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After meeting Apollinaire, Braque, and Picasso in 1910, he began to paint in a Cubist style and never strayed far from it during the rest of his career. This painting exemplifies his interpretation of Cubism at a time when that style was on the cutting edge of the avant-garde, and still life the preferred subject matter. The use of brand names, as in the ceramic match holder and striker (<i>pyrogène) </i>that advertises the aperitif Quinquina, was valued by this group of artists as symbolic of modern life.","remarks":"K4-6 Gallery Rotation January 2016"},{"texttype":"Online","textpurpose":"Provenance","textentryhtml":"\n\nGalerie Percier; Museum of Modern Art, NY (Lafranchis); 1980&nbsp;gift of Alfred H. 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