Two Apples

1880

Edouard Manet

Associated Names
Edouard Manet

Artist, French, 1832 - 1883

In this painting, two apples are depicted on a light brown surface. The apples appear yellow with red and green highlights. One apple is positioned in the upper left corner, while the other is closer to the lower right corner. They cast faint shadows on the surface below them.

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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Henri Guérard, Paris; (Ambroise Vollard [1866-1939], Paris); Sacha Guitry; Private collection, Switzerland; Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon; gift to NGA, 1985

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1961

  • Manet, Musée Cantini, Marseilles, 1961, no. 72.

1999

  • An Enduring Legacy: Masterpieces from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1999-2000.

Bibliography

1947

  • Tabarant, Adolphe.Manet et ses oeuvres. Paris, 1947: 394, no. 660.

1969

  • De Leiris, Alain. The Drawings of Edouard Manet. Berkeley, 1969: no. 544.

1975

  • Rouart, Denis and Daniel Wildenstein. Edouard Manet, catalogue raisonné 2 vols. Lausanne and Paris, 1975:II: no. 612.

2000

  • Manet: The Still-Life Paintings. Exh. cat. Musée d'Orsay, Paris; Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, 2000-2001: pl. 50.

Inscriptions

lower right in pen and brown ink: E.M; lower right verso in blue pencil: AV 14-19 verre

Wikidata ID

Q64556959

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