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Juan Gris / The Bottle of Anís del Mono

The Bottle of Anís del Mono

1914 · Oil, graphite and collage on canvas

A bottle of Anís del Mono liqueur is broken into overlapping planes and pasted paper, one of Juan Gris's early Cubist still lifes.

MovementCCubism
LocationMadrid, Spain
Genrestill life
Dimensions41.8 × 24 cm

Why it matters

Juan Gris painted a bottle of the Spanish brand Anís del Mono, whose label bears the names of Badalona, Madrid and Paris, places linked with the leaders of Cubism: Gris himself, Picasso and Braque.

Did you know?

  • It was painted in 1914.
  • Gris was one of the leading Cubists.
  • It is in the Museo Reina Sofía in Madrid.

Based on the Wikipedia article The Anisette Bottle (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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