The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne
An Online Catalogue Raisonné under the Direction of Société Paul Cezanne
(Formerly directed by Walter Feilchenfeldt, Jayne Warman and David Nash)
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© The Barnes Foundation, Merion, Pennsylvania, USA/ The Bridgeman Art Library
FWN 622
Le Foreur
1873–74
Alternate title: The Well Driller
Rewald (229): 1873–74; Venturi revised: circa 1877; Cézanne fils: circa1880; Venturi (1520): 1873–75
Oil on canvas
8 1/16 x 6 5/16 in. (20.5 x 16 cm)
Vollard A stockbook: no. 3776, huile; ouvrier tenant de la terre une sorte de vrille, 20 x 16 cm (20 frs)
Vollard B stockbook: no. 3574, Un foreur, 20 x 15 cm (50 frs)
Vollard W stockbook: no. 736, personnage; huile, 20 x 15 (500)
Vollard archives: photo no. 424, Annotated by Cezanne's son: circa 1880
Provenance
Published References
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1520, ill. vol. II, as Le Foreur.
Barnes, Albert C., and Violette de Mazia. The Art of Cézanne. New York: Harcourt Brace, 1939, no. 40, p. 192, ill.
Rewald, John. The Paintings of Paul Cézanne, A Catalogue Raisonné, 2 vols. In Collaboration with Walter Feilchenfeldt and Jayne Warman. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1996, no. 229, ill. vol. 2, as Le Foreur.
Dombrowski, André, Nancy Ireson, and Sylvie Patry, eds. Cézanne in the Barnes Foundation. New York: Rizzoli Electa in association with The Barnes Foundation, 2021, no. 4, pp. 70–72, as The Well Driller (catalogue notes by J. Rishel and J. Warman).
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Record last updated November 18, 2021. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Le Foreur, 1873–74 (FWN 622)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=233 (accessed on April 20, 2024).
