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Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Still Life with Melon (Nature morte au melon)

c. 1905
Oil on canvas
33.5 × 54.7 cm (13.2 × 21.5 in)

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A Charentais melon and an assortment of peaches and figs rest on a white cloth. Renoir arranged the fruits for maximum visual delectation, and their ripe flesh arouses tactile desire in a similar manner as his nudes.

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