Fan, Salt Box, Melon
Pablo Picasso · 1909 · Cleveland Museum of Art
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One of Pablo Picasso’s earliest Cubist paintings, this still life depicts a wooden salt box, a sliced melon in a crystal bowl, and a rumpled cloth resting on the table. A green fan is opened and propped against the wall, where it dissolves into faceted, geometric planes. While some objects are depicted from a frontal view, the table is tilted upright, as if seen from the ceiling, providing multiple simultaneous views of the scene, which became typical of Cubist works of art. Picasso's Cubist compositions frequently feature fans.
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Details
- Maker
- Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881–1973)
- Date
- 1909
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- Framed: 100.3 x 83.5 x 7.3 cm (39 1/2 x 32 7/8 x 2 7/8 in.); Unframed: 81.3 x 64.2 cm (32 x 25 1/4 in.)
- Place of origin
- Spain
- Held by
- Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland · On view · 223 20th Century Avant-Garde
- Credit line
- Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund