Still life in front of a Window overlooking the Eglise St. Augustin 1919

Pablo Picasso’s “Still Life in front of a Window overlooking the Eglise St. Augustin,” completed in 1919, is a small-scale work that depicts a geometric still life set against the backdrop of a Parisian cityscape. The Cubist style is evident in the fragmented and overlapping forms of the objects, such as the guitar, the jug, and the table. The window frame serves as a portal to the exterior, where the viewer glimpses the Eglise St. Augustin, a prominent landmark in Paris. This small work is characteristic of Picasso’s later Cubist period, where the artist explores the relationship between objects and space, using a simplified palette and angular shapes.