Woman With Basket 1927

"Woman With Basket" (1927) by Juan Gris is a prime example of Cubist art, a style that emerged in early 20th-century Paris. Gris, known for his geometric compositions and use of color, depicts a woman holding a basket of fruit, fragmented and reassembled into abstract planes. The figure's form is flattened and distorted, with multiple perspectives of the face and body overlapping. This Cubist aesthetic, influenced by the work of Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque, challenged traditional artistic conventions and emphasized the flatness of the picture plane.