Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2014.

Martha by a Table with Fruit and Nuts

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

CultureAmerican

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)

SignedSigned and dated 1933 at lower right.

InscribedSigned and dated 1933 at lower right.

Credit LineGift of Martha Randolph Daura

Object number97.39.4

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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 Exhibition History"Pierre Daura (1896-1976): Picturing Attachments," Indianapolis University Museum of Art, Bloomington, Indiana, October 3 - December 22, 2014; Georgia Museum of Art, University of GA, Athens, GA, January 24 – March 29, 2015; Daura Gallery at Lynchburg College, Lynchburg, VA, May 10 – August 1, 2015. "Watercolor: An American Medium," Photography Gallery, Chrysler Museum of Art, February 21 - June 23, 2019.Published ReferencesAdelheid Gealt, _Pierre Daura (1896-1976): Picturing Attachments_ (Athens, GA: Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia, 2014) 59, fig. 50.