Perspectives On View

Juan Gris's Painting "Still Life with Checked Tablecloth"

Oct 14, 2014 3 MINUTES

"Does a collector ever stop collecting?" Leonard A. Lauder on Juan Gris's "Still Life with Checked Tablecloth"

 

Featuring:

Emily Braun

Distinguished Professor, Hunter College and the Graduate Center, CUNY

Curator, The Leonard A. Lauder Collection

 

Isabelle Duvernois

Associate Conservator, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

 

Rebecca Rabinow

Leonard A. Lauder Curator of Modern Art and Curator-in-Charge of the Leonard A. Lauder Research Center for Modern Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

 

Juan Gris (Spanish, 1887–1927). Still Life with Checked Tablecloth, 1915. Oil on canvas; 45 7/8 x 35 1/8 in. (116.5 x 89.2 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Leonard A. Lauder Cubist Collection, Purchase, Leonard A. Lauder Gift, 2014

 

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