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Albert Gleizes

Paris, 1881 - Avignon, 1953

Harvest Threshing (Le Dépiquage des moissons)

Date	1912
Materials and Techniques	oil on canvas
Size（cm）	269.0 x 353.0
Inscriptions	Signed and dated lower right: Albert Gleizes/ 1912
Category	Paintings
Collection Number	P.2004-0001

Pioneered by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque, Cubism was the most innovative art movement of the early twentieth century. The Cubist method is to integrate multiple viewpoints of a subject within a geometrically divided picture plane. This painting was one of the highlights of a comprehensive Cubist exhibition, “Section d’Or” (“Golden Section”), held in Paris in 1912. The traditional harvest scene is transformed by the new Cubist approach. (Source: Gallery label, October 2016)

Provenance

Solomon R. Guggenheim (acquired from the artist in 1938); Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; Sold to a Parisian Gallery, 1988; Private Collections, Paris, 1989; Purchased by the NMWA, 2005.

Exhibition History

1912: La Section d'Or , Galerie de la Boétie, Paris, 10 October 1912 - 30 October 1912, no. 43
1926: Trente ans d'Art indépedant, Grand Palais, Paris, 20 February 1926 - 21 March 1926, cat. no. 1058
1947: Albert Gleizes, 50 ans de peintre, Chapelle du lycée Ampére, Lyon, 15 November 1947 - 14 December 1947, p. 19
1964: Albert Gleizes, 1881-1953: A Retrospective Exhibition, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, 0 September 1964 - 0 October 1964, cat. no. 34
1964: Albert Gleizes, 1881-1953, Musée national d'art moderne, Paris, 15 December 1964 - 31 January 1965, no. 16
1965: Albert Gleizes, 1881-1953: Retrospektive, Museum am Ostwall, Dortmund, 13 March 1965 - 25 April 1965, no. 16
2001: Albert Gleizes: le cubisme en majesté, Museu Picasso, Barcelona, 28 March 2001 - 5 August 2001, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Lyon, 6 September - 10 December 2001, cat. no. 35
2022: In Dialogue with Nature - from Friedrich, Monet and Van Gogh to Richter, The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 4 June 2022 - 11 September 2022, cat. no. 85
2023: La Révolution Cubiste: Exposition de la collection du Centre Pompidou, Paris, Musée national d'art occidental, Tokyo, 3 October 2023 - 28 January 2024, cat. no. 46

Bibliography

1912: Hourcade, Olivier. Courrier des Arts. Paris-Journal. Oct. 10-30, 1912, no. 43.
1938: Les Beaux-Arts. August, 1938, repr. p. 2.
1950: Gray, Cleve. Gleizes. Magazine of Art. vol. 43, no. 6, October, 1950, pp. 207-210, repr. p. 208.
1959: Golding, John. Cubism: A History and an Analysis 1907-1914. New York/London, 1959, repr. no. 74B.
1964: Kuh, Katharine. Albert Gleizes: Underrated Cubist. Saturday Review. 31 October, 1964, pp. 32-33.
1964: Robbins, Daniel. Albert Gleizes 1881-1953, A Retrospective Exhibition (exh. cat.). The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, 1964, pp. 12-25, repr. in color, p. 47, no. 34.
1964: Robbins, Daniel. Gleizes as a Way of Life. Art News. No. 63, September, 1964, pp. 25-27ff, repr. p. 27.
1967: West, Richard V. Painters of Section d'Or: The Alternatives to Cubism (exh. cat.). Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffaro, 1967, repr. p. 58.
1968: Golding, John. Cubism: A History and an Analysis 1907-1914. 2nd ed., London, 1968, pp. 161, repr. no. 74B.
1970: Cooper, Douglas. The Cubist Epoch. New York, 1970, pp. 73-74, repr. col., plate 65.
1975: Robbins, Daniel. The Formation and Maturity of Albert Gleizes, 1881 through 1920. Dissertation, New York University, 1975
1976: Rudenstine, Angelica Zander. The Guggenheim Museum Collection: paintings, 1880-1945. vol. 1, New York, 1976, pp. 140-142, repr. p. 141, no. 47.
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1979: Yaegashi, Haruki. Sekai no Bijutsu. Cubism. Vol. 63, Tokyo, Jun. 1979, p. 70, rper. col. "Harvest Threshing (Le Dépiquage des moissons) ".
1980: Yaegashi, Haruki. Kindai no Bijutsu. Cubism. Vol.56, Tokyo, 1980, p. 53, repr. col. no. 56, "Harvest Threshing (Le Dépiquage des moissons) "
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2000: Green, Christopher. Art in France 1900-1940. New Haven/ London, 2000, pp. 198-199, repr. col. p. 198, no. 234.
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2001: Briend, Christian; Brooke, Peter et al.. Albert Gleizes: Le cubisme en majesté (exh. cat.). Museu Picasso, Barcelona/Musée des Beaux-Arts, Lyon, 2001, pp. 48-49, repr. col. no. 35.
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2006: Masterpieces of The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art; Tokyo, The Western Art Foundation, 2006 (Japanese, preface in Japanese and English), no. 116, col. repr.
2006: Annual bulletin of the National Museum of Western Art. No. 39 (Apr. 2004-Mar. 2005), 2006, Tanaka, Masayuki. New Acquisitions. pp. 9-13, List of New Acquisitions. p. 38, repr.
2009: Masterpieces of The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art; Tokyo, The Western Art Foundation, 2009, no. 116, col. repr.
2013: Masterpieces: The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo. Tokyo, The Western Art Foundation, 2013 (Japanese, preface in Japanese and English), no. 119, col. repr.
2022: In Dialogue with Nature: from Friedrich, Monet and Van Gogh to Richter (exh. cat.). Jingaoka, Megumi; Shinfuji, Atsushi; Yomiuri Shimbun, Museum Exhibition Department, eds. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo; Yomiuri Shimbun; NHK; NHK Promotions, 2022, pp. 166, 261, cat. no. 85, col. repr.
2023: La Révolution Cubiste: Exposition de la collection du Centre Pompidou, Paris (exh. cat.). Musée national d'art occidental, Tokyo; Kyoto City Museum of Art(Kyoto City KYOCERA Museum of Art); Nikkei Inc., eds. Tokyo, Nikkei Inc., 2023, pp. 97, 327, cat. no. 46

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