About This Artwork

Juan Gris
Spanish, 1887-1927

Guitar and Compote, 1921

Oil on canvas
15 x 24 1/8 in. (38.1 x 61.3 cm)
Signed and dated, l.l.: "Juan Gris/2-21"
Mildred Sexton Trust, 1976.427

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Exhibition History

Antwerp, L’Art Contemporain, Spanish Art, Apr. 1923, as Guitar and Fruit Dish.

Berlin, Galerie Alfred Flechtheim, In Memoriam Juan Gris: 1887–1927, February 1930, n. p., cat. 23, as Guitarre und Trauben.

Zurich, Kunsthaus, Exposition Juan Gris, April 2–26, 1933, p. 7, cat. 104, as Guitare et compotier.

London, Mayor Gallery, Twentieth-Century Classics, February–March 1934, n. p., cat. 33.

London, Institute of Contemporary Art, Forty Years of Modern Art, February 10–March 6, 1948, n. p., cat. 31.

Madrid, Salas Pablo Ruiz Picasso, Juan Gris (1887–1927), September 20–November 24, 1985.

Portland, Maine, Museum of Art, Picasso, Braque, Léger and the Cubist Spirit 1919–1939, June 29–October 20, 1996, p. 56, cat. 20.

Publication History

Galerie Alfred Flechtheim, In Memoriam Juan Gris: 1887–1927, exh. cat. (Berlin: Galerie Alfred Flechtheim, 1930), n. p., cat. 23, as Guitarre und Trauben.

Mayor Gallery, Twentieth-Century Classics, exh. cat. (London: Mayor Gallery, 1934), n. p., cat. 33.

Institute of Contemporary Art, Forty Years of Modern Art, exh. cat. (London: Institute of Contemporary Art, 1948), n. p., cat. 31.

Juan Antonio Gaya-Nuño, Juan Gris (Barcelona: Ediciones Polígrafa, 1974), p. 219 and 244, no. 394 (ill.), as Guitarra with Fruit-Bowl.

Juan Antonio Gaya-Nuño, Juan Gris (Boston, 1975), p.394.

Douglas Cooper, Juan Gris, (Paris: Berggruen, 1977), pp. 164–165, no. 362 (ill.), as Guitare, Compotier et Papier a Musique.

A. James Speyer and Courtney Graham Donnell, Twentieth-Century European Paintings (Chicago, 1980), p. 45, pl. 2A11.

Kenneth Wayne, Picasso, Braque, Léger and the Cubist Spirit 1919–1939, exh. cat. (Portland, Maine: Museum of Art, 1996), p. 56, cat. 20.

Ownership History

Galerie Simon (Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler; 1884–1979), Paris, probably acquired directly from the artist, 1921 [letter from Galerie Louise Leiris, Oct. 20, 1976, in curatorial file]; sold to Galerie Flechtheim, Berlin, 1923 [letter cited above]. Mayor Gallery, London, by 1934 [London 1934]. Michael Ventris (1922–1956), London. Galerie Berggruen, Paris. Fairweather-Hardin Gallery, Chicago. Mildred Sexton, Chicago. Bequeathed to the Art Institute, 1976.