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Maurice Bilton — Still Life of Colorful Vessels
Maurice Bilton

Still Life of Colorful Vessels

This still life composition presents four ceramic vessels arranged on a white circular table against a muted gray background. A dark maroon amphora with twin handles sits at the left, while a bright green goblet, vivid red pitcher, and deep blue ewer occupy the center and right portions of the arrangement. The painting demonstrates the artist's attention to form and color relationships, with the vessels rendered in bold hues that create visual tension against the subdued tonal ground. The work reflects the modernist interest in simplified forms and color contrasts that characterized mid-twentieth-century American still life painting.

Medium
Oil on panel
Dimensions

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Provincetown Art Association & Museum Benefit Auction

May 16, 2026

Estimate: $800$1,200

Lot 117

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Maurice Bilton, Still Life of Colorful Vessels

This still life composition presents four ceramic vessels arranged on a white circular table against a muted gray background. A dark maroon amphora with twin handles sits at the left, while a bright green goblet, vivid red pitcher, and deep blue ewer occupy the center and right portions of the arrangement. The painting demonstrates the artist's attention to form and color relationships, with the vessels rendered in bold hues that create visual tension against the subdued tonal ground. The work reflects the modernist interest in simplified forms and color contrasts that characterized mid-twentieth-century American still life painting.

Medium
Oil on panel
Dimensions
45.7 x 61 cm
Seen at
Eldred's, East Dennis, Massachusetts, United States

Related themes

Representational Art, Simplified Forms, Geometric Forms, Interior Scene, Bold Color, American Modernism, Domestic Objects, Color Field, Arranged Composition, Oil On Panel, Cape Cod Regional, Tabletop Composition, Monumental Stillness, Mid Century Painting, Ceramic Vessels, Color Contrast, Vessel Study, Decorative Objects, Table Still Life, Still Life