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Paul Cézanne

On the Banks of a River, ca. 1904-1905

Now On View

Description

Maker

  • Paul Cézanne, 1839-1906, French

Title

On the Banks of a River

Year

ca. 1904-1905

Medium

Oil on canvas

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • oil paint

Supports

  • canvas

Dimensions

61 x 73.7 cm (24 x 29 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

In the upper center of the frame, in light writing can be seen "B X 1 [?)] [illegible] 1 3"[?].At the upper right on brown paper or tape, "I P" [?] and other letters or numbers are written upside down in graphite. At lower left, there are possibly the remains of a label and some white and dark varnish or glue.In the lower left corner, there are the highly yellowed remains of a label with a curved, double blue line border, ripped off.To the right of this there are more label remains. On the stretcher, in the upper left corner is written in red ink the accession number "43.255."Below that there is written "8" in red and to the right of that "23."Moving towards the center, also in red, is written "113/4/59/[horizontal underline] /703/4."To the right in upside down graphite, "DR #3" is written and encircled.At upper center, possibly in black chalk, "360 [; or 1] 44"[?] is written.In the upper right corner, "1977.779" is written in graphite.At center right there is rubbed off chalk.At lower center, written in hot pink chalk, "B [could be an 8] - 9" is written.On the horizontal brace, at left, there are substantial abrasions in the wood. To the right of this scratching is written the accession number "43.255" and then in blue and underlined twice, "11291." At the center of the horizontal brace, there is a blue "PH" and below it an illegible number that appears to have been three numerals encircled, possibly "484"[?].Beneath this number are the faint remains of a brown circular stamp, possibly with an "N." At right there are four numbers in a rectangular box that appear to be an upside down "1461" [?].At the top of thevertical brace, there appears incised, "No [o underlined] 7 [?]" all of which is underlined.Beneath this writing there is a brown circular stamp with writing along the border at top and bottom and in the center; at top, there are two illegible letters followed by "...UANE"[?]; there are two lines of writing in the center, the second line of which has an "...RIS"; at bottom, along the border, is printed "...ENTRALE". In the center of the vertical brace, "4475" is written vertically.On the canvas in the upper right quadrant, there is a brownish circular stamp: "...OUANE / [illegible] / PARIS /CENTRALE."At the center left of the canvas, obscured by the horizontal brace, there is an oval stamp with three lines of text, the center line of which says "CHAB [or R?]..."

Place

France

Type

  • Paintings

Credit

Museum Special Reserve Fund

Object Number

43.255

Projects & Publications

Publications

Selected Works

European Paintings and Sculpture, ca. 1770 - 1937

A Handbook of the Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design

Exchange Exhibition, Exhibition Exchange

From the Collection of Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University; From the Collection of The Museum of Art, Rhode

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Inventing Impressionism

October 21, 2016 - June 11, 2017

In this late, unfinished painting, Cézanne used blocks of color to construct the armature of a landscape. Likely working outdoors, he mapped the riverside village with squares and triangles and used parallel strokes of orange and brown to indicate a cargo-laden barge. A solid, curved structure at right marks a bend in the river, whose overlapping blue patches form a ribbon between the opposing banks. Lighter tones of blues and greens create mutual reflections in the water and the loosely drawn clouds. Cézanne’s working process is also evident in the roughly conceived foreground, where broad, multicolored patches indicate forms that he had not yet defined.

Cubism and Its Affinities

September 1 - December 10, 1995

European Painting and Sculpture, circa 1770-1937

October 18, 1991 - January 26, 1992

Exchange Exhibition of Paintings from Rose Museum, Brandeis University

February 16 - April 2, 1967

Cézanne

September 23 - October 20, 1954

European Galleries

In this late, unfinished painting, Cézanne used blocks of color to construct the armature of a landscape. Likely working outdoors, he mapped the village with squares and triangles and used parallel strokes of orange and brown to indicate a cargo-laden barge. A solid, curved structure at right marks a bend in the river, whose overlapping blue patches form a ribbon between the opposing banks. Lighter tones of blues and greens create mutual reflections in the water and the loosely drawn clouds. Cézanne’s working process is also evident in the foreground, where broad, multicolored patches indicate forms he had not yet defined.

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