Not on display
- Artist
- Juan Gris 1887–1927
- Original title
- L'Arlequin assis
- Medium
- Graphite and ink on paper
- Dimensions
- Support: 342 x 270 mm
image: 271 x 212 mm
frame: 518 x 431 x 20 mm - Collection
- Tate
- Acquisition
- Presented by Gustav and Elly Kahnweiler 1974, accessioned 1994
- Reference
- T06809
Display caption
The linear variety of this drawing reveals how Gris could anchor recognisable subjects within a carefully conceived geometry. The character of Harlequin, from the Commedia dell’Arte, emerges out of a sequence of rhyming elements, emphasised by heavier lines. This is a preparatory drawing for a painting of the same title and Harlequin’s identity is indicated by the convention of his curving hat, rather than by his more familiar multi-coloured checked costume.
Gallery label, March 2008
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