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L'Estaque

1878

André Paul Borel

(French, 1828–1912)
Culture
France, 19th century
Medium
etching
Support
Cream (3) laid paper
Measurements
Sheet: 36.3 x 52.3 cm (14 5/16 x 20 9/16 in.); Plate: 23.8 x 32.9 cm (9 3/8 x 12 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Walter and Jean Caldwell 1993.101
Catalogue raisonné
Bidon 13
Public Domain
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Location
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Description

L’Estaque, a suburb of Marseilles in Provence, attracted numerous artists who admired its hilly terrain, including Paul Cezanne, Pablo Picasso, and Georges Braque.
A horizontally oriented etching features a rugged landscape beneath a pale sky filled with fine horizontal lines. In the dark foreground, a cluster of arched grasses grows between sloping hills. To the right, a craggy, pale cliff face rises with deep vertical shadows. A dense plume of white smoke billows from behind slanted rooftops in the center, framing a tall, slender tree. A tiny building sits on a distant hill to the right.

L'Estaque

1878

André Paul Borel

(French, 1828–1912)
France, 19th century

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