Harlequin with a Guitar explained

Harlequin with a Guitar
Artist:Juan Gris
Year:1917
Material:Oil on wood panel
Height Metric:100.3
Width Metric:65.1
Museum:Metropolitan Museum of Art
City:New York
Accession:2008.468

Harlequin with a Guitar is an oil on canvas painting by Spanish cubist Juan Gris, from 1917. The work is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in New York.[1]

The Harlequin with his checkered costume was a favorite theme of cubists and Gris portrayed him in approximately forty works between 1917 and 1925.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Harlequin with a Guitar. 2018-09-13. www.metmuseum.org.