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)
FWN 689
L'Amour en plâtre
1894–95
Alternate title: L'Amour en plâtre (version bistre)
Rewald (784): 1894–95; Venturi revised: c.1895; Venturi (1609): 1895–1900; Cooper: 1894–95
Oil on canvas
17 1/8 x 11 1/2 in. (43.5 x 29.2 cm)
Vollard B stockbook: no. 4194, Étude d'après l'antique, 47 x 30 cm (25 frs)
Provenance
Exhibition History
Bignou Gallery, New York, Paul Cézanne, November–December 1936, no. 24, as L'Amour en plâtre (version bistre), the title erroneously refers to Venturi 1608.
Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Cézanne, January 5, 1937.
W. Scott & Sons, Montreal, Paintings by French Masters, February 1937.
Bignou Gallery, New York, Cézanne and Renoir, February 1937.
Bignou Gallery, New York, Paintings and Watercolors by Cézanne, April 1–26, 1940, no. 2, as L'Amour en plâtre, possibly V1608 (the "version bistre").
Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island, Cézanne, September 23–October 24, 1954, no. 19, lent by Deknatel.
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Classic Cézanne, November 28, 1998–February 28, 1999, no. 64, ill., as L'Amour en plâtre, 1894-95, lent by Fogg Art Museum.
Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe, Germany, Cézanne - Metamorphosen, October 28, 2017–February 11, 2018, no. 73, ill.
Published References
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1609, ill. vol. II, as L'Amour en plâtre.
Berthold, Gertrude. Cézanne und die alten Meister. Stuttgart: W. Kohlhammer, 1958, listed p. 154.
Mortimer, Kristin A. Harvard University Art Museums, A Guide to the Collections. New York: Abbeville Press, 1985, p. 196, no. 225, 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. 784, ill. vol. 2, as L'Amour en plâtre.
Record last updated December 14, 2022. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "L'Amour en plâtre, 1894–95 (FWN 689)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=761 (accessed on April 24, 2024).
