Is picasso's pitcher and fruit bowl a cubism painting?

Answer 1

I think he was drunk at the time.

Answer 2

No. If anything I would describe it as a flat, abstract pattern painting. If it were a cubist painting Picasso would, for example, have shown several aspects of the pitcher or the fruit, or show only a part of it that he wanted to paint: e.g. the rim of the jug, or the stalk of the fruit. But he doesn't. He chose instead to created a flat composition which resembles stained glass, both from the point of view of the thick black contour lines which are like the leading of st.gl; and, his choice of jewel like colors. The flattened effect is also emphsized on the jug, e.g. where within the thick black contours, pale crisscrossing lines doing away with any attempt to give the illusion of the jug having volume.