Sheet of Studies — About This Work
Paul Cezanne, 1871–76
About the Work
Small figure studies occupy a tall sheet, retaining their independence rather than combining into a continuous event. The page records several moments of attention, each contributing to a larger field of working marks.
Graphite and brown ink offer different degrees of certainty and emphasis. A light beginning can sit beside a darker passage, allowing the viewer to distinguish stages or kinds of investigation without assuming a complete chronology.
The full sheet matters because the spaces between studies belong to the drawing's organisation. Preserving them allows the page to remain a working surface, with its changing scales and intervals intact.
The Work
Artist: Paul Cezanne
Title: Sheet of Studies
Date: 1871–76
Medium: Graphite and pen and brown ink
Recorded dimensions: 12.2 × 20.9 cm (W × H)
Collection: Cleveland Museum of Art
Accession number: 2008.385
Print & Presentation
Palatine presentation: 30 × 30 cm Classic Frame, portrait.
The complete artwork is reproduced at its recorded scale, subject only to negligible whole-pixel rounding, without enlargement, reduction, cropping or distortion. The surrounding white presentation area accommodates the artwork within the framed presentation and is incorporated into the print rather than added as a separate mount.
Frame finishes: Black, White or Natural.
Paper & glazing: Enhanced Matte + Perspex; or Enhanced Matte + Moth-Eye.
Why Original Scale?
Most art-print shops offer the same image in a choice of Small, Medium and Large sizes. We take a different approach. For each edition, we begin with the recorded dimensions of the original work and reproduce the complete image at that scale, preserving its proportions and avoiding enlargement, reduction, cropping or distortion.
Source: Image: The Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0. Bequest of Muriel Butkin. 2008.385.
Care: Display in a dry interior away from prolonged direct sunlight and sources of moisture.
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