Painted in 1938, this intimate oil on panel presents a compact arrangement of apple and grapes rendered with the sensory directness that defined Louis Valtat's mature still life practice. Working at a modest scale of approximately 16 by 20 centimeters, Valtat coaxes remarkable chromatic density from the panel support, building his forms through richly loaded brushwork that carries the tactile warmth characteristic of his post-Fauvist sensibility. The work belongs to a body of late still lifes in which the artist distilled decades of colorist experimentation into compositions of quiet but insistent vitality. Valtat's connection to the Fauvist generation, forged through close friendships with Renoir, Bonnard, and Vuillard, is everywhere present in the handling here. Color functions not as description but as sensation, and the domestic subject becomes a vehicle for purely painterly pleasure. The compressed format intensifies this effect, concentrating the viewer's attention on the interplay of warm and cool tones across the fruit's surfaces and the animated texture of the ground beneath them. The work's provenance is both stable and well-documented. Acquired into a private Parisian collection during the 1950s, it has remained by descent with the current owner, lending it a quiet, uninterrupted history that adds to its appeal for the discerning collector. A certificate of authenticity from the Comité Valtat will accompany the work upon acquisition.