The Checkerboard

Provenance

Estate of the artist, from 1927 [Cooper 1977; letter from Eleanore Saidenberg, February 13, 1975, copy in curatorial file]. Galerie Simon, Paris, from 1930 [Saidenberg letter cited above]; sold to the Saidenberg Gallery, New York, 1956 [Saidenberg letter cited above]; sold to the Art Institute, 1956.

The Checkerboard

Juan Gris

1915

Accession Number

86246

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

92.1 × 73 cm (36 1/4 × 28 7/8 in.)

Classification

oil on canvas

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Ada Turnbull Hertle Endowment; gift of Mrs. Leigh B. Block