Cezanne in the Studio: Still Life in Watercolors

166 Pages·2004·17.42 MB·English

by  Carol Armstrong

C E Z A N NE IN THE S T U D IO
Still Life in Watercolors
Carol Armstrong
THE J. PAU L GETTY MUSEUM, LO S ANGELES
This publication is issued in conjunction Library of Congress
with the exhibition Cezanne in the Catalogin'g-in-Publication Data
Studio: Still Life in Watercolors, held at the
J. Paul Getty Museum, October 12, 2004- Armstrong, Carol M.
January 2, 2005. Cezanne in the studio : still life in watercolors /
Carol Armstrong,
p. cm.
Merrill Lynch Includes index.
ISBN 0-89236-623-0 (hardcover)
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i. Cezanne, Paul, 1839-1906. Still-life with
blue pot—Exhibitions. 2. Still-life painting,
French—19th century—Exhibitions. 3. Cezanne,
© 2004 J. Paul Getty Trust
Paul, 1839-1906—Criticism and interpretation.
I. Cezanne, Paul, 1839-1906. II. J. Paul Getty
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Jeffrey Cohen, Designer recognition in future editions.
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Anthony Peres, Photographer
Cover: Paul Cezanne. Still Life with Blue Pot
Typesetting by Diane Franco (detail). (See plate i.)
Color separations by Professional Graphics Inc.,
Rockford, Illinois Frontispiece, right: Details from the Atelier
Printed and bound by CS Graphics Pte. Ltd., des Lauves, c. 1953.
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Notes to the Reader
Objects in the exhibition are illustrated
as plates. Detail images of the Getty's Still
Life with Blue Pot are numbered consecu-
tively throughout the book. Their exact
location on the watercolor can be found by
referring to the keys to the details, located
on pages 141-43.
For further information on the Getty's
Still Life with Blue Pot—including prove-
nance, bibliography, and exhibition
history—see George R. Goldner, with the
assistance of Lee Hendrix and Gloria
Williams, European Drawings i: Catalogue
of the Collections (Malibu, Calif.: J. Paul
Getty Museum, 1988), 150.

Contents
Foreword ix
Deborah Gribbon
Acknowledgments x
Lee Hendrix
Lenders to the Exhibition xi
Opening Lines i
The Biography of Objects 9
The Landscape of Still Life 45
Picture and Sketch 75
Pencil Lines and Watercolors 101
Finishing Touches 137
Keys to Details 141
Index 144
Photography Credits 148