The Card Players
Maker
(Artists)
1839-1906
1839-1906
Title
The Card Players
Date of Production
1892-1896
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
Height: 60 cm (canvas)
Width: 73 cm (canvas)
Width: 73 cm (canvas)
Accession Number
P.1932.SC.57
Mode of Acquisition
Samuel Courtauld, gift, 1932
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
On display
Keywords
players
Label Text
Cézanne became interested in depicting labourers playing cards in the autumn of 1890. During the 1890s he completed five paintings of this subject. Here, the composition is refined down to two men seated across a table in undefined surroundings. The players face each other but are immersed in the ritual of the game. Farm workers from the estate of Cézanne’s father posed for the two figures. They are the human equivalents of the painter’s views of Mount Saint Victoire: timeless, monumental and resolutely Provençal.
Provenance
With Paul Cassirer, Berlin; Dr Julius Elias, Berlin; J B Stang, Oslo; Alfred Gold, Berlin; purchased by Samuel Courtauld, March 1929; Courtauld Gift, 1932.
Exhibition History
Cezanne. Masterpieces from the Courtauld Gallery, KODE, Bergen, Norway, 16/07/2021-10/10/2021
Masterpieces of Impressionism from The Courtauld Gallery, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan, 10/09/2019-15/12/2019; Aichi Prefectural Museum, Nagoya, Japan, 03/01/2020-15/03/2020; Kobe City Museum, Kobe, Japan, 28/03/2020-21/06/2020
The Courtauld Collection. A Vision for Impressionism, Louis Vuitton Foundation, Paris, 20/02/2019-17/06/2019 ...More
Courtauld Impressionists: From Manet to Cezanne, National Gallery, London, 17/09/2018-20/01/2019
Courtauld Connects Regional Programme, The Ferens Art Gallery, Hull, 02/06/2018-09/09/2018
Masterworks of the World are our Guests at our French Impressionist Collection (working title), Kunsthalle Mannheim, Germany, 26/09/2014-18/01/2015
Masterpieces from Museums of the World at the Hermitage, State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg, Russia, 13/09/2013-17/11/2013
Cezanne's Card Players, Metropolitan Museum of Art & New York & USA, 07/02/2011-08/05/2011
Cezanne's Card Players, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 21/10/2010-16/01/2011
The Courtauld Cézannes, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 26/06/2008-05/10/2008
Cézanne in Britain, National Gallery, London, 04/10/2006-07/01/2007
Part of general displays, Los Angeles & California & USA, 29/09/2004-05/01/2005
Impressionism, Post-Impressionism and Nordic Culture, Stockholm & Sweden, 27/09/2002-19/01/2003
The Courtauld Collection: Masterpieces of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, 14/06/1998-21/09/1998
The Courtauld Collection, Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, 26/12/1997-12/05/1998
The Impressionists and after, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery & Birmingham & England, 1947 ...Less
Masterpieces of Impressionism from The Courtauld Gallery, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan, 10/09/2019-15/12/2019; Aichi Prefectural Museum, Nagoya, Japan, 03/01/2020-15/03/2020; Kobe City Museum, Kobe, Japan, 28/03/2020-21/06/2020
The Courtauld Collection. A Vision for Impressionism, Louis Vuitton Foundation, Paris, 20/02/2019-17/06/2019 ...More
Courtauld Impressionists: From Manet to Cezanne, National Gallery, London, 17/09/2018-20/01/2019
Courtauld Connects Regional Programme, The Ferens Art Gallery, Hull, 02/06/2018-09/09/2018
Masterworks of the World are our Guests at our French Impressionist Collection (working title), Kunsthalle Mannheim, Germany, 26/09/2014-18/01/2015
Masterpieces from Museums of the World at the Hermitage, State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg, Russia, 13/09/2013-17/11/2013
Cezanne's Card Players, Metropolitan Museum of Art & New York & USA, 07/02/2011-08/05/2011
Cezanne's Card Players, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 21/10/2010-16/01/2011
The Courtauld Cézannes, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 26/06/2008-05/10/2008
Cézanne in Britain, National Gallery, London, 04/10/2006-07/01/2007
Part of general displays, Los Angeles & California & USA, 29/09/2004-05/01/2005
Impressionism, Post-Impressionism and Nordic Culture, Stockholm & Sweden, 27/09/2002-19/01/2003
The Courtauld Collection: Masterpieces of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, 14/06/1998-21/09/1998
The Courtauld Collection, Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, 26/12/1997-12/05/1998
The Impressionists and after, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery & Birmingham & England, 1947 ...Less
Literature
The Courtauld Cézannes, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 2008
Cézanne in Britain, National Gallery, London, 2006-07
The Courtauld Collection: Masterpieces of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism, Art Gallery of Ontario, 1998
Cézanne in Britain, National Gallery, London, 2006-07
The Courtauld Collection: Masterpieces of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism, Art Gallery of Ontario, 1998
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