£43.00
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Description
| Issued by | Banque de France |
| Issue | 1993-2000 Issue |
| Demonetized | 17.02.2012 |
| Size | 133 x 80 mm |
| Printer | Banque de France (France) – BF |
| Watermark | Portrait of Paul Cézanne taken from a painting from around 1870 |
| Signatures | Didier Bruneel (General Secretary) = Jean Bonnardin (Comptroller General) = Yves Barroux (Chief Cashier) |
| Obverse | Paul Cézanne – French artist and painter (Aix en Provence 1839-1906); In the background, an evocation of a painting made in 1978-79 “La mer à l’Estaque” (The Sea at Estaque); Characters from the painting “Joueurs de cartes” (The Cardplayers), an iconic work by Cezanne (1892); Top left, a representation and photo of the Jas de Bouffan, paternal property of the artist; Under the watermark is the silhouette of Mount Sainte-Victoire |
| Reverse | An interpretation of a still-life painting “Pommes et biscuits” (Apples & Biscuits); An evocation of the colour wheel that recalls of Cezanne saying: “Les contrastes et les rapports de tons constituent le secret du dessin et du modelé” (The contrasts and relations of tones is the secret of drawing and modeling); Completion of “The Cardplayers” see-through effect |
