Four Peaches on a Plate (Quatre pêches sur une assiette)

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FROM THE BARNES FOUNDATION’S CATALOG

The tactile fuzziness, plumpness, and ripened hues of Cézanne's peaches satisfy the eye despite the "unfinished" state of the painting. Part of a trio of partially completed still lifes by Cézanne in the collection, Four Peaches on a Plate is the most fully realized. This style of brushwork and the motif of peaches are both relatively rare in this late period of the artist's career. In its close attention to the surface details and the form of the fruit, the canvas recalls his earliest still lifes, from the 1860s. The cropped view and precarious angle of the plate entice the viewer to reach for a fruit.

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