Cezanne's Composition; Analysis of His Form with Diagrams and Photographs of His Motifs

Loran, Erle & Paul Cezanne

ISBN 10: 0520007689 / ISBN 13: 9780520007680

Published by University of California Press, Berkeley, 1970

4to 11" - 13" tall; 160 pages; 1970 University of California Press. Oversize HC/DJ 3rd edition. Soundly bound and clean in original pictorial dust jacket. Contents bright and neat with no marks. Jacket shelf rubbed and worn at edges and surfaces with a light general damp rippling to the rear jacket panel. Illustrated with b&w photographs, diagrams, and reproductions of Cezanne works. VG/G. Seller Inventory # 51151

Synopsis:

This book had its provenance in the late 1920s, when Erle Loran, then a young artist who wanted to fathom the mysteries of Cézanne's structural form, took up residence in the master's studio in Aix-en-Provence. For several years he lived there and painted, and when he came across familiar motifs in the countryside, he took snapshots of the setting. These photographs isted Loran in his ysis of Cézanne's composition and served as the basis for this book, which yzes over 30 of Cézanne's paintings. This new edition brings Loran's milestone study up-to-date with a new foreword by art historian Richard Shiff, who places Loran's work into today's art historical context.

Review: "I have learned a great deal from his book about modern painting in general. [Loran] devotes his attention mainly to Cezanne's concrete means and methods, and he arrives thereby at an understanding of Cezanne's art more essential than any other I have seen in print."--"The Nation

Bibliographic Details

Title: Cezanne's Composition; Analysis of His Form ...
Publisher: University of California Press, Berkeley
Publication Date: 1970
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Good+
Edition: Third Edition.