Details
JUAN GRIS (1887-1927)
Le citron
signed and dated 'Juan Gris 25' (lower right)
oil on canvas
15 x 18 ¼ in. (38 x 46.2 cm.)
Painted in December 1925
Provenance
Galerie Simon, Paris, by 1928.
Jean Grimar, Brussels, by 1947.
Jean-Pierre Grimar, Brussels, by descent from the above, by 1977.
Roger and Josette Vanthournout, Belgium, and thence by descent.
Literature
D. Cooper, ed., Letters of Juan Gris, 1913-1927, London, 1956, no. CCXXVII (letter dated 30 March 1926), p. 191.
J. A. Gaya-Nuño, 'Juan Gris' in Cercle d'Art, Paris, 1974, no. 539, p. 228.
D. Cooper, Juan Gris, Catalogue raisoneé de l'œuvre peint, vol. II, Paris, 1977, no. 552, p. 374 (illustrated p. 375).
Exhibited
Paris, Galerie Simon, Exposition rétrospective Juan Gris, 1928, no. 66.
Brussels, Galerie Georges Giroux, Exposition d'art français contemporain, February 1947, no. 42.

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