Nature morte
The four still lifes securely attributed to Baugin—"Still life with Apricots", "Still life with Candlestick", "Still life with Chessboard" (also known as "The Five Senses"), and "Still life with Water Wafers"—were completed before the artist was twenty years of age. Trevor Winkfield calls Baugin "one of the most innovative of all French still life painters", and says the off-balance perspective of the "Still life with Chessboard" produces a "topographical alienation" reminiscent of the metaphysical art of Giorgio de Chirico.