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Still Life with Checked Tablecloth
Gris, a master of disguised images, presents a table brimming with coffee cups, stemmed wineglasses, a large white-footed fruit compote (seen from the side and from above) containing thickly painted grapes, a bottle of red wine, a bottle of Bass extra stout ale with its distinctive red diamond logo, a newspaper, and a guitar. Yet this painting has another equally compelling identity: a bulls head. The coffee cup at lower center doubles as the animals snout, a black-and-white concentric circle at left is a " bulls eye, " the bottle of ale is an ear, and the sinuous edge of the guitar is a horn. The letters " EAU" on the wine label, which ostensibly stand for " bEAUjolais" can just as easily represent " taurEAU" (bull). (Source: The Metropolitan Museum of Art)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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