About two dozen round, pale green plums tumble out of an upended square wooden box onto a reflective, dark brown surface in this horizontal still life painting. Many of the plums have a frosty sheen and about half of them lie in a pile within the basket. The other dozen spill out of the box onto the wood tabletop. Most have stubby stems, and one, closest to us, has a longer stem with two browning leaves. The leaves and round fruit create reflections on the polished wood surface. The box was made by weaving broad sheets of light wood into a square. The layers are visible along the upper edge,…
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Green Plums

painter Joseph Decker (American, 1853 - 1924)

c. 1885

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 22.9 x 27.8 cm (9 x 10 15/16 in.) ; framed: 55.6 x 63.5 x 7.6 cm (21 7/8 x 25 x 3 in.)
Culture
American
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CAB
Credit line
Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed

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