Vintage Fruit Still Life Oil Painting in Gilt Frame, Signed

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Circa 1940, an oil still life of fruit on a tabletop, set in an ornate gilt frame with a carved … Read more Circa 1940, an oil still life of fruit on a tabletop, set in an ornate gilt frame with a carved leaf-and-acorn motif. The paint surface has developed fine, even craquelure that reads as genuine age. Signed lower right, unknown artist.

Subject: two peaches and a halved red apple sit at left, next to a loose bunch of pale green grapes and a second whole red apple at right, all resting on a warm brown table. A blue-gray plate stands upright in the background, echoing the round forms of the fruit.

Color palette: cherry red and crimson (apples), sage and celadon green (grapes), warm peach and apricot (peaches), slate blue-gray (plate), walnut brown (tabletop), antique gold (frame).

Frame: ornate carved giltwood, leaf-and-acorn relief pattern, warm antiqued gold finish consistent with age. The frame itself is 2.25”W. See less