Basket of Apples

Vincent van Gogh (1853 - 1890), Nuenen, September 1885

oil on canvas, 33.5 cm x 44.0 cm

Credits (obliged to state): Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (Vincent van Gogh Foundation)

Look at the apples on the left. Are they in the air or on the table? Van Gogh seems to have struggled with the perspective in this still life. The placing of the shadows is equally illogical. See how the basket throws shadows to both left and right. This is impossible, since all the other objects are lit from front left.

Basket of Apples is one of many still lifes featuring apples and potatoes that Van Gogh made in the autumn of 1885.

F-number
F0101
JH-number
JH0927
Object number
s0150V1962
Dimensions
33.5 cm x 44.0 cm, 50.3 cm x 60.9 cm
Provenance
Possibly sent by the artist from Nuenen to his brother Theo van Gogh, Paris, c. 13 October 1885; after his death on 25 January 1891, inherited by his widow, Jo van Gogh-Bonger, and their son, Vincent Willem van Gogh, Paris; administered until her death on 2 September 1925 by Jo van Gogh-Bonger, Bussum/Amsterdam/Laren; given on loan by Vincent Willem van Gogh, Laren to the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, since 22 October 1931; transferred by Vincent Willem van Gogh, Laren, to the Vincent van Gogh Foundation, Amsterdam, 10 July 1962; agreement concluded between the Vincent van Gogh Foundation and the State of the Netherlands, in which the preservation and management of the collection, and its placing in the Rijksmuseum Vincent van Gogh, to be realized in Amsterdam, is entrusted to the State, 21 July 1962; given on loan until the opening of the museum on 2 June 1973 to the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; on permanent loan to the Rijksmuseum Vincent van Gogh from 2 June 1973 and at the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, since 1 July 1994.
artist
Vincent van Gogh
Credits (obliged to state)
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (Vincent van Gogh Foundation)

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