Tobacco, Newspaper and Bottle of Rosé Wine
1914
Juan Gris masterfully pieces together everyday Parisian life in this 1914 Synthetic Cubist collage, gluing actual newspaper clippings from 'Le Journal' right onto the canvas. You can almost smell the tobacco from the cigarette packet and taste the rosé wine peeking out from the fragmented bottle at the top right. By mixing painted wood-grain textures with real paper, Gris blurs the line between reality and art, inviting viewers to decipher the scattered clues of a quiet café moment.
- Technique
- Collage and oil on canvas
- Material
- Paper and oil paint
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