Rideau, Cruchon et Compotier

Rideau, Cruchon et Compotier (English: Curtain, Jug and Fruit Bowl) is an oil on canvas painting created c. 1893 to 1894 by French artist Paul Cézanne.

Cézanne explored various genres throughout his artistic career, including landscapes and portraiture, but repeatedly returned to the subject of still life.

[1] This painting is a formal representation of its subject title, depicting a wooden table upon which are placed a large earthenware jug and a fruit bowl stacked with apples and oranges.

The earthenware jug has been depicted in a unique manner, in contradiction to ordinary perspective, and has been adapted to the shapes of the fruit and the other elements of the composition.

[4] On 10 May 1999, the painting was sold at Sotheby's, New York City for $60,502,500 (equivalent to $104.1 million in 2023[5]), a record price, during the sale of the Whitney family collection.