Still life with fruit against a blue background

Details

Samuel John Peploe, R.S.A. (1871-1935)
Still life with fruit against a blue background
signed 'Peploe' (lower left)
oil on canvas
15½ x 17¾ in. (39.4 x 45 cm.)
Painted circa 1916.

Provenance

with Aitken Dott, Edinburgh.
with Duncan R. Miller, London, where purchased by the present owner.

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Lot Essay

This careful arrangement of colour and form with prominent red or blue outlining lends this still life a bejewelled clarity.

The technique of outlining was used by both Peploe and Fergusson from around 1910-11 in both landscapes and more formal, academic painting. With its sense of rhythm the painting is a reminder of how close the fine and decorative arts were in Paris at this time.

E.C.

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