Chinese Fruit Basket
Mose Tolliver
American, 1919–2006

Details
Title
Chinese Fruit Basket
Artist/Maker
Mose Tolliver (American, 1919–2006)
Date
ca. 1987
Medium
Paint on wood
Dimensions
23 7/8 x 24 1/4 inches
Credit
T. Marshall Hahn Collection
Accession #
1999.99
In this ebullient painting bunches of grapes form a flanking network that contains the bananas, apples, and pears that effervesce from the container. Tolliver chose a palette of cool pastels to offset the exuberance of his flying fruit, while whimsical colors reinforce a feeling of fantasy. The artist played with the border or painted frame of this piece, extending it into and across the image so that it became a design element integral to the composition.
Image Copyright
© Estate of Mose Tolliver/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
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