Standing Bather, Seen from the Back
Paul Cezanne · 1879-82 · Art Institute of Chicago
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In the course of making an artwork, Paul Cezanne often significantly altered his original design. Someone, perhaps the artist, cut this canvas from a larger painting, retaining remnants of the other composition. In the lower-left corner, a series of blue lines can be read as the legs of a seated figure from knees to ankles; the body may have continued on an adjacent part of the canvas. These lines sit on top of the background foliage, indicating that Cezanne added this second figure after completing the first, presumably before changing his mind about the direction of the painting or moving on to another work.
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- Maker
- Paul Cezanne (French, 1839–1906)
- Date
- 1879-82
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 31.7 × 21.6 cm (12 1/2 × 8 1/2 in.); Framed: 53.4 × 42.3 × 8.9 cm (21 × 16 5/8 × 3 1/2 in.)
- Place of origin
- France
- Held by
- Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago · On view · Gallery 248
- Credit line
- Bequest of Brooks McCormick
Image: Art Institute of Chicago, CC0
