Still Life with Flowers

Juan Gris · 1912

This is Still Life with Flowers, painted by Juan Gris in nineteen twelve. Gris trained as a draughtsman for illustrated magazines, and the precision shows: every facet is placed, nothing is improvised.

Medium Oil on canvas · Dimensions 44 1/8 x 27 5/8" (112.1 x 70.2 cm) · Credit Bequest of Anna Erickson Levene in memory of her husband, Dr. Phoebus Aaron Theodor Levene

Hanging beside it in Gallery 503: Girl at the Piano, Rayonism, Blue-Green Forest

Works like this one elsewhere in the museum: Still Life with Liqueur Bottle, Composition, The Reservoir, Horta de Ebro, Painterly Architectonic, Mural Painting, Windows

More by Juan Gris here: Grapes, Jar, Bottle and Glass