English summary: Gasquet, who was one of Cezanne's friends, talks about the painter and his work. In the second part of the book, he even faithfully relates comments made by Cezanne himself. Yet another long silence followed. Then he looked at me, and I felt his eyes dazzle me as they penetrated to the very depths of my being and beyond, to the nethermost edge of the future. His smile was broad, yet resigned. - Someone else will do what I could not ... perhaps I am only the primitive of a new art. Then, a sort of ...
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English summary: Gasquet, who was one of Cezanne's friends, talks about the painter and his work. In the second part of the book, he even faithfully relates comments made by Cezanne himself. Yet another long silence followed. Then he looked at me, and I felt his eyes dazzle me as they penetrated to the very depths of my being and beyond, to the nethermost edge of the future. His smile was broad, yet resigned. - Someone else will do what I could not ... perhaps I am only the primitive of a new art. Then, a sort of stupefying revolt seized him. - How frightening life is! And like a prayer said at twilight, I heard him murmur several times: - I want to die while painting ... die while painting. ... French description: Gasquet qui fut l'ami de Cezanne parle de lui, de sa creation et dans la deuxieme partie du livre il rapporte fidelement les propos meme de Cezanne. Un grand silence encore. Puis, il me regarde, et je sens ses yeux qui, jusqu'au fond de moi, par-dela moi, jusqu'au fond de l'avenir, m'eblouissent. Il a un grand sourire resigne. - Un autre fera ce que je n'ai pu faire... je ne suis, peut-etre, que le primitif d'un art nouveau. Puis, une sorte de revolte effaree le traverse. - C'est effrayant, la vie! Et comme une priere, dans le soir qui tombe, je l'entends qui, plusieurs fois, murmure: - Je veux mourir en peignant... mourir en peignant...
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Add this copy of Cézanne (Encre Marine) (French Edition) to cart. $105.16, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2012 by Encre Marine.
Add this copy of Cezanne to cart. $78.75, good condition, Sold by Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Marietta, PA, UNITED STATES, published 1930 by Bruno Cassirer Verlag.
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VG-(light aging/staining to covers but pages are clean) Marbled paper boards with 3/4 leather, white spine with black title plate, gilt lettering, green tinted upper block edge, untrimmed pages on sides and bottom, bw frontispiece, 3 preliminary leaves, 3-164 pages, 47 plates (including portraits). Written in German. With 48 light printing plates. "A numbered edition of 500 copies of this book was made on butten. The text was printed by the Spamersche Buchdruckerei in Leipzig, the light plates by the Graphische Anstalt Ganymed in Berlin. This copy bears the number 333" from ffep.
Add this copy of Cezanne to cart. $78.75, fair condition, Sold by Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Marietta, PA, UNITED STATES, published 1921 by Les Editions Bernheim-Jeune.
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Fair (Binding shot, pages and wraps loose; Light dampstaining at bottom of wraps and first few and last pages; Some wear and chipping around page edges, but pages otherwise rather clean; Reading copy) Oversized blue paper over thin cardboard; 128 pp. bw frontispiece, illustrated in bw and color, several mounted. Text in French; Gasquet's oft-cited profile of Cezanne's life, work, and artistic philosophy; Nice illustrations. Printed in edition of 250 copies.
Add this copy of Cezanne to cart. $105.00, good condition, Sold by Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Marietta, PA, UNITED STATES, published 1921 by Les Editions Bernheim-Jeune.
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Good (overall shelfwear to covers, light age toning overall but plates and pages are otherwise clear) Oversized blue paper over thin cardboard; 128 pp. bw frontispiece, illustrated in bw and color, several mounted. Text in French; Gasquet's oft-cited profile of Cezanne's life, work, and artistic philosophy; Nice illustrations. Printed in edition of 250 copies.