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Breakfast
Juan Gris (Spanish, 1887–1927)
(1914). Gouache, oil, and crayon on cut-and-pasted printed paper on canvas with oil and crayon, 31 7/8 x 23 1/2" (80.9 x 59.7 cm). Acquired through the Lillie P. Bliss Bequest
Collection work meeting criteria specified in Introduction.
248.1948
Galerie Kahnweiler, Paris. Acquired fromGris, 1914
Kahnweiler collection and gallery stock sequestered by French Government as property of a German enemy in 1914. Second Kahnweiler auction, Hotel Drouot, Paris, November 17-18, 1921, no. 148
Galerie Simon ( Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler’s second gallery,1920-40), Paris. Purchased at 2 nd Kahnweiler sale by Mr. Grassat for Kahnweiler, November 1921. Exhibited at Galerie Simon in 1923
Galerie Louise Leiris (Kahnweiler’s third gallery, from 1940), Paris. By 1948
The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Acquired from Galerie Louise Leiris through the Lillie P. Bliss Bequest, 1948
Nature morte
(Le petit déjeuner)
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