499963 The Coffee Mill, 1916 (oil on canvas) by Gris, Juan (1887-1927); 74.61x57.59 (framed) 55x38 (unframed) cm; Cleveland Museum of Art, OH, USA; (add.info.: A member of Picasso??? intimate circle, Gris began painting austere Cubist compositions around 1910. After 1915, his compositions became more complex and his colors richer. This painting features a coffee mill, a bottle, and a wine glass on a table covered with a green cloth. The simulated wood-grain pattern on the coffee mill??? base, perhaps inspired by Picasso??? collage constructions, adds textural variety to this arrangement of fragmented and flattened geometric shapes. ); Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund; Spanish, out of copyright.