The Black Marble Clock

La Pendule noire

The Black Marble Clock

Paul Cézanne · 1869

Collection Stavros Niarchos

Paris, Greece

About this painting

Cézanne gave this dark, tightly composed still life of a mantel clock to his childhood friend Émile Zola, who kept it as a token of their bond from Aix-en-Provence.

Painting Details

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

54 × 74 cm (21.3 × 29.1 in)

Painted at

Paris, France

Current location

Collection Stavros Niarchos, Paris

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