'Le Vrai et le Faux' in Juan Gris's 'The table' (1914)

• Autores: Sarah Moss
• Localización: Burlington magazine, ISSN 0007-6287, Vol. 153, Nº 1302, 2011, págs. 574-578
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The article discusses the May 1914 collage “Still life (The table),” by Juan Gris, which features themes of truth and falsehood. The author describes the collage's use of the newspaper headline “Le Vrai et le Faux Chic,” from the May 18, 1914 issue of the periodical “Le Journal,” and a page from the 1911 novel “L'Agent Secret,” part of the Fantômas series by Pierre Souvestre and Marcel Allain. Other topics include Gris's role in the Cubist art movement and his 1914 collage “Breakfast.”