Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2014.

Martha by a Table with Fruit and Nuts

Artist Pierre Daura (American (born Spain), 1896 - 1976)

Date1933

MediumWatercolor on paper

Dimensions9 3/4 x 14 1/4 in. (24.8 x 36.2 cm)
Overall, Frame: 23 1/4 × 29 1/4 × 1 1/2 in. (59.1 × 74.3 × 3.8 cm)

ClassificationsModern art

Credit LineGift of Martha Randolph Daura

Object number97.39.4

Terms

Women
Daughters
Interior
Girls
Food
Martha Randolph Daura
Fruit
Table
Nuts

On View

Not on view

DescriptionThis watercolor on paper painting depicts the artist's daughter, Martha, at age three.

Label TextPierre Daura American (born Spain), 1896-1976 Martha by a Table with Fruit and Nuts, 1933 Watercolor on paper Created while the artist lived in Spain, this watercolor depicts his daughter seated at a table with a cubist still life. Born in that country, Pierre Daura spent his formative years as an artist in Paris. There he was part of an artists’ group known as Cercle et Carré (Circle and Square), which advocated for abstraction in art. The group’s members also included such leading modernists as Joaquin Torres-Garcia, Wassily Kandinsky, and Piet Mondrian. Following the Spanish Civil War, Daura settled in Virginia, the home of his wife Louise. Gift of Martha Randolph Daura 97.39.4