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The Gulf of Marseille Seen from L'Estaque

ca. 1885
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 826
Cézanne enthused about the fishing village of L’Estaque to Pissarro in 1876: "It is like a playing card. Red roofs over the blue sea. . . . The sun is so terrific here that it seems to me as if the objects were silhouetted not only in black and white, but in blue, red, brown, and violet." Cézanne painted some twenty views of L'Estaque over the next decade, a dozen of them facing toward or across the gulf of Marseille. In the distance of this painting, atop the hill to the right of the jetty, the towers of Notre-Dame de la Garde stand watch over the city of Marseille.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: The Gulf of Marseille Seen from L'Estaque
  • Artist: Paul Cézanne (French, Aix-en-Provence 1839–1906 Aix-en-Provence)
  • Date: ca. 1885
  • Medium: Oil on canvas
  • Dimensions: 28 3/4 x 39 1/2 in. (73 x 100.3 cm)
  • Classification: Paintings
  • Credit Line: H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929
  • Object Number: 29.100.67
  • Curatorial Department: European Paintings

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