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Catalogue entry

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

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Provenance
Hortense Cézanne, Paris
Georges Bernheim, Paris
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris (October 6, 1919)
Montross Gallery, New York (April 20, 1920);
Estate of N.E. Montross, American Art Association, Anderson Galleries, New York, April 20, 1933, no. 29, ill.
Mr. and Mrs. Morton Goldsmith, New York;
Estate of Mrs. Enid Goldsmith, New York;
Sotheby's, New York, May 15, 1985, no. 153, ill.
Private collection, Florida;
Sotheby's, New York, Nov. 9, 1995, no. 185, ill.
Private collection, New York
Exhibition History
1920a New York
Montross Gallery, New York, Cezanne Watercolors, February 10–21, 1920.
2021a New York
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Cézanne Drawing, June 6–September 25, 2021, pl. 30, Private collection.
Published References
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 863, ill. vol. II (right side only), as Les Fossoyeurs.
Berthold 1958
Berthold, Gertrude. Cézanne und die alten Meister. Stuttgart: W. Kohlhammer, 1958, listed p. 154 (suggests that it might be a copy).
Rewald 1983a
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, no. 27, ill.
Simms 2008
Simms, Matthew. Cézanne's watercolors: between drawing and painting. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2008, p. 13, fig. 4.
Dauberville 2020
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 March 29, 2024).