FIGURE 93 Madame Cézanne in a Red Dress, 1888–90

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Description: Madame Cézanne in a Red Dress

TitleMadame Cézanne in a Red Dress

Creator nameCézanne, Paul

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1888–1890

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

LocationMetropolitan Museum of Art, New York

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/435876

Accession number1962 62.45

SubjectsPortrait painting, FrenchPainting, French--19th centuryArtists' spouses

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Tamar Garb

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Tamar Garb

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3. Bodies

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Picasso and the Invention of Cubism

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