In the collection of Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia — check current display status with the museum.
FROM THE BARNES FOUNDATION’S CATALOG
Cezanne's friend Émile Zola, a writer, defined a work of art as "a corner of nature seen through a temperament." A Table Corner witnesses Cézanne's intent to paint his immediate sensations of things, rather than their objective reality. The artist allegedly said that he saw the planes of objects overlapping; here, he achieved this effect partly by rhythmically arranging warm- and cool-colored fruits on the tabletop and a white plate. Note how the artist demarcates the slashed pomegranate from its neighboring fruits by a seemingly solid shadow; the folding screen reiterates the table's corner while also disturbing the spatial relationships between itself, the table, and the wall.
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Paul Cezanne — The Peppermint Bottle
Paul Cezanne — Still Life with Apples and Peaches
Paul Gauguin — Still Life
Paul Cezanne — Still Life with Milk Jug and Fruit
Auguste Renoir — Still Life with Peaches and Grapes
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Claude Monet — Still Life with a Honeydew Melon
Gustave Caillebotte
Pierre-Auguste Renoir — Still Life with Peaches and Grapes
Pierre-Auguste Renoir — Pommes et poires
Pierre-Auguste Renoir — Peaches and Almonds
Pierre-Auguste Renoir — Peaches
