Plate 13 Paul Cézanne ples and pears have multiplied to escape But it did not; it remained in the state of fruit Apples and Pears, 1882-85 A p outlines penciled in in fairly firm relation to their container, which sits holding one Watercolor and graphite remaining pear. No table or ledge is indicated— one another and then just barely fleshed out on white paper, 25 x 32 cm (97/ x 12% in.) the paper is left blank—but some such still-life in wa terco lor. 8 Private collection surface is implied as coequal with the surface of the drawing sheet. This is the kind of étude that might have developed further, into a compo- sition reminiscent of some of Cezanne's simpler Chardinian oils of spherical fruit on a surface. 82 CÉZANNE IN THE STUDIO