Franck BURTY-HAVILAND (1886 – 1971)

Still life, the pedestal table circa 1913/14

Oil on cardboard.

105 x 41 cm

From a private collection and previously unrecorded on the art market.

Exhibited: Musée de Céret, 2010, for the retrospective dedicated to the painter.

Bibliography:
Homage Franck Burty Haviland 1886-1971, Catalogue of the Musée d’art moderne de Céret, 2010, p. 110, 157.

This artist is important in art history as he hosted Picasso and Braque in Céret from 1911 to 1913. A significant milestone in Cubism was achieved in this place, in which Frank Burty actively participated and remained friends with Picasso throughout his life.