La Table blanche by artist Wilfredo Lam is a painting created with gouache on paper in the year 1939. It measures approximately thirty-nine by twenty-seven and a half inches, and is displayed in portrait orientation, meaning its shortest side runs parallel to the floor. This painting is an example of a still-life, a genre of art that uses simple objects to symbolize a transient moment or a deeper meaning. La Table blanche is a simple composition that is painted flatly and with casual brushstrokes. It presents a slightly aerial view of a white square table with a bluish-teal countertop. The edges of the table are slightly crooked with the right corner sloped and tilted downwards, and only the two front legs of this table are visible. On the front side of the table is a rectangle outlined in black and a round black circle within its center, resembling a drawer and knob. On the lower left corner of the table surface sits a small blue plate with what appear to be three fruits. Two of the fruits are oval with pointed edges- one is a light brown and the other, a darker brown, resembling two bosc pears. Behind them is a larger round fruit that is a soft greenish- yellow, almost resembling a small melon. On the right side of the table sits a butter knife with a black handle. It is precariously hanging off the edge of the counter. The table stands in front of a cool ultramarine blue wall and a lighter blue molding that stretches horizontally across the bottom third of the painting and echoes the color of the plate. Underneath is a greenish gray floor with loosely painted perpendicular stripes to indicate tiles and grout. The perspective of these lines does not indicate any three-dimensionality, further adding to the painting’s casual simplicity.