Bedpost [verso]

c. 1895

Paul Cezanne

Associated Names
Paul Cezanne

Artist, French, 1839 - 1906

The image shows swirling and curved lines forming abstract shapes resembling architectural elements. There is a vertical structure resembling a pillar with a scroll-like capital. The lines are fluid and sketch-like with hints of watercolor in blue and green. The overall composition evokes an incomplete architectural sketch blending column form with artistic expression.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    graphite and watercolor on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    The Armand Hammer Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 21.1 x 27.4 cm (8 5/16 x 10 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1991.217.27.b

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Rewald 1983, no. 184

Associated Artworks

The image shows a landscape from a slightly elevated perspective. The horizon line is low in the composition. Loose tree sketches are visible along the horizon line. The artist used watercolor with soft strokes to suggest forms. The color palette includes greens, blues, and beige with hints of purple and blue.

Mont Sainte-Victoire [recto]

Paul Cezanne

1895

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Leicester Galleries, London; Edward Le Bas, Brighton (sold Geneva, Christie, Manson & Woods, Nov 6, 1969, no. 155); Armand Hammer Collection, 1969; gift to NGA, 1991.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1963

  • From a Painter's Collection (Edward Le Bas Collection), Royal Academy of Arts, London; Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, 1963, no. 231.

1969

  • Exhibited with the Armand Hammer collection from 1969, starting with Brooks Memorial Art Gallery, Memphis, Tennessee; except all venues between March 26, 1982 (Beijing) and March 9, 1986 (Palm Springs, California). Work was on long term loan to LACMA.

1982

  • Cézanne, Musée Saint Georges, Liège; Musée Granet - Palais de Malte, Aix-en-Provence, 1982, no. 31, repro.

1986

  • Exhibition with the Armand Hammer collection resumed with the Hermitage Museum, Leningrad in 1986.

2021

  • Cézanne Drawing, Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2021, plate 72.

  • Cézanne Drawing, Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2021, unnumbered catalogue.

Bibliography

1983

  • Rewald, John. Paul Cezanne: The Watercolors. Boston: Little, Brown and Company (A New York Graphic Society Book), 1983.

Wikidata ID

Q64618852

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