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Fruit Bowl on a Table is a circa 1934 still-life painting by the French artist Pierre Bonnard which was bought by the city of Strasbourg in 1995 from the heiresses of Claude Roger-Marx. Today this painting is on display in the Musée d'Art moderne et contemporain.[1][2]

Fruit Bowl on a Table
French: Coupe de fruits sur une table
Artist	Pierre Bonnard
Year	circa 1934
Medium	Oil painting on canvas
Movement	Post-Impressionism Nabis
Subject	still life with fruit (apples, grapes) and a book
Dimensions	41 cm × 65.5 cm (16 in × 25.8 in)[1]
Location	Musée d'Art moderne et contemporain, Strasbourg
Accession	1995

The painting, with its slightly distorted perspective and its contrast of warm colors with dark shadows displays the late Bonnard's characteristic search for new means to depict space. It is one of several still life paintings he created in that decade.[2]

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