LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

45.87 in. (116.50 cm.) (height) by 35.16 in. (89.30 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed and dated ‘Juan Gris 3-15’ (on the reverse)

Exhibited:

Dresden, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Internationale Kunst Ausstellung, June – September 1926, no. 374.Zurich, Kunsthaus, Juan Gris, April 1933, no. 50 (illustrated).Zurich, Kunsthaus, Europäische Kunst 13-20 Jahrhundert aus Zu¨rcher Sammlungen, June – August 1950.Bern, Kunstmuseum, Juan Gris, October 1955 – January 1956, no. 23.Zurich, Kunsthaus, on loan April - December 1982.Stuttgart, Staatsgalerie, Juan Gris, December 1992 – February 1993, no. 46 (illustrated p. 203).

Literature:

Cahiers d’Art, Paris, 1927, no. 4-5 (illustrated p. 172).C. Einstein, Die Kunst des 20. Jahrhunderts, Berlin, 1931 (illustrated p. 375).Cahiers d’Art, Paris, 1933, no. 5-6 (illustrated).D.H. Kahnweiler, Juan Gris, His Life and Work, London, 1947 (illustrated pl. 21).J.T. Soby, Juan Gris, New York, 1958, pp. 50 & 61 (illustrated p. 60). D.H. Kahnweiler, Juan Gris, His Life and Work, New York, 1968 (illustrated p. 107). D. Cooper, Juan Gris, Catalogue raisonné de l’oeuvre peint, vol. I, Paris, 1977, no. 127, p. 194 (illustrated p. 195).

Provenance:

Galerie de L'Effort Moderne [Léonce Rosenberg], Paris (no. 5114). Dr Gottlieb Friedrich Reber, Lausanne, by whom acquired in November 1925. Gisela M. Reber, Lugano, 1926. Galerie Gasser, Zurich, circa 1944. Professor Dr Wilhelm Löffler, Zurich, by 1955.Private collection, Zurich, a bequest from the above in 1972, and thence by descent to the present owners.