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Pyramide de crânes
Pyramid of Skulls
Paul Cézanne · 1899
About this painting
Four skulls stacked in a tight pyramid fill the canvas, one of several memento mori Cézanne painted in his final years, likely spurred by meditations on mortality following his mother's death in 1897.
Painting Details
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
39 × 46.5 cm (15.4 × 18.3 in)
Painted at
Aix-en-Provence, France
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