Man and Woman on Bench

1908/1909

Juan Gris

Artist, Spanish, 1887 - 1927

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    charcoal, gouache, and watercolor on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall (approximate): 36.8 x 27.7 cm (14 1/2 x 10 7/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1971.66.4

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mr. [d. 1970] and Mrs. Lester Francis Avnet, Great Neck, Long Island, NY; purchased 19 October 1971 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1985

  • Figure Drawings from the National Gallery's Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1985.

Bibliography

1974

  • Recent Acquisitions and Promised Gifts: Sculptures, Drawings, Prints. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1974:216.

Inscriptions

recto: at lower right in black: JUAN / GRIS; verso: in later hand, at upper left, in graphite: Knoedeler SVPC.bb.Genus.T 22 7/8 2938 / 1475 / 4353; in later hand, at upper center, in blue pencil: Plana E

Markings

none

Watermarks

none

Wikidata ID

Q64591563

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