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Die Kartenspieler

Paul Cézanne French

1890–92

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 826

Zwischen 1890 und 1896 unternahm Cézanne ein ehrgeiziges Malprojekt, bei dem er sich dem Thema Kartenspieler widmete. Er stellte Landarbeiter auf dem Anwesen seiner Familie nahe Aix-en-Provence als Modelle an. Nach zahlreichen vorbereitenden Studien schuf er fünf Kompositionen, die traditionelle Repräsentationen des Themas, beliebt seit dem 17. Jahrhundert, erweiterten und hinterfragten. Das Leinwandgemälde des Museums scheint die Reihe in Gang gesetzt zu haben. Nach einer Folgeversion von doppelter Größe und mit einer zusätzlichen Figur, einem stehenden Kind, reduzierte Cézanne die drei darauffolgenden Versionen auf das Wesentliche, sodass sie nur zwei Kartenspieler zeigen, die sich konfrontativ gegenübersitzen.

The Card Players, Paul Cézanne (French, Aix-en-Provence 1839–1906 Aix-en-Provence), Oil on canvas — Due to rights restrictions, this image cannot be enlarged, viewed at full screen, or downloaded.

The Card Players, Paul Cézanne (French, Aix-en-Provence 1839–1906 Aix-en-Provence), Oil on canvas

The Card Players, Paul Cézanne (French, Aix-en-Provence 1839–1906 Aix-en-Provence), Oil on canvas

The Card Players, Paul Cézanne (French, Aix-en-Provence 1839–1906 Aix-en-Provence), Oil on canvas

The Card Players, Paul Cézanne (French, Aix-en-Provence 1839–1906 Aix-en-Provence), Oil on canvas

The Card Players, Paul Cézanne (French, Aix-en-Provence 1839–1906 Aix-en-Provence), Oil on canvas

The Card Players, Paul Cézanne (French, Aix-en-Provence 1839–1906 Aix-en-Provence), Oil on canvas

The Card Players, Paul Cézanne (French, Aix-en-Provence 1839–1906 Aix-en-Provence), Oil on canvas

The Card Players, Paul Cézanne (French, Aix-en-Provence 1839–1906 Aix-en-Provence), Oil on canvas

The Card Players, Paul Cézanne (French, Aix-en-Provence 1839–1906 Aix-en-Provence), Oil on canvas

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Fig. 1. Paul Cézanne, "The Card Players," ca. 1890–92, oil on canvas, 53 1/4 x 71 5/8 in. (Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia)

Fig. 2. Paul Cézanne, The Card Players, ca. 1892–96, oil on canvas, 47 x 56 cm (Musée d’Orsay, Paris)

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Fig. 3. Paul Cézanne, "The Card Players," ca. 1892–96, oil on canvas, 60 x 73 cm (Courtauld Gallery, London)

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Fig. 4. Paul Cézanne, "Man with Pipe," 1892/1896, oil on canvas, 10 ¼ x 7 15/16 in. (National Gallery of Art, Washington)

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Fig. 5. Paul Cézanne, "Man with a Pipe," 1892–96, oil on canvas, 73 x 60 cm (Courtauld Gallery, London)

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Fig. 6. Mathieu Le Nain, "The Card Players (Les joueurs de cartes)," ca. 1635–40, oil on canvas, 61.4 x 76.2 cm (Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence)

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Fig. 7. Antoine Le Nain, "The Little Card Players (Les Petits Joueurs de cartes)," ca. 1635–40, oil on copper, 15 x 17 cm (Musée du Louvre, Paris)

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Fig. 8. X-radiograph of The Met, 61.101.1

Titel: Die Kartenspieler

Künstler: Paul Cézanne, Frankreich, 1839–1906

Datum: 1890–92

Medium: Öl auf Leinwand

Dimensionen: 65,4 x 81,9 cm

Anerkennung: Nachlass Stephen C. Clark, 1960

Akzession Nr.: 61.101.1

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