{"product_id":"cezanne-portraits","title":"Cézanne Portraits","description":"Th is book, like  the exhibition it accompanies, looks at the special  pictorial and thematic  characteristics of  Cézanne's portraiture practice, including his creation of complementary  pairs and  multiple versions of the same subject . The chronological development of  the artist's portraiture is also explored , with an examinat ion of  the changes that occurred with respect to  his  style and method, on the one hand, and  his understanding of resemblance and identity, on  the other . Th e extent to which particular sitters inflected the characteristics and development  of his practice is also considered . Cézanne Portraits features works that mutually inform each other to reveal arguably the most  personal , and therefore  most human, aspect of his art, and one  that has hitherto received  surprisingly little attention. They range from  Cézanne's earliest  surviving self - portraits ,  dating from the  1860s, through  to his final portraits of Vallier, the gardener at his hou se near Aix - en - Provence, made  shortly before  the artist's death in 1906. Exhibition curator John Elderfield contributes an  illuminating introductory essay on Cézanne's  portraiture,  while the artist's biographer,  the late  Alex Danchev, provides an informative  dramatis personae on the sitters featured .  The catalogue texts  are  by John Elderfi eld, Mary  Morton and  Xavier Rey , and a chronology  by Jayne Warman  sets the artist's work in the  context of his life.","brand":"National Portrait Gallery Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42663942520868,"sku":"9781855145474","price":76.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0725\/9734\/0196\/files\/9781855145474.jpg?v=1777349738","url":"https:\/\/thamesandhudson.com.au\/products\/cezanne-portraits","provider":"Thames \u0026 Hudson Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}