Still Life with Fruit and Wine Jug
Adolphe Monticelli (French, 1824–1886)1874
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Archival matte paper, 189 g/m² (10.3 mil), sourced from Japan, printed with multicolor water-based inkjet so every brushstroke stays crisp. Framed prints arrive ready to hang in a .75″ ayous-wood frame with an acrylite front. Sized to standard frames by cropping, never stretching — at most about 3% comes off one edge, which isn’t noticeable on most pieces, and we only offer a size when it stays that small.
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A thin, flat margin on every piece — just enough to keep the store running. Most of what you pay is the print itself. We only sell sizes that reproduce at full quality, and we don’t mark up the large sizes the way most shops do.
About this work
Vincent van Gogh was a great admirer of Adolphe Monticelli’s richly impastoed paintings, and he saw in the older artist’s landscapes, flower arrangements, and portraits the sincere expression he was seeking for his own art. He also identified with the myth of the misunderstood artist from Provence that rapidly grew around Monticelli after his death in 1886. Indeed, the artist played a role in Van Gogh’s decision that same year to travel to the South of France, where he hoped to find the source of Monticelli’s light. In this still life, Monticelli’s brilliant yellow fruits anticipate Van Gogh’s celebrated lemon yellow suns.
- Medium
- Oil on panel
- Original size
- 48.2 × 59.7 cm (19 × 23 1/2 in.)
Museum record · 1 owner · 4 exhibitions
Provenance
- Jacques Blot, Paris; sold to E. J. Van Wisselingh & Co, Amsterdam, 1952; sold to Paul Rosenberg and Co., New York, Jan. 23, 1953; sold to Mary and Leigh Block, Chicago, Mar. 26, 1953; given to the Art Institute, 1988.
Exhibitions
- New York, Paul Rosenberg and Co., Loan Exhibition of Paintings by Adolphe Monticelli (1824-1886), November 15 - December 11, 1954.
- Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art, 100 European Paintings and Drawings from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Leigh B. Block, 1967; traveled to Los Angeles County Museum of Art, September 21-November 2, 1967.
- Pittsburgh, Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute, Monticelli, His Contemporaries, His Influence, 1978-79, traveled to Toronto, Gallery of Ontario, Washington, D.C., Corcoran Art Gallery, and Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum Vincent Van Gogh, 1979.
- Marseille, Centre de la Vieille Charité, Adolphe Monticelli (1824-1886), October 12, 1986 - 4 January 1987.
