Violin and Playing Cards on a Table

Name: Violin and Playing Cards on a Table
Brand: Juan Gris
Price: 189.0 USD
Availability: InStock

1913 · oil · Juan Gris

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Violin and Playing Cards on a Table by Juan Gris, shown at 28 × 42 in (71.1 × 106.7 cm) in Arber Light Walnut, living — Shown at 28 × 42 in (71.1 × 106.7 cm) · Framed paper, Arber Light Walnut · Living room

Violin and Playing Cards on a Table by Juan Gris, shown at 28 × 42 in (71.1 × 106.7 cm) on canvas in Arber Raw Oak, media room — Shown at 28 × 42 in (71.1 × 106.7 cm) · Framed canvas, Arber Raw Oak · Media room

Violin and Playing Cards on a Table by Juan Gris, shown at 28 × 42 in (71.1 × 106.7 cm) as gallery-wrapped canvas, restaurant — Shown at 28 × 42 in (71.1 × 106.7 cm) · Gallery-wrapped canvas · Restaurant

Story

A violin rests among playing cards and scattered objects atop a table, rendered through fractured planes set against a warm, patterned orange backdrop. The composition reduces its subject to geometric facets, giving the scene a flattened, abstracted quality typical of the style in which it was made. The piece was created in 1913 using oil, and it is held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Juan Gris (1887–1927), a Spanish artist, worked within cubism and also produced the notable piece Carafe and Book. One detail worth noticing is how the violin's curved body is broken into angular shards that still suggest its recognizable shape, even as the surrounding cards and table edges dissolve into overlapping geometric sections across the orange ground.