Glass and Checkerboard

Spanische Malerei 1457–1914, vers 1917

Irregular, geometric shapes in burnt orange, pale peach, light blue, forest and mint green, brown, taupe, gray, and black are layered and spread across this horizontal, abstract painting. They are mostly flat planes of color. One shape to our right of center has four rows of rounded rectangles to create a checkboard pattern of sage green against terracotta brown. A wide parchment-brown band divides the checkboard from top to bottom. The artist signed the lower right, “Juan Gris.”
Artiste
Spanische Malerei 1457–1914
Datation
vers 1917
Catégorie
Peinture
Technique
Huile sur bois
Dimensions
29,85 × 41,28 cm
Collection
National Gallery of Art, Washington
Licence
Domaine public, CC0

Description de l’image

Irregular, geometric shapes in burnt orange, pale peach, light blue, forest and mint green, brown, taupe, gray, and black are layered and spread across this horizontal, abstract painting. They are mostly flat planes of color. One shape to our right of center has four rows of rounded rectangles to create a checkboard pattern of sage green against terracotta brown. A wide parchment-brown band divides the checkboard from top to bottom. The artist signed the lower right, “Juan Gris.”

Spanische Malerei 1457–1914