Cézanne in the Studio: Still Life in Watercolors

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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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Museum. III. Title.
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John Harris, Editor to trace copyright holders. Any unacknowl-
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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.
Singapore
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