Men playing cards Courtauld

Cézanne's Card Players

 
 

Venue:

The Courtauld Gallery, Somerset House, Strand, London, WC2R 1LA, UNITED KINGDOM

Opens:

Thursday 21 October 2010

Closes:

Sunday 16 January 2011

Website:

www.courtauld.ac.uk

Public Info:

On-line booking www.courtauld.ac.uk/tickets

Summary:

Paul Cézanne’s paintings of peasants playing cards have long been considered among his most important and powerful works. This landmark exhibition will be the first to bring together the majority of these remarkable paintings alongside a magnificent group of Cézanne’s closely related portraits of Provençal peasants and rarely seen preparatory sketches and related drawings.

Opening Times:

Daily 10am to 6pm, last admission 5.30 pm
Late night openings until 9pm: Thursdays 28 October, 25 November, and 13 January

Admission Prices:

Included in admission to permanent collection:
Adult: £6.00, concessions: £4.50
Free admission: Mondays 10 am to 2 pm, except public holidays, at all times for under 18s, full-time UK students and unwaged.

Catalogue:

The exhibition is accompanied by a fully illustrated catalogue edited by Nancy Ireson and Barnaby Wright, with essays by Nancy Ireson, Barnaby Wright, John House, Richard Shiff, Aviva Burnstock, Caroline Campbell and Charlotte Hale, published by Paul Holberton www.paul-holberton.net in association with The Courtauld Gallery, 160 pages, 100 colour illustrations, 260 x 216 mm. Paperback, ISBN 978 1 907372 117, price £25

Directions:

Entrances on Victoria Embankment and Strand. British Rail mainline trains to Charing Cross, Waterloo or Blackfriars; underground stations Temple (District and Circle lines) (closed Sunday), Covent Garden (Piccadilly line) and Charing Cross (Northern, Bakerloo and Jubilee lines); buses 6, 9, 11, 13, 15, 23, 77a, 91 and 176 to Strand.
 
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