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Paul Cezanne, 'Still Life with Water Jug', about 1892-3

About the work

Overview

This unfinished work belongs to a series of still lifes made by Cézanne in the late 1880s and early 1890s, in which he depicted plates and fruit on a table placed parallel with the picture plane.

The tall blue water jug appears in all these paintings. It was a favourite object of Cézanne's.

Key facts

Details

Full title
Still Life with Water Jug
Artist
Paul Cezanne
Artist dates
1839 - 1906
Date made
about 1892-3
Medium and support
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
53 × 71.1 cm
Acquisition credit
On loan from Tate: Bequeathed by C. Frank Stoop 1933
Inventory number
L696
Location
Room 45
Image copyright
On loan from Tate: Bequeathed by C. Frank Stoop 1933, © 2000 Tate
Collection
Main Collection

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