Juan Gris, Le Journal - Journal et bouteille de vin, 1915, Oil on wood

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Le Journal - Journal et bouteille de vin

Juan Gris (Spanish, 1887–1927) · 1915

CHF 3,400,000 hammer

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Medium: Oil · Paintings all oil results →
As published: “Oil on wood”
Support: Panel
Signed / inscribed: Signed and dated in ink by the artist in the upper left within a partially erase
Category: Oil paintings
Dimensions: 42.5 x 28.5 cm
Auction house: Kornfeld
Sale: Auction 280: Highlights from the - Eberhard W. Kornfeld Collection - Live Auction (280)
Date: September 13, 2024
Location: Bern, Switzerland
Lot: 26
Estimate: CHF 1,250,000 – — (≈ $1,475,625) (≈ £1,124,971) (≈ €1,331,671)
Source: Auction house kornfeld.ch ↗
Retrieved Sep 25, 2026

Provenance (4)

Gift of the artist to
Jean Metzinger Collection, Paris
Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris (inv. no. 14963, photo no. 11084), purchased there by
The Eberhard W. Kornfeld Collection, Bern, with the collector's stamp on the reverse, Lugt 913b

Exhibitions (3)

Paris 1974, Musée de l'Orangerie, Juan Gris, cat. no. 39, ill.
Davos 1998-1999, Kirchner Museum, Werke aus der Sammlung Eberhard W. Kornfeld, cat. no. 16, ill.
Vienna 2008/2009, Albertina, Wege der Moderne, Aus der Sammlung Eberhard W. Kornfeld, cat. no. 33, p. 287, ill. p. 64

Literature (1)

Catalogue raisonné: Douglas Cooper, Juan Gris, Catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre peint, Paris 1977, no. 154

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