Checkerboard and Playing Cards

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Checkerboard and Playing Cards
Checkerboard and Playing Cards MET DP302916 ms.jpg
Artist Juan Gris
Year1915
MediumGouache, graphite, and resin on cream-colored wove paper and paperboard
Dimensions21 cm× 29.8 cm(8.3 in× 11.7 in)
Location Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Checkerboard and Playing Cards is an early 20th century drawing by Spanish cubist Juan Gris. Done in gouache, graphite, and resin on wove paper, the drawing depicts a table set with a checkerboard and playing cards. Gris' work is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in New York. [1]

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References

  1. "Checkerboard and Playing Cards". www.metmuseum.org. Archived from the original on 2018-09-13. Retrieved 2018-09-13.