Jar, Bottle and Glass

Juan Gris · 1911

You're looking at Jar, Bottle and Glass, by Juan Gris, nineteen eleven. Gris came to Cubism a few years after Braque and Picasso and made it more architectural. Where their analytic pictures dissolve, his are assembled — the grid is deliberate, and it holds.

Medium Oil on canvas · Dimensions 23 1/2 x 19 3/4" (59.7 x 50.2 cm) · Credit Acquired through the Lillie P. Bliss Bequest (by exchange)

Hanging beside it in Gallery 503: Portuguese Market, Vertical and Diagonal Planes

Works like this one elsewhere in the museum: Still Life with Liqueur Bottle, Windows, Composition, The Reservoir, Horta de Ebro, Untitled, Cut-out Frame no. 2

More by Juan Gris here: Still Life with Flowers, Grapes