Glass and fruits 1908

Pablo Picasso's "Glass and Fruits" from 1908 is a quintessential example of his early Cubist style. This small oil on canvas painting, located at the Museum of Modern Art, depicts a still life with geometrically simplified fruits, a glass, and a hint of a tablecloth. Picasso's signature angular forms and fragmented perspective are evident in the distorted shapes of the fruits and the elongated glass. The flattened forms, muted colors, and lack of realistic perspective reflect Picasso's exploration of abstract space and the breakdown of traditional illusionism, key tenets of the Cubist movement.