Copy painting on canvas of the artwork
Fruit Bowl and Pipe (Juan Gris)

In this 1917 Cubist still life, Juan Gris organizes an intimate scene with remarkable mastery. A fruit bowl, a glass, a green pear, and a white pipe are deconstructed and reassembled on a table. The geometric shapes intertwine, creating a composition given rhythm by strong contrasts between dark areas and planes of bright color, especially the luminous greens. Fragments of a newspaper, with the letter "L," anchor the scene in everyday life. Gris demonstrates here his ability to transform a mundane scene into a complex visual symphony, where every element, every color, contributes to an overall harmony.