The Cardplayer (study)

A single player: the laboratory before the masterpiece. The Berggruen study isolates one figure from the final composition (between 1890 and 1892, 50 × 46 cm, Musée d'Orsay). Posing each man separately before bringing them together: how the painting was made.

This work appears in the Grand Palais exhibition 'Cezanne et nous' (23 September 2026 – 17 January 2027).