Artwork Details
- Title
- Interior with Three Pears
- Artist
- Date
- 1983
- Location
- Dimensions
- 36 x 28 1⁄8 in. (91.5 x 71.5 cm.)
- Credit Line
- Gift of the Sara Roby Foundation
- Mediums
- Mediums Description
- oil on linen
- Classifications
- Keywords
- Landscape — phenomenon — light
- Architecture Interior
- Object — other — linens
- Object — fruit — pear
- Object Number
- 1985.30.56
Artwork Description
Leigh Palmer elevates the significance of simple, everyday objects like these three pears by placing them in the center of the image. The shafts of light shining through the windows create a dramatic pattern on the table, plate, and floor, and evoke the warmth of a sunny day. Part of the effect of the painting comes from the incidental details that make it appear so real, such as the folds in the pristine white tablecloth and the tiny dents in the surface of the fruit.