The Breakfast

The Breakfast
Year1915
Dimensions92 cm (36 in) × 73 cm (29 in)
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The Breakfast (Le Petit Déjeuner) is a painting by Juan Gris, painted in October 1915. It is in the collection of the Musée National d'Art Moderne, in Paris, purchased in 1947.[1]

Description

This cubist canvas is executed in oil and charcoal. It is a still life depicting a coffee grinder, a coffee pot and a fruit bowl .[2][3][4][5]

History

From 2018 to 2019, it was in the exhibition, Le Cubisme, at the Centre Pompidou, Paris.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Le petit déjeuner". Centre Pompidou. Retrieved 2022-02-04.
  2. ^ Ganteführer-Trier, Anne (2004). Cubism. Taschen. ISBN 978-3-8228-2958-5.
  3. ^ Bendiner, Kenneth (2004). Food in Painting: From the Renaissance to the Present. Reaktion Books. ISBN 978-1-86189-213-3.
  4. ^ Cutler, Edward S. (2003). Recovering the New: Transatlantic Roots of Modernism. UPNE. ISBN 978-1-58465-271-7.
  5. ^ Cichy, Bodo (1971). Great Modern Paintings. Putnam.
  6. ^ "Le cubisme". Centre Pompidou (in French). Retrieved 2022-02-04.
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