The Plate of Apples
Paul Cezanne, c. 1877
In this still life, Paul Cezanne disrupted expectations for painting in the late 1870s by tipping the tabletop and plate forward toward the viewer and constructing a table with edges that don’t quite align. These disorienting details are complemented by the heavy, sculptural forms he created by using a pointed tool to incise contours around the plate and some of the apples.
| Artist | Paul Cezanne (French, 1839–1906) |
|---|---|
| Medium | Oil on canvas |
| Size | 45.8 × 54.7 cm (18 1/8 × 21 1/2 in.); Framed: 71.8 × 82.6 × 10.2 cm (28 1/4 × 32 1/2 × 4 in.) |
| Origin | France |
| Type | Painting |
| Museum | Art Institute of Chicago · museum page |
| Rights | Public domain (CC0): free to download, print and hang. |
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