In the second exhibition of the New Artists' Association Munich, in the Thannhauser Gallery, four landscapes by Georges Braque were shown, including "The Valley" and "The Viaduct at Estaque". Both were created in 1908 and, with their representationalism that is strongly detached from the object and translated into geometrically fragmented forms, heralded a style that Erma Bossi was evidently familiar with from her visits to the Paris art scene. An example of her cubist experiments is "Still Life with Carafe", created around 1912. In strong colors, the glass carafe stands in the center of the composition on a base that changes in shades of blue on a small table in bright yellow. The carafe is framed by a large, green wine bottle and a red curtain with a partly ornamental pattern. On the left in the picture, a bowl of fruit, behind it a can, a glass and other objects fill the small table surface. Bossi has combined an up-close and a close-up view here. In addition to the change in perspective from an extreme view, such as the view of the fruit bowl, to the carafe shown in close-up from the side, the structural space also completely dissolves towards the back. Complementary contrasts are placed next to one another using strong, unmixed colors, which intensify the luminosity of the individual colors.