Still Life, Basket of Apples
- Date
- 1887
- Material
- Oil on canvas
- made in
- Paris, Île-de-France region, France, Europe
- Classification
- Paintings
- Collection
- Modern and Contemporary Art
- Current Location
- On View, Gallery 218
- Dimensions
- 18 3/8 x 21 3/4 in. (46.7 x 55.3 cm)
framed: 28 1/2 in. x 32 in. x 3 3/4 in. (72.4 x 81.3 x 9.5 cm) - Credit Line
- Gift of Sydney M. Shoenberg Sr.
- Rights
- Public Domain
- Object Number
- 43:1972
NOTES
The bounty of nature is suggested in this view of 10 apples in a wicker basket. The red outlines of the apples complement their green texture while the blue-violet shadows offset the dominant golden-yellow color of the composition. Vincent van Gogh rarely signed his paintings but here used only his first name as a signature. This work is one of a series of still lifes that the artist painted in Paris in 1887.
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