ASL Tour of "Still Life with Checked Tablecloth" by Juan Gris

Explore Juan Gris’s cubist masterpiece Still Life with Checked Tablecloth. Presented in American Sign Language.

Explore works from The Met’s modern and contemporary art galleries. Presented in American Sign Language.

Featured Artwork:
Juan Gris (Spanish, 1887–1927). Still Life with Checked Tablecloth, 1915. Oil and graphite on canvas, 45 7/8 x 35 1/8 inches (116.5 x 89.2 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Leonard A. Lauder Cubist Collection, Purchase, Leonard A. Lauder Gift, 2014 (2014.463)

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Still Life with Checked Tablecloth, Juan Gris  Spanish, Oil and graphite on canvas
Juan Gris
Paris, spring 1915