Paul Cézanne
The Road Bridge at L’Estaque
From $100
This painting is apple yellow, red and grey-blue, and a cheap copy dulls the apples. Our Cézanne Apples print was graded from a high-resolution master so each apple keeps its weight.
Canvas, framed or paper
Stretched canvas. Printed on cotton canvas and stretched taut over a frame. The edges are mirror-wrapped, so the picture continues around the sides and none of it is lost to the fold.
Framed canvas. The same canvas, set in a black, white, natural wood or dark wood frame 0.83 in deep. The frame gives the work a finished edge and a little more presence on the wall.
Framed print. Printed on fine art matte paper and framed in solid pine, behind shatterproof plexiglass, in black, white, natural wood or dark wood. It arrives ready to hang. Framed sizes are measured on the outside of the frame.
Fine art print. Printed on 310gsm fine art matte paper, for framing your own way. It travels rolled and protected. From 18x24 inch.
Sizes
18x12 inch, 24x16 inch, 30x20 inch, 36x24 inch. Framed sizes are measured on the outside of the frame, so the visible painting is a little smaller.
On your wall
Its wide shape suits a kitchen, a dining room or a breakfast nook. The yellows and reds look warm with cream, terracotta and natural oak, and a natural oak or gold frame suits it.
About the painting
Apples by Paul Cézanne
1878–79
This small canvas brings together two separate studies of apples, unrelated to any known painting by Paul Cézanne.
Painter to painter
His dealer, Ambroise Vollard, swapped it with the painter Édouard Vuillard for one of Vuillard’s own works.
New York
It later passed to Vuillard’s nephew, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art bought it in 1961.
Read the story
Two groups of apples rest on a grey-blue cloth. Yellow, red and green, each one solid and round.
Paul Cézanne painted them around 1878 or 1879, though some scholars have suggested a few years later.
Look again, and the picture splits in two. The Metropolitan Museum says it combines two separate studies, unrelated to any other known painting by Cézanne.
Parts of the canvas have a brownish tone. The museum thinks it may have been added later, by his dealer, Ambroise Vollard.
Vollard then gave this painting to another artist, Édouard Vuillard, in exchange for one of Vuillard's own works.
So for years it belonged to a painter.
From 1940 it belonged to Vuillard's nephew, Jacques Roussel. Later it went to the New York dealer Sam Salz.
In 1961 the Metropolitan Museum of Art bought it.
Cézanne had admirers among the painters of his day. Claude Monet owned fifteen of his paintings, and called him the greatest of us all.
Look at the weight of each apple on the cloth.
Apples. Paul Cézanne, about 1878.
How each piece is brought to life
Faithful to the original, and made to be felt on your wall.
Graded against the original
We compare every work with the original as we grade it, keeping the artist’s colours true while bringing back their depth and glow. Every mark stays the artist’s own.
Printed for you
Printed to order on cotton canvas or fine art paper, then framed if you chose a frame, in 1 to 3 business days.
On your wall
It arrives 5 to 12 business days later, tracked and free anywhere in the US. Framed pieces come ready to hang.
Questions
Is this the original painting?
No. The original hangs in a museum. What you receive is a fine art reproduction, remastered from the original and printed for you, with every mark where the artist left it.
Will the colour look flat?
This is where most reproductions disappoint, and it is where we spend the most time. Each work is graded side by side with the original: faithful to the artist’s colours, with the depth and warmth brought back, so it moves you on the wall the way it was meant to. Canvas reads a touch softer than a backlit screen, and every screen shows colour a little differently.
Will the edges be cropped?
Each size is a standard frame size, so we fit the painting by trimming a little from its edges. We never stretch or squash it, and we check every size by eye so no face, figure or signature is cut. On canvas the edges are mirror-wrapped, which keeps the whole picture on the front.
Which size is right for my wall?
Aim for about two-thirds the width of the furniture beneath it. Over a sofa or a sideboard, one of the two largest sizes will hold the wall. The size guide lists every size in inches and centimetres, with the kind of wall each one suits.
How long does it take?
Your piece is printed in 1–3 business days, then spends 5–12 business days in transit, tracked all the way. Delivery is free anywhere in the US. We are unable to deliver to PO boxes.
What if it arrives damaged?
Send us a photograph and we will remake it and send it again. There is nothing to return.
Can I return it?
Yes, within 30 days of delivery. Our returns policy has the details.
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Printed to order
Graded against the original, then printed for you on cotton canvas or fine art paper in 1–3 business days.
The whole painting
Every mark is the artist’s own, and canvas edges are mirror-wrapped so the whole picture stays on the front.
Free US shipping
On every order, tracked, 5–12 business days in transit.
30-day returns
Returns and exchanges within 30 days of delivery.
