Cezanne Sketchbook
Cezanne, Paul · French
c. 1877/1900
- Medium
- sketchbook with 71 drawings in graphite, pen and brown ink, and watercolor; the sketchbook contains 46 sheets, several which are blank; the end papers, the recto of the first page, and half the verso of the final page were used for notes, lists, and arithmetical figuring; a draft of a letter to the critic Octave Mirbeau is on page II (recto)
- Classification
- Volume
- Period
- 1876 to 1900
- Image size
- 5108 × 3451px
Description
This tan-colored, fabric-covered sketchbook cover is marked with a few smudges of dark gray and white paint. The binding is to the left in this photograph. The cover is wide and has a cream-colored rope wrapped around the narrower end to our right. The weave of the fabric is visible. A few swipes of gray paint are spaced along the binding, to our left, and there are tiny touches of white, lavender purple, and brick red marking the cover.
Rights & Source
Open access image from the National Gallery of Art, released under its open access program. Metadata via the NGA Open Data Program (CC0).