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 1825
Les Fossoyeurs et étude de tête
1868–72
Alternate title: Les Fossoyeurs
Rewald (W27); Venturi revised: circa1872; Venturi (863): 1872–77
Graphite and watercolor on paper
4 15/16 x 7 7/8 in. (12.5 x 20 cm)
Private collection, New York
Provenance
Private collection, Florida;
Private collection, New York
Exhibition History
Montross Gallery, New York, Cezanne Watercolors, February 10–21, 1920.
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Cézanne Drawing, June 6–September 25, 2021, pl. 30, Private collection.
Published References
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 863, ill. vol. II (right side only), as Les Fossoyeurs.
Berthold, Gertrude. Cézanne und die alten Meister. Stuttgart: W. Kohlhammer, 1958, listed p. 154 (suggests that it might be a copy).
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, no. 27, ill.
Simms, Matthew. Cézanne's watercolors: between drawing and painting. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2008, p. 13, fig. 4.
Dauberville, Guy-Patrice, and Floriane Dauberville. Paul Cezanne chez Bernheim-Jeune. Paris: Editions G-P.F. Dauberville & Archives Bernheim-Jeune, 2020, no. 407, ill. (watercolor only), as Les fossoyeurs, 12.8 x 10.5 cm.
Record last updated July 2, 2021. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Les Fossoyeurs et étude de tête, 1868–72 (FWN 1825)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1004 (accessed on September 19, 2024).
