Headpiece (folio 14) from Le Piège de Méduse (The Ruse of Medusa)
Georges Braque
French, 1882–1963
1921
A small woodcut illustration by Georges Braque in an illustrated book, where the artist translates his Cubist interest in fragmented objects into a printed vignette that responds to the surrounding text and musical score.
What strikes you is a torn, ochre, guitar‑like shape—rendered flatly with subtle outlines and a hint of collage—hovering on the right page opposite printed musical notation, so the image reads like a quiet visual echo of the score.
The piece shows Braque’s post‑Cubist experiments with woodcut and collage within the book format, blurring image, text, and music and helping to expand modern ideas about integrated visual and printed design.
Medium
One from an illustrated book with three woodcuts
Dimensions
composition (irreg.): 3 1/8 × 5" (8 × 12.7 cm; page: 12 5/8 × 8 15/16" (32 × 22.7 cm)
Classification
Department
Credit
The Louis E. Stern Collection
Accession
703.1964.3
Palette
Art Terms
Exhibitions
