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To Jacques Nayral
by Albert Gleizes · French, 1881 - 1953
| Creation Date: | 1917 |
| Media & Support: | Oil on board |
| Dimensions: | 29 7/8 x 25 5/8 inches |
| Credit: | Gift of Howard D. and Babette L. Surak, the Donors to the Campaign for Enduring Excellence, and the Derby Fund |
Albert Gleizes was intensely interested in the expressive potential of Cubism. The death of his brother-in-law, Jacques Nayral, killed in action in France in 1914, profoundly affected Gleizes, who painted this memorial portrait of Nayral. In keeping with the memorial purpose of the painting, Gleizes adopted a static com- position and a somber color scheme. The jagged Cubist facets—some colored, some softly modeled—suggest the lights of a night battle seen through haze and smoke.
