Rideau, Cruchon et Compotier
Still Life with Curtain, Jug and Fruit Bowl ( in French Rideau, cruchon et compotier ) is a painting by the French Impressionist Paul Cézanne, which he completed in 1894.
Description
The still life shows a wooden table on which are a jug, a tablecloth, three lemons, five oranges, pears and three ten apples. Furthermore, you can still see on the table a bowl of fruit in the fall some of the aforementioned fruits. From left stands a blue curtain in the background. The wallpaper is brown - gray.
Auction
The painting achieved great fame by auction on 10 May 1999. Bought it for $ 60.5 million, an anonymous collector from the United States. The auction house Sotheby's estimated the painting only $ 15 million. It is so far the most expensive sold paintings by Cézanne, because the selling price of the painting is not known The Card Players. Still Life with Curtain, Jug and Fruit Bowl was one of a number of works from the holdings of the U.S. multi-millionaire, private collector and newspaper publisher John Hay Whitney (1904-1982), who owned one of the most important art collections in America.
- Paintings (19th century)
- Impressionism
- Still life
- Paul Cézanne