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Madame Cézanne

Title
Madame Cézanne / Dita Amory ; with contributions by Philippe Cézanne, Ann Dumas, Charlotte Hale, Kathryn Kremnitzer, Marjorie Shelley, and Hilary Spurling.
Author
Amory, Dita, 1954-
Publication
  • New York : The Metropolitan Museum of Art, [2014]
  • New Haven : Yale University Press, [2014]
  • ©2014

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Additional Authors
  • Cezanne, Philippe
  • Dumas, Ann
  • Hale, Charlotte, 1959-
  • Kremnitzer, Kathryn
  • Shelley, Marjorie, 1945-
  • Spurling, Hilary
  • Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.), host institution.
Description
xv, 224 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits; 25 cm
Summary
"Paul Cézanne's (1839-1906) portraits of Hortense Fiquet (1850-1922), his wife and the subject of some of his most iconic portraits, rank among the most powerful of their kind in French modernism. Yet, posterity has not been kind to Madame Cézanne. She was called a distraction, blamed for her husband's "lackluster" landscapes, and disdained for her impenetrable expression in the paintings. The reality is more complex, for while Fiquet may not have been the passion of Cézanne's lifetime, she was a willing accomplice, as model, mother of his only son, and unwavering partner against all odds. Madame Cézanne examines this unique relationship within the context of Cézanne as a painter, draftsman, and portraitist, and sheds light on the personal relationship between artist and muse. Featuring all 28 of Cézanne's oil portraits of Fiquet and most of the known drawings, Madame Cézanne both corrects, with insight and compassion, the long-held misconceptions about the Cézannes' unconventional marriage, and shows how Cézanne's portraits of his wife provide a lens through which to better understand his overall technique"--Publisher's website.
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Note
  • Catalog of an exhibition held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, November 19, 2014-March 15, 2015.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 186-190) and index.
Call Number
JQE 15-95
ISBN
  • 9781588395467
  • 1588395464
  • 9780300208108
  • 0300208103
OCLC
891963574
Author
Amory, Dita, 1954- author.
Title
Madame Cézanne / Dita Amory ; with contributions by Philippe Cézanne, Ann Dumas, Charlotte Hale, Kathryn Kremnitzer, Marjorie Shelley, and Hilary Spurling.
Publisher
New York : The Metropolitan Museum of Art, [2014]
Distributor
New Haven : Yale University Press, [2014]
Copyright Date
©2014
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 186-190) and index.
Added Author
Cezanne, Philippe, writer of supplementary textual content.
Dumas, Ann, writer of supplementary textual content.
Hale, Charlotte, 1959- writer of supplementary textual content.
Kremnitzer, Kathryn, writer of supplementary textual content.
Shelley, Marjorie, 1945- writer of supplementary textual content.
Spurling, Hilary, writer of supplementary textual content.
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.), host institution.
Research Call Number
JQE 15-95
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