The Basket of Apples

Paul Cézanne

c. 1893 · Oil on canvas · Art Institute of Chicago

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About this work

Artist: Paul Cézanne (1839–1906)
Year: c. 1893
Medium: Oil on canvas
Original size: 65 × 80 cm
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
Movement: Post-Impressionism

A tilted basket spills apples across a rumpled white cloth, beside a bottle, a plate of stacked biscuits and more fruit scattered on a table whose edges do not line up. Cézanne painted it around 1893 and signed it at the lower left. Nothing here obeys a single viewpoint: the bottle leans, the basket pitches forward, the tabletop breaks where the cloth crosses it. Still life had been dismissed as a minor genre since the Neoclassical era, which is partly why Cézanne took it up; it gave him a blank slate on which to test how a picture could be balanced from unbalanced parts. The result rejected naturalistic representation in favour of multiple perspectives and pointed directly toward Cubism. The painting belongs to the Helen Birch Bartlett Memorial Collection at the Art Institute of Chicago.

This print reproduces the whole work, uncropped, from a high-resolution scan of the original. The original is in the public domain.

Details & materials

• Restored in-house from the original painting — cleaned and colour-trued at museum resolution • Heavyweight matte fine-art paper, giclée printed at 300 DPI • Sizes: 16×12, 24×18, 32×24 in; 24×18 also available framed in black or natural wood • Made to order; colours may vary slightly from screen

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Produced in 2–4 business days, then shipped from the facility nearest you. Delivery is typically 3–6 business days (US/UK/EU) and 5–12 worldwide. Because each print is made to order we don't take change-of-mind returns, but if it arrives damaged or flawed we'll reprint or refund it — no return needed. Full policy →

Is this the whole painting, or a crop?

The whole work, uncropped. The image fills the print at the painting's own proportions; nothing is trimmed to fit a frame.

Is The Basket of Apples in the public domain?

Yes. Paul Cézanne (1839–1906) died more than 70 years ago and the work was published before 1929, so the painting itself is public domain. This print is a reproduction made from a high-resolution scan of the original, which is held by Art Institute of Chicago.

What is it printed on?

Heavyweight matte fine-art paper with pigment inks, made to order in 12×18, 16×24 and 24×36 inches; the two larger sizes are also offered framed. Colours are matched to the scan, not brightened.

When was The Basket of Apples painted, and in what medium?

The Basket of Apples dates from c. 1893 and was made in oil on canvas; the original measures 65 × 80 cm.

What size works above a sofa or bed?

For a standard three-seat sofa or a queen bed, 24×36 inches reads as a single statement piece; 16×24 suits a narrower wall or a pairing. The print's proportions follow the original, so a landscape-format painting is wider than it is tall.

About this design

The Basket of Apples (Paul Cézanne) — The Basket of Apples · Paul Cézanne · c. 1893. This is a fine-art reproduction of a public-domain masterwork, shown whole and uncropped on a gallery ground, printed to order on heavyweight matte fine-art paper. Three sizes (12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in); the 16×24 and 24×36 are also offered framed. Part of the Madten Fine Art Collection. — — — Printed to order and shipped by our production partner, Gelato.

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