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The Card Players

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This four-figure version is one of five paintings in Cezanne's Card Players series, painted between 1890 and 1892; the other four versions are held at the Musee d'Orsay (two-figure compositions), the Courtauld Gallery and the Barnes Foundation.

Facts
Year Created
1891 1
Museum dating gives a range of 1890 to 1892; 1891 is used here as the midpoint estimate.
Medium
Oil on canvas 1
Location
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (accession 61.101.1) 1
Classification
Genre
Painting 1
Connections

Created By

Paul Cezanne, Artists
Source The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In Form

Painting, Art Forms

In Movement

Source Gardner's Art Through the AgesFred S. Kleiner (after Helen Gardner)
In the Other Atlases
Sources
1. The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
  • Genre reference
    This four-figure version is one of five paintings in Cezanne's Card Players series, painted between 1890 and 1892; the other four versions are held at the Musee d'Orsay (two-figure compositions), the Courtauld Gallery and the Barnes Foundation.
  • Created By: Paul Cezanne
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Gardner's Art Through the Ages
Fred S. Kleiner (after Helen Gardner), Cengage LearningIn Movement: Post-Impressionism, chapter on Post-Impressionism, section on Paul Cezanne
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