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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
Jasper Johns

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Provenance
Paul Cézanne fils, Paris.
Jean-Pierre Durand-Matthiesen, Geneva
Van Dieman-Lilienfeld Galleries, New York
Sotheby's, London, Dec. 3, 1991, no. 16, ill.
Hirschl & Adler, New York
Norton Simon Museum of Art, Pasadena
Sotheby's, London, April 2, 1974, no. 40, ill.
Jan Krugier, Geneva
Galerie Krugier & Geofroy, Geneva
Parke-Bernet, New York, May 20, 1982, no. 7, ill.; bought in
Sotheby's, London, Dec. 3, 1991, no. 16, ill.
Private collection, London
Jasper Johns
Exhibition History
1935b Paris
Galerie Renou et Colle, Paris, Aquarelles et baignades de Cézanne, June 3–17, 1935, No number listed.
1982 Tübingen and traveling
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.
2021a New York
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Cézanne Drawing, June 6–September 25, 2021, pl. 43, Collection Jasper Johns.
Published References
Vollard 1914
Vollard, Ambroise. Paul Cézanne. Paris: Vollard, 1914, p. 139, ill.
Meier-Graefe 1922
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 1923
Rivière, Georges. Le Maître Paul Cézanne. Paris: Librairie Floury, 1923, p. 143, ill., as La Tentation de saint Antoine.
Arishima 1925
Arishima, Ikuma. Sezannu [Cézanne]. Tokyo: Ars, 1925, pl. 52 (Rewald, pl. 51).
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 880, ill. vol. II, as La Tentation de saint Antoine.
Reff 1962b
Reff, Theodore. "Cézanne, Flaubert, St. Anthony, and the Queen of Sheba." The Art Bulletin 44, no. 2 (June 1962), p. 120-21, fig. 7.
Adriani 1980
Adriani, Götz. Paul Cézanne: 'Der Liebeskampf'. Munich: Piper, 1980, p. 57, pl. 9.
Rewald 1983a
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, no. 40, ill. and color pl. 14.
Krumrine 1989b
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).
Bonafoux 1995
Bonafoux, Pascal. Cézanne: portrait. Paris: Editions Hazan, 1995, p. 60, ill.
Cachin and Rishel 1995
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 2001
Platzman, Steven. Cézanne: The Self-Portraits. Berkeley: University of California, 2001, p. 123, ill.
Prat 2011
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 2017
Marchesseau, Daniel. Paul Cezanne, Le chant de la terre. Martigny: Fondation Pierre Gianadda, 2017. Exhibition catalogue, p. 272, ill.

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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 April 25, 2024).