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View source →Still Life with Pitcher and Apples
Pablo Picasso, 1919
Technical Details
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
65 × 43.5 cm (25.6 × 17.1 in)
Style
Neoclassicism / Painting
Decade
1910s
About This Work
This small, exquisite still life shows Picasso working in a near-classical style, with a pitcher and apples rendered with a simplicity and directness that recalls Chardin and Cézanne. The work is a demonstration of Picasso's extraordinary technical range — painted in the same year as his most elaborate Cubist works, it shows that he could move effortlessly between radically different visual languages.
The still life was a genre that Picasso returned to throughout his career, using it as a laboratory for formal experimentation. This Neoclassical example shows the influence of his renewed engagement with the French tradition of still life painting during the post-war Return to Order.
Current Location
Musée National Picasso-Paris, Paris, France
Public Collection — Open to visitors
Visit museum website →Valuation & Provenance
2026 Estimated Value
$12–20 million (est.)
* Estimates are based on comparable auction results and market analysis. Not a formal appraisal.
Last Known Sale
No public auction record — held in permanent museum collection
Personal Photo — Museo Picasso Málaga
Photographed in person at the Museo Picasso in Málaga, Spain.
Still Life with Pitcher, Glass, and Orange
Photo: Dr. Eric Madrid, Museo Picasso, Málaga, Spain
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