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The Breakfast
Year	1915
Dimensions	92 cm (36 in) × 73 cm (29 in)
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The Breakfast (Le Petit Déjeuner) is a painting by Juan Gris, painted in October 1915. It is in the collection of the Musée National d'Art Moderne, in Paris, purchased in 1947.

Description

This cubist canvas is executed in oil and charcoal. It is a still life depicting a coffee grinder, a coffee pot and a fruit bowl .

History

From 2018 to 2019, it was in the exhibition, Le Cubisme, at the Centre Pompidou, Paris.

References

1. "Le petit déjeuner". Centre Pompidou. Retrieved 2022-02-04.
2. Ganteführer-Trier, Anne (2004). Cubism. Taschen. ISBN 978-3-8228-2958-5.
3. Bendiner, Kenneth (2004). Food in Painting: From the Renaissance to the Present. Reaktion Books. ISBN 978-1-86189-213-3.
4. Cutler, Edward S. (2003). Recovering the New: Transatlantic Roots of Modernism. UPNE. ISBN 978-1-58465-271-7.
5. Cichy, Bodo (1971). Great Modern Paintings. Putnam.
6. "Le cubisme". Centre Pompidou (in French). Retrieved 2022-02-04.

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