Still Life with Apples and a Pot of Primroses
ca. 1890 · Oil on canvas · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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This print
About this work
- Artist
- Paul Cézanne (1839–1906)
- Year
- ca. 1890
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Original size
- 73 × 92.4 cm
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
- Movement
- Post-Impressionism
A pot of primroses and a scatter of apples on a white cloth, set on a table with a scalloped apron and curved legs that Cézanne seems to have kept for three of his finest still lifes of the 1890s. He rarely painted living plants or cut flowers because they wilted under his slow, prolonged gaze, and this is one of only three still lifes in which a potted plant appears. The grey-green wall and the pale cloth let the yellows and reds of the fruit carry the picture, while the slightly rocking perspective of the table is typical of his late work. Painted around 1890, the canvas was once owned by Claude Monet, a passionate gardener himself, which says something about how fellow painters prized it. It came to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1951 through the bequest of Sam A. Lewisohn.
This full-bleed edition prints the work edge to edge from a high-resolution scan of the original, very slightly cropped (a few percent at most) to fit the sheet. The gallery edition shows the whole work, uncropped. The original is in the public domain.
Where it works
Primroses and apples on a white cloth against a grey-green wall, a quiet still life for a kitchen, dining room or bedroom at 24×18. Natural wood or black frame on a cream or sage wall; it pairs with The Basket of Apples.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Post-Impressionism painting
- Era
- 19th century (ca. 1890)
- Orientation
- Landscape
- Palette
- butter yellow
- Mood
- calm
- Rooms
- bedroom, kitchen, dining room, living room
- Good gift for
- housewarming, art lovers
Size. We'd hang this one at 24×18. Prints at 16×12, 24×18 in — 16×12 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 24×18 above a console or sideboard.
Framing. Printed edge to edge: a slim black or natural wood frame right to the image, or let the canvas wrap do the framing. Also available gallery-wrapped on canvas, ready to hang with no frame.
Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).
Details & materials
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About this design
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An exhibition poster
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A fine-art print
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