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Still Life with Apples, Pears, and Plums
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Still Life with Apples, Pears, and Plums

Artist Bror Julius Olsson Nordfeldt (American, born Sweden, 1878 - 1955)
Dateca. 1931
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsUnframed: 28 1/8 × 36 1/8 inches (71.44 × 91.76 cm)
Framed: 32 3/8 × 40 1/4 inches (82.23 × 102.24 cm)
Credit LineGift of James and Virginia Moffett
Object number2021.35.1
SignedRed paint, lower right: “Nordfeldt” / ca. 1931-32 (based on painted notation on the canvas reverse)
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DescriptionThis horizontally oriented still life painting depicts a white platter of fruit at the center of the composition. The mix of fruit appears to include apples, pears and plums. The platter rests on a white tablecloth with a center crease that covers a wooden table, the surface of which is severely tipped towards the picture plane. The table is positioned in front of a window that occupies the left two-thirds of the composition. The window reveals a dark and moody, clouded sky. Beyond the table at the right is a dark brown wall.Provenance

Purchased from Wade Wilson Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1995;

Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri, 2021.

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