ID: 700001713 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700001713	Record Type: Movable Work

Collage, still life with black head (oil painting (visual work); John Piper; 1933)

Note: "Collage, still life with black head" shows Piper exploring the alternatives to conventional picture-making represented by the still-life collages of Braque and Picasso. Piper had met Braque in about 1927, and seen Picasso’s collage works in Paris. The window sill still life was a compositional device that allowed a flattening of the picture space, and here the sill is so steeply tilted as to afford only a glimpse of the sea and passing steamer. The picture’s surface is further emphasised by variously coloured, patterned or textured still-life objects, both painted and collaged. A framing cartouche of incised, wavy lines (a technique used by Braque) confirms Piper’s intention for the work to function as a decorative object rather than a window on the world. Common to this group of works is Piper’s witty use of paper doilies to represent the lace curtains that frame the window.

Titles:

Collage, still life with black head (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

oil painting (visual work) [300033799] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, paintings (visual works), <paintings by material or technique>)

Classifications:

paintings (preferred)

Creation Date: 1933

Creator Display:

John Piper [preferred,VP]

Piper, John (English painter, illustrator, 1903-1992) [500001054]

Locations:

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand) [500311561] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 1969-0004-1

Credit Line: Purchased 1969 with Harold Beauchamp Collection funds

Display Materials: oil and collage on panel

	oil paint (paint) [300015050]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>, paint (coating), <paint by composition or origin>)

	paper (fiber product) [300014109]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, <fiber by product>)

	panel (wood by form) [300014657]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by origin>, biological material, plant material, <wood and wood by product>, wood (plant material), <wood by form or function>)

	collage (technique) [300138699]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <image-making processes and techniques>)

Dimensions: Image 380 (Height) x 450 (Width) x mm; Frame 605 (Height) x 677 (Width) x 53 (Depth) mm; Support 380 (Height) x 450 (Length) mm

General Subject:

still lifes (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	profile (figure) [300123319]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by form>, <visual works by form of image>, <images by vantage point or orientation>) (AAT)

	figure (representation) [300189808]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by subject type>) (AAT)

doily [300204931]

.....(Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Furnishings (hierarchy name), furnishings (works), <furnishings by form or function>, coverings and hangings, <coverings and hangings by specific type>, <coverings and hangings by location or context>, <coverings and hangings for furniture>, <coverings and hangings for storage and support furniture>, mats (furniture coverings)) (AAT)

	flower vase [300311561]
	.....(Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Containers (hierarchy name), containers (receptacles), <containers by form>, vessels (containers), vases) (AAT)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

Sources and Contributors:
Collage, still life with black head	........ [VP,TePapa]
	........ Te Papa online (2000-) http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/ObjectDetails.aspx?oid=35762
	........ Te Papa spreadsheet (2012)

Subject: ....... [VP,TePapa]

....................... Te Papa spreadsheet (2012)

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Te Papa online (2000-) Victoria Robson, accessed 23 August 2012