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A rare etching, it serves the distinctive and valuable function of portraying one of the major figures of French art. It is especially characteristic of this print that Pissarro adopted a style very much like Cezanne's own draftsmanship in recording his portrait.

Source: Bulletin, April 1968


Exhibition History"Portraits and Self-Portraits of Artists," Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, Iowa"Portraits and Self-Portraits of Artists," Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, Iowa

"Prints of the 19th Century," Drake University Art Gallery, Des Moines, Iowa ~

"Nineteenth Century Print Exhibition," Art Department, Grinnell College, Iowa~
DimensionsSheet: 18 1/4 × 11 1/2 in. (46.4 × 29.2 cm)
Plate: 11 9/16 × 9 7/16 in. (29.4 × 24 cm)
Image: 10 5/8 × 8 7/16 in. (27 × 21.4 cm)
Accession Number 1967.47
Classificationsprint
CopyrightPublic Domain
InscriptionsC. Pissarro (u/l in image) 1874 Pissarro (l/r in image) monogram C.P. (l/r in plate) 50/75 (l/r in plate in pencil) C. Pissarro Portrait de Cezanne L d 13 c. 29021 (l/l on sheet in pencil)
Portrait de Cézanne (Portrait of Paul Cézanne)
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines