Man in a Hammock

Man in a Hammock
French: L'Homme au hamac
ArtistAlbert Gleizes
Year1913
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions130 cm × 155.5 cm (51.2 in × 61.2 in)
LocationAlbright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo

Man in a Hammock (French: L'Homme au hamac) is a painting created by the French artist Albert Gleizes, from 1913. The work was exhibited at Moderni Umeni, SVU Mánes, Vystava, Prague, February – March 1914, no. 41; and Der Sturm, Berlin, July – August 1914.[1] The painting was reproduced in Guillaume Apollinaire, Paris-Journal, July 4, 1914 (published again in Chroniques d'Art, 1960. p. 405); and Albert Gleizes, L'Épopée, Le Rouge et le Noir, October 1929, p. 81. Stylistically Gleizes' painting exemplifies the principle of mobile perspective laid out in Du "Cubisme", written by himself and French painter Jean Metzinger. Evidence suggests that the man reclining in the hammock is indeed Jean Metzinger. Formerly in the collection of Metzinger, the first owner of the painting, Man in a Hammock forms part of the permanent collection of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York.[2]

  1. ^ Varichon, Anne, Albert Gleizes – Catalogue Raisonné, Volume 1, Paris, SOMOGY éditions d'art/Fondation Albert Gleizes, 1998, ISBN 2-85056-286-6
  2. ^ Albright-Knox Art Gallery, L'Homme au hamac by Albert Gleizes