Catalogue entry

FWN 3006-12a (right)

Vénus et Cupidon

c.1875

Rewald (W59); Venturi revised: 1875–77; Venturi (1187): 1868–71

Graphite and watercolor on wove paper, p. 12 from the AIC sketchbook (right fragment)

3 13/16 x 4 1/2 in. (9.7 x 11.5 cm)

Museum Rosengart Collection, Lucerne (Rosengart Foundation)

Left and right fragments (Ch769 and W59) reconstructed to original sheet, identified by Fabienne Ruppen

Photo: © Fabienne Ruppen

Keywords

Figure compositions:
- figure(s) in landscape or figure composition »
Figure compositions
Bathers and Nudes:
- female nude(s) / femme nue(s) »
- nue couchée »
Figure compositions
Historical and Allegorical:
- Vénus »
Technique and Condition:
- fragment »

Provenance

Paul Cézanne fils, Paris

Paul Cassirer, Berlin

Galerie Aktuaryus, Zurich

Siegfried Rosengart, Lucerne;

Museum Rosengart Collection, Lucerne

Exhibition History

1956 Zurich

Kunsthaus, Zurich, Paul Cézanne, August 22–October 7, 1956, no. 90.

Published References

Venturi 1936b

Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1187, ill. vol. II, as Vénus et Cupidon.

Ballas 1974

Ballas, Guila. "Daumier, Corot, Papety, et Delacroix, inspirateurs de Cézanne." Bulletin de la Société de l'histoire de l'art français (1974), pp. 194 and 199, as Vénus et Cupidon, 1868-1871.

Rewald 1983a

Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, no. 59, ill.

Record last updated January 6, 2021. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.

Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Vénus et Cupidon, c.1875 (FWN 3006-12a (right)), p. 12 from the AIC sketchbook (right fragment)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1036 (accessed on May 1, 2025).

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