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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.
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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
Still Life with Checked Tablecloth
Juan Gris
Paris, spring 1915