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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)
Catalogue entry
FWN 1844-TA
Les Foreurs
1873–74
Alternate title: The Well Drillers
Rewald (W44); Venturi revised: c.1877; Venturi (877): 1872–77
Watercolor (and gouache?) on paper
4 1/8 x 4 1/8 in. (10.5 x 10.5 cm)
Provenance
Paul Cézanne fils, Paris
Maurice Renou, Paris
Reid & Lefèvre, London
Mrs. H. Sacher, London
Whereabouts unknown
Published References
Vollard 1914
Vollard, Ambroise. Paul Cézanne. Paris: Vollard, 1914, p. 75, ill.Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 766, ill. vol. II, as Les Foreurs.Rewald 1983a
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, no. 44, ill.Dombrowski, Ireson and Patry 2021
Dombrowski, André, Nancy Ireson, and Sylvie Patry, eds. Cézanne in the Barnes Foundation. New York: Rizzoli Electa in association with The Barnes Foundation, 2021, p. 72, fig. 2, as The Well Drillers.Related
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. "Les Foreurs, 1873–74 (FWN 1844-TA)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1021 (accessed on November 4, 2025).
