The Coffee Mill

1916
(Spanish, 1887–1927)
Framed: 74.6 x 57.6 x 7 cm (29 3/8 x 22 11/16 x 2 3/4 in.); Unframed: 55 x 38 cm (21 5/8 x 14 15/16 in.)
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A member of Picasso's intimate circle, Gris began painting austere Cubist compositions around 1910. After 1915, his compositions became more complex and his colors richer. This painting features a coffee mill, a bottle, and a wine glass on a table covered with a green cloth. The simulated wood-grain pattern on the coffee mill's base, perhaps inspired by Picasso's collage constructions, adds textural variety to this arrangement of fragmented and flattened geometric shapes.
The Coffee Mill

The Coffee Mill

1916

Juan Gris

(Spanish, 1887–1927)
Spain, 20th century

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