Spanish artist, 1887–1927
Juan Legua is an oil-on-canvas painting by Spanish cubist Juan Gris, created in 1911. It depicts a male sitter smoking a pipe and is one of Gris' earliest works in the cubist style. The work is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in New York.
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Violin and Playing Cards on a Table is an oil on canvas painting by Spanish cubist Juan Gris, from 1913. The work is a still life, a typical motif for the cubists. It is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in New York.
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Still Life with a Guitar is an oil on canvas painting by Spanish cubist Juan Gris, from 1913. The work is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in New York, Gallery 905.
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The Anisette Bottle is a 1914 painting by Juan Gris, now in the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía in Madrid. It shows a bottle of anisette, specifically the Spanish brand Anís del Mono, with the names of Badalona, Madrid and Paris, all linked with the leaders of the Cubist movement, namely Gris himself, Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque.
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Still Life with Checked Tablecloth is an early 20th century painting by Spanish Cubist artist Juan Gris. Done in oil and graphite on canvas, the painting depicts a table set with grapes, a bottle of red wine, beer, a newspaper and guitar. In addition, the composite image formed from these various objects can be seen as Gris' take on a bull's head.
Formerly in the collection of Léonce Rosenberg, Paris (no. 5114), the work was reproduced in Bulletin de "L'Effort Moderne" no. 16, in June 1925, titled Le compotier. The painting later formed part of the collection of Gottlieb Reber. Background →
In 2014, Still Life with Checked Tablecloth was sold at Christie's London for £34.8 million ($57.1 million), attaining a world record price for a work by Juan Gris at a public auction. These surpassed previous records of $20.8 million for his 1915 work, Livre, pipe et verres, and $28.6 million for the 1913 painting, Violon et guitare. Art market →
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The Bekfast is a painting by Juan Gris, painted in October 1915. It is in the collection of the Musée National d'Art Moderne, in Paris, purchased in 1947.
From 2018 to 2019, it was in the exhibition, Le Cubisme, at the Centre Pompidou, Paris. == References == History →
This cubist canvas is executed in oil and charcoal. It is a still life depicting a coffee grinder, a coffee pot and a fruit bowl . Description →
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Harlequin with a Guitar is an oil on canvas painting by Spanish cubist Juan Gris, from 1917. The work is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in New York.
Juan Gris · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Juan Gris · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Juan Gris · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
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