Autour de Paul Cézanne
Large image:
Caption:
etching
edition of 10
36 x 51.5 cm
1970
In 1955 Tom Phillips visited Aix en Provence on a travel scholarship and visited the studio of his revered Cézanne, a visit that had a special significance for him.
This silkscreen print, made fifteen years later, is derived from a postcard of Cézanne walking to his studio, The original postcard was posted from Provence to Brian Eno in 1969 as a perfomance piece
Opus XI, No. 1
Buy a postcard. Assume that it depicts the performance of a piece. Deduce the rules of the piece. Perform it.
The same image of Cezanne makes another appearance in the1970 painting O Chateau O Cezanne