Juan Gris (1887-1927)

Homme attabl

Details

Juan Gris (1887-1927)
Homme attabl
signed and dated 'Juan Gris '25' (lower left)
oil on canvas
28 3/4 x 23 5/8in. (73 x 60cm.)
Painted between January and July 1925

Provenance

Galerie Simon, Paris (K8891, 5634)
Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris
Waddington Galleries, London

Literature

D. Cooper, Juan Gris, Catalogue Raisonn de l'Oeuvre Peint, vol. II, Paris 1977, no. 510, p. 334 (illustrated p. 335).
J. A. Gaya Nuno, Juan Gris, un Peintre Cubiste, Paris 1984,
no. 500, p. 245 (illustrated, p. 226).

Exhibited

Avignon, Palais des Papes, Peintures et Sculptures Contemporaines, June-September 1947, no. 67 (incorrectly dated 1928).
Basle, Kunsthalle, Gris, Braque, Picasso, February-April 1948, no. 58. This exhibition then travelled to Bern, Kunsthalle.
London, Marlborough Fine Art Ltd, Juan Gris 1887-1927, Retrospective Exhibition in Honour of Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler, February-March 1958, no. 32.
Milan, Galleria del Milione, Juan Gris, March-April 1968, no. 5 (illustrated).

Lot Essay

"Today at the age of forty, I believe that I am approaching a new period of self-expression, of pictorial expression, of picture language; a well thought-out and well blended unity" (Juan Gris as quoted in D.-H. Kanhweiler, Juan Gris, His Life and Work, London 1969, p. 204).

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