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 3004-36a
La Tentation de saint Antoine
1873–75
Alternate title: Die Versuchung des Heiligen Antonius (La tentation de saint Antoine)
Rewald (W40); Venturi revised: 1872–74; Venturi (880): 1872–77; Rivière: 1877
Graphite, watercolor, India ink, and gouache on paper, p. 36 from an early sketchbook
4 3/4 x 7 11/16 in. (12 x 19.5 cm)
Annotated by the artist: à ma séduction / De mon corps éclatant vois la carnation / Antoine, et ne résiste à la séduction
Provenance
Private collection, London
Exhibition History
Galerie Renou et Colle, Paris, Aquarelles et baignades de Cézanne, June 3–17, 1935, No number listed.
Kunsthalle Tübingen, Tübingen, Paul Cézanne Aquarelle, January 16–March 21, 1982, no. 6, ill., as Die Versuchung des Heiligen Antonius (La tentation de saint Antoine), 1874-77, lent by Galerie Krugier & Geofroy, Geneva. Traveled to: Kunsthaus, Zürich, April 2–May 31, 1982.
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Cézanne Drawing, June 6–September 25, 2021, pl. 43, Collection Jasper Johns.
Published References
Meier-Graefe, Julius. Cézanne und sein Kreis: ein Beitrag zur Entwicklungsgeschichte: mit 171 Tonätzungen und einem Lichtdruck. Munich: R. Piper, 1922, ill. p. 113.
Rivière, Georges. Le Maître Paul Cézanne. Paris: Librairie Floury, 1923, p. 143, ill., as La Tentation de saint Antoine.
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 880, ill. vol. II, as La Tentation de saint Antoine.
Reff, Theodore. "Cézanne, Flaubert, St. Anthony, and the Queen of Sheba." The Art Bulletin 44, no. 2 (June 1962), p. 120-21, fig. 7.
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, no. 40, ill. and color pl. 14.
Krumrine, Mary Louise. "Paul Cézanne: The Bathers." In Paul Cézanne: The Bathers. Basel: Museum of Fine Arts, 1989. Exhibition catalogue, ill. 32 p. 58 (detail).
Cachin, Françoise, and Joseph Rishel. Cézanne. Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux, 1995. Exhibition catalogue, p. 156, fig. 2, as La Tentation de saint Antoine, c. 1875-1877.
Platzman, Steven. Cézanne: The Self-Portraits. Berkeley: University of California, 2001, p. 123, ill.
Prat, Louis-Antoine. Le Dessin français au XIXe siècle. Paris: Somogy Editions d'Art, 2011, p. 603, no. 1440, ill. in color, as La Tentation de saint Antoine, 1874-1877.
Marchesseau, Daniel. Paul Cezanne, Le chant de la terre. Martigny: Fondation Pierre Gianadda, 2017. Exhibition catalogue, p. 272, ill.
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This work is part of a sketchbook:
Early Sketchbook, 1857–75 (3004)
Early Sketchbook, 1857–75 (3004)
Most of the sheets from this early sketchbook have been dispersed and are missing. The numbered pages are written in Arabic numerals at the lower right of the recto side.
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Record last updated February 8, 2021. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "La Tentation de saint Antoine, 1873–75 (FWN 3004-36a), p. 36 from an early sketchbook." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1017 (accessed on May 1, 2024).
