Women in Art, Kristin O'Rourke, Fall 2014
SART 25, SART 31, Painting I, Painting II, Tom Ferrara, Summer 2021
SART 25.01, Painting I, Tom Ferrara, Fall 2021
SART 31/SART 72, Painting II/III, Tom Ferrara, Fall 2021
SART 25.01, Painting I, Danielle Genadry, Summer 2022
Studio Art 25.01, Painting I, Lucy Mink Covello, Winter 2024
Spanish 9.04, Culture and Conversation, Roberto Rey Agudo, Winter 2024
Exhibition History
20th Century Masters from the Permanent Collection, Barrows Windows, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, February 3-March 5, 1978.
A Collector's Choice, William B. Jaffe Memorial Exhibition, Jaffe-Friede Gallery, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, December 8, 1972-January 7, 1973.
Churchill P. Lathrop at Dartmouth 1928-1978, Strauss and Barrows Galleries and Barrows Windows, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, October 20-November 26, 1978.
Churchill P. Lathrop Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, February 17-March 18, 1997.
Cubism and Its Influence, Barrows Print Room, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, February 17-March 30, 1975.
Cubism and Its Legacy, Churchill P. Lathrop Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, August 17-December 20, 2013.
Cubism: From Advanced Art History Seminar to Museum Installation, Ivan Albright Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, June 28, 2004-February 20, 2005.
Cubist Art, Barrows Windows, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, February 4-March 20, 1977.
Cubists, Professor Jacobus, Carpenter Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, April 6,1979-August 18, 1981.
Picasso to Plensa: A Century of Art from Spain, The Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, New Mexico, December 18, 2005-April 16, 2006; The Salvador Dali Museum, St. Petersburg, Florida, May 5-July 31, 2006.
Publication History
Essays by Paloma Alarco, Pilar Parcerisas, and William Jeffett; Translations by Sharon Kellum and Rosa Elena A. de Leyba, Picasso to Plensa: A Century of Art from Spain, Albuquerque, NM: The Albuquerque Museum, 2005, p. 107, plate 7.
T. Barton Thurber, European Art at Dartmouth: Highlights from the Hood Museum of Art, Hanover: Trustees of Dartmouth College, 2008, pp. 105-107, ill. p.105, no. 53.
Provenance
Acquired by Evelyn Annenberg [Friede] Jaffe [Hall] (1911-2005) and William B. Jaffe (1904-1972), New York, date unknown; given to present collection, 1968.
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