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The image shows swirling and curved lines forming abstract shapes resembling architectural elements. There is a vertical structure resembling a pillar with a scroll-like capital. The lines are fluid and sketch-like with hints of watercolor in blue and green. The overall composition evokes an incomplete architectural sketch blending column form with artistic expression.
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The image shows swirling and curved lines forming abstract shapes resembling architectural elements. There is a vertical structure resembling a pillar with a scroll-like capital. The lines are fluid and sketch-like with hints of watercolor in blue and green. The overall composition evokes an incomplete architectural sketch blending column form with artistic expression.

National Gallery of Art · Drawing

Bedpost [verso]

Paul Cezanne

Date
c. 1895
Medium
graphite and watercolor on wove paper
Dimensions
overall: 21.1 x 27.4 cm (8 5/16 x 10 13/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Accession number
1991.217.27.b
Credit line
The Armand Hammer Collection
Time span
1876 to 1900
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • French
  • object
  • Post-Impressionist
  • Bedpost
Provenance

Leicester Galleries, London; Edward Le Bas, Brighton (sold Geneva, Christie, Manson & Woods, Nov 6, 1969, no. 155); Armand Hammer Collection, 1969; gift to NGA, 1991.

NGA object ID 74195. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.