Still Life with Apples and a Pot of Primroses

Paul Cézanne, ca. 1890

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Still Life with Apples and a Pot of Primroses, ca. 1890. Oil on canvas.

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Oil on canvas · 28 3/4 x 36 3/8 in. (73 x 92.4 cm · The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Museum title: Still Life with Apples and a Pot of Primroses
Artist: Paul Cézanne (French, Aix-en-Provence 1839–1906 Aix-en-Provence)
Date: ca. 1890
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 28 3/4 x 36 3/8 in. (73 x 92.4 cm)
Credit line: Bequest of Sam A. Lewisohn, 1951
Image license: CC0 1.0 · Public domain
Museum record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Artist’s life 1839–1906

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