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Still Life with a Ginger Jar and Eggplants

1893–94
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 826
For this commanding still life, with its richly orchestrated play of overlapping shapes, patterns, colors, and textures, Cézanne relied on a stock of familiar objects. The raffia-corded ginger jar, for example, is featured in more than a dozen compositions, including three of comparable verve dating to the early 1890s.

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  • Title: Still Life with a Ginger Jar and Eggplants
  • Artist: Paul Cézanne (French, Aix-en-Provence 1839–1906 Aix-en-Provence)
  • Date: 1893–94
  • Medium: Oil on canvas
  • Dimensions: 28 1/2 x 36 in. (72.4 x 91.4 cm)
  • Classification: Paintings
  • Credit Line: Bequest of Stephen C. Clark, 1960
  • Object Number: 61.101.4
  • Curatorial Department: European Paintings

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