
Museum gets major Cubism collection —
The Metropolitan Museum of Art announced Tuesday, April 9, that Leonard A. Lauder has pledged to give the museum his collection of 78 works by Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque, Juan Gris and Fernand Léger, which stands as one of the foremost collections of Cubism in the world. Here is "Bottle of Rum" by Georges Braque, spring 1914. For more of the collection:
!["The Violin [Mozart/Kubelick]" by Georges Braque, early spring 1912.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/130409205349-cubism-collection-02.jpg?q=w_1280,h_720,x_0,y_0,c_fill/h_447)
Museum gets major Cubism collection —
"The Violin [Mozart/Kubelick]" by Georges Braque, early spring 1912.

Museum gets major Cubism collection —
"Trees at L'Estaque" by Georges Braque, 1908.

Museum gets major Cubism collection —
"The Smoker" by Fernand Léger, 1914.
!["Composition [The Typographer]" by Fernand Léger, 1917-18.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/130409205357-cubism-collection-05.jpg?q=w_1280,h_720,x_0,y_0,c_fill/h_447)
Museum gets major Cubism collection —
"Composition [The Typographer]" by Fernand Léger, 1917-18.

Museum gets major Cubism collection —
"The Absinthe Glass" by Pablo Picasso, spring 1914.

Museum gets major Cubism collection —
"Nude Woman in an Armchair" by Pablo Picasso, summer 1909.

Museum gets major Cubism collection —
"Woman in an Armchair (Eva)" by Pablo Picasso, 1913.

Museum gets major Cubism collection —
"The Scallop Shell" by Pablo Picasso, May 1912.

