Plate 3 Paul Cezanne The Artist's Son Asleep (recto) / Head and Hand of the Artist's Son Asleep (verso) Graphite and graphite offset, 11.6 x 18.2 cm (49/ie x /Vie in.) Philadelphia, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Walter H.Annenberg, 1987-53-93,6
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a drawing (or writing) hand. (Something of the same gesture is found in the supine hand on the recto of the previous page [pi. 2].) Thus the hand movements of drawing, the unconscious gestures of sleep, the intimate relations of the family, and the sequence of notebook pages are linked to one another in a somatic chain.
his sketchbook page, which follows the one discussed previously (pi. 2), displays a view of the sleeping Paul. Its verso, in turn, shows another view of the head and hand of Cezanne fils: this time the hand is shown from the side, palm side down but in a similar gesture as before, and the head is again shown half drowned in pillows. The hand, which is probably the hand of the sleeping son, is presented as if it might be
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