Glass, newspaper and foliage still life papier collé collage art deco portrait painting by Juan Gris, circa 1915. Juan Gris painted Verre, journal et feuillage in the summer of 1915, a pivotal year that marked his transition from Analytical Cubism to the more lyrical, mature phase of Synthetic Cubism. The work radiates vitality, with layered textures and varied brushwork that evoke the presence of multiple materials, allowing the image to transcend its medium. Created amid the upheaval of the First World War, it exemplifies Gris’s distinctive painterly language at its height—refined, innovative, and deeply engaged with the contradictions of its time, positioning his art as unmistakably modern.