Bottles and Bowl

1911

Juan Gris

Associated Names
Juan Gris

Artist, Spanish, 1887 - 1927

The image shows a sketch of three tall bottles and a bowl. The color palette is simple, with various shades of grey and black against a white background. The bottles are arranged in a cluster, with two bottles almost parallel on the left side and the third slightly to the right. The bowl is in front of the bottles, placed on a flat surface near the bottom of the composition.

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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris); (Saidenberg Gallery, New York); purchased by Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, Upperville, VA; gift to NGA, 1995.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1967

  • Juan Gris: Drawings & Gouaches 1910-1927. Saidenberg Gallery, New York, May-June, 1967, no. 6.

2005

  • "Juan Gris Paintings and Drawings, 1910-1927" (Juan Gris Pinturas y dibujos, 1910-1927"), Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, 2005, no. 165.

2016

  • In Celebration of Paul Mellon, NGA, 2016.

Inscriptions

by later hands, upper left verso in graphite: 5390 011522; upper right verso in graphite: Mellon 9104; upper left verso in pen and brown ink: Victoriano Gonzak= / 1911; lower right in graphite: 93

Watermarks

(cut off) [ING]RES / JCA France

Wikidata ID

Q64591564

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