Die Obstschale
1915-16
Juan Gris takes a humble still life and shatters it into a delightful geometric puzzle, rebuilding it with overlapping planes of grey, brown faux-wood grain, and playful white polka dots. Created during the height of Synthetic Cubism around 1915, this piece mimics the look of cut-out paper collage, blending a bowl of fruit, a tall bottle, and a glass into a flattened composition. Gris was known for his mathematical precision, and you can really see that logic here as he balances the organic curves of the fruit against the sharp, angular shards of the background.
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