Cézanne only made four Harlequin paintings in his life, and the last one remaining in private hands comes to #SothebysLondon today, marking the first time it’s been seen publicly since 1975. ‘Arlequin’ from 1888-90 is one of the landmark paintings from the Blaquier-Arrieta Collection starring in The New York Sales this November. The Harlequin group has long been recognized as one of the most impressive portrait projects of Cezanne’s career. They are also some of the first paintings for which the artist’s son Paul posed. The series was inspired by the joyous Mardi-Gras carnival processions that were so prevalent in Cézanne’s childhood in Aix-en-Provence. ‘Arlequin’ was exhibited in the many of the greatest Cézanne exhibitions ever staged including: the Salon d'Automne in Paris in 1907, the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 1929, the Art Institute of Chicago in 1952, and Tate in London in 1954. It has not been seen in public since 1975. ‘Arlequin’ will make its auction debut in ‘...