JUAN GRIS (1887-1927)

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Details

JUAN GRIS (1887-1927)

Deux femmes accoudées à un bar

signed bottom left GRIS--brush, black ink and colored wax
crayons heightened with white chalk on paper
14¼ x 10½ in. (36.2 x 26.7 cm.)

Drawn 1908-1912

Provenance

Mr. de Jonoeires, Paris
Jacob M. Goldschmidt, New York (1955)

Further details

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Lot Essay

This drawing was executed as an illustration for the magazine L'Assiette au Beurre. Mr. de Jonoieres, the first owner of this work, was the director of the magazine.

George Gonzalez Gris has confirmed the authenticitiy of this drawing.