Harlequin with a Guitar, 1917, Oil on panel, 39 1/2 × 25 5/8 in. (100.3 × 65.1 cm), Paintings, Juan Gris (Spanish, Madrid 1887–1927 Boulogne-sur-Seine), Like many European artists before them, Cubists often depicted Harlequin, a stock character in the Italian commedia dell’arte, a form of masked theater dating back to the sixteenth century. Easily recognized in his checkered costume, Harlequin is a trickster with a tendency to act on whim and passion
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Harlequin, Guitar, 1917, Oil, panel, 39 1/2, 25 5/8, 100.3, 65.1 cm, Paintings, Juan Gris, Spanish, Madrid, 1887–1927, Boulogne-sur-Seine, European artists, Cubists, depicted Harlequin, stock character, Italian commedia dell’arte, form, masked theater, dating, back, sixteenth century, Easily recognized, checkered costume, trickster, tendency, act, whim, passion
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