↗Japan, Edo period (1615–1868) · late 1790s
Cherry Blossoms in the Wind
Utagawa Toyokuni
Colour palette
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Approximate colour proportions
Estimated from six colour groups in the museum image, including visible paper or borders. Reproduction and lighting affect the result; these are image-area proportions, not pigment measurements.
Bequest of Muriel Butkin · The Cleveland Museum of Art
Image licence: CC0 · Museum record & image source ↗
France, 19th century · 1871–76
Sheet of Studies
- Date
- 1871–76
- Medium
- graphite and pen and brown ink
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 20.9 x 12.2 cm (8 1/4 x 4 13/16 in.)
- Country / context
- France
- Movement / tradition
- European and American art
- Collection
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Attribution / role
- Museum attribution
- Pathway
- European and American art ↗
ABOUT THIS WORK
Sheet of Studies is a representative work in our Paul Cezanne guide. The catalogue records graphite and pen and brown ink. Museum attribution. The linked artist guide places it alongside other works from the artist’s career.
Original educational overview · based on the linked museum recordPlace in the artist’s career
The study sheet makes exploratory drawing visible; the 1890 tower separates the landscape into strong horizontal relations; the late Sainte-Victoire links mountain and surrounding space through colour patches. Compare line, exposed support and the edges between planes. The later oil paintings construct depth without smoothing away every visible decision.
The artist’s practice
Artist-wide context; individual works may differ.
Media and surface
Drawing and oil painting remain complementary ways of testing form and placement.
Marks and structure
Repeated contour adjustments and colour patches make depth without fully concealing the working process.
Palette and light
Warm and cool relationships construct planes; colour is structural, not simply a coating over outlines.
A MOMENT TO LOOK
Start with what you can see: shapes, surface, colour and scale. How might the listed materials affect the way this object was made and experienced?
Looking prompt · an invitation to observe, not a historical interpretation.
