| Juan Legua | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Artist | Juan Gris |
| Year | 1911 |
| Medium | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 54.9 cm× 46 cm(21.6 in× 18 in) |
| Location | Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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. [1] The work is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in New York. [1]
José Victoriano González-Pérez , better known as Juan Gris, was a Spanish painter born in Madrid who lived and worked in France for most of his active period. Closely connected to the innovative artistic genre Cubism, his works are among the movement's most distinctive.
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Still Life with a Poem is an oil painting by Spanish artist Juan Gris, completed in 1915. It is held at the Norton Simon Museum, in Pasadena.
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. The work is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The Breakfast 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.
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