Bidspirit auction | PAUL CÉZANNE (1839-1906), ATTRIBUTED TO,

PAUL CÉZANNE (1839-1906), ATTRIBUTED TO, OIL ON CANVAS - PAUL CÉZANNE (1839-1906), ATTRIBUTED TO, OIL ON CANVAS Dimensions: Image size: 37.6 x 45.4 cm. All measured values are approximate. Outer frame size: 54.9 x 61.8 cm. All measured values are approximate. Signature: Paul Cézanne Description: A richly colored still-life composition centered on a large shallow bowl filled with an abundant arrangement of apples and other rounded fruit. The fruit is modeled through dense passages of orange, red, yellow, green, and ochre, with individual forms constructed through contrasting touches of warm and cool color rather than precise linear definition. Several pieces of fruit spill beyond the bowl onto the surrounding tabletop, extending the arrangement into the foreground and creating a deliberate sense of spatial tension. The pale ceramic vessel is articulated in whites, creams, blues, and muted violet-gray tones, its curved rim providing a strong structural counterpoint to the clustered spherical forms within. Beneath the arrangement, the tabletop is rendered through broken passages of mauve, beige, green, blue, and brown, while the saturated orange background creates a striking field of warmth against which the fruit and vessel are prominently defined. Small dark blue cross-like motifs punctuate the background and introduce additional visual rhythm across the otherwise expansive plane of color. The compressed perspective, substantial modeling of form, shifting spatial relationships, and constructive use of repeated brushstrokes reflect visual characteristics closely associated with Paul Cézanne's influential approach to still-life painting, in which ordinary objects become vehicles for exploring volume, color, balance, and pictorial structure. The lower right is signed ”P. Cézanne.” The work is presented in an ornate gilt frame with a pale inner liner.