Look first
The Card Players
Paul Cézanne · 1890–92
The Card Players by Paul Cézanne: Bequest of Stephen C. Clark, 1960
What to notice
Study the two players’ mirrored poses across the small table; hats, shoulders, bottle, and cards create a quiet architecture of concentration.
Discover
Cézanne painted this version of The Card Players in 1890–92. Two men mirror one another across a small table, and the stable pattern of hats, shoulders, bottle, and cards turns a rural game into an architecture of concentration.
Source institution: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Rights status: Public Domain / The Met Open Access
Rights status: Public Domain / The Met Open Access
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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