
Amédée Ozenfant
Still Life – Vase and Bottles
1924–25
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Amédée Ozenfant
1920
The composition is informed by the Purist aesthetic as developed by Amédée Ozenfant and Le Corbusier in 1918. Drawing on pre-1914 Cubism, particularly the coolly rational interpretation of Juan Gris, they dismissed its subsequent evolution as too decorative and unordered. They felt that the chaos of the natural world should be dispelled by the organizing mechanisms of the human mind. This conviction became a moral imperative that Ozenfant and Le Corbusier attempted to uphold in their work. Ozenfant's resulting compositions are lucid and geometric but somewhat dry.
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Artist | Amédée Ozenfant |
Original Title | Guitare et bouteilles |
Date | 1920 |
Medium | Oil on canvas |
Dimensions | 80.5 x 99.8 cm |
Credit line | Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice (Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, New York) |
Accession | 76.2553 PG 24 |
Collection | Peggy Guggenheim Collection |
Type | Painting |
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Amédée Ozenfant
1924–25
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1958
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