The Evolution of Style—And Prices

Paul Cézanne
The dark, phantasmagoric imagery of Cézanne’s early work from the late 1860s, tinged with sex and violence, gave way to light, color and looser brushwork in the 1870s, after his association with the Impressionists, particularly Camille Pissarro.

EARLY: "L’amour en plâtre," c. 1867. Sold for $289,000 at Christie’s New York in November 2007.

LATE: "Compotier et assiette de biscuits," c. 1877. Sold for $12.6 million at Christie’s New York in November 2007.

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