CÉZANNE, Paul
(b. 1839, Aix-en-Provence, d. 1906, Aix-en-Provence)

Bather

1885-87
Oil on canvas, 127 x 97 cm
Museum of Modern Art, New York

Cézanne preferred using photographs or sketches rather than nude models because he felt uncomfortable in their presence. This painting, too, is based on a photograph. It is unusual for one of Cézanne's bathers to dominate the picture as much as this one does.




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