The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne
An Online Catalogue Raisonné under the Direction of Société Paul Cezanne
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FWN 3015-29b
Victor Chocquet et un ange, étude pour "L'Apothéose de Delacroix"
1878–80 (possibly later)
Alternate title: Victor Chocquet, Study for the 'Apotheosis of Delacroix'
Rewald (W69); Venturi revised: c.1894; Venturi (1309-05); Chappuis: 1890–94
Graphite, pen and ink, and watercolor on wove paper, p. XXIX verso from the CP III sketchbook
6 x 9 5/16 in. (15.2 x 23.7 cm)
Provenance
Exhibition History
Sammlung Oskar Reinhart "am Römerholz," Winterthur, Switzerland, Victor Chocquet: Freund und Sammler der Impressionisten, Renoir, Cézanne, Monet, Manet, February 20–June 7, 2015, no. 32, ill.
Published References
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1309-05, as "Page XXIX".
Chappuis, Adrien. Album de Paul Cézanne. Paris: Berggruen, 1966, vol. 1, p. 63, ill. vol. 2, 1890-94.
Reff, Theodore. Review of Album de Paul Cézanne, by Adrien Chappuis, ed, preface by Roseline Bacou. The Burlington Magazine 109, no. 776 (November 1967), pp. 652 and 653, c. 1894.
Rewald, John. "Chocquet et Cézanne." Gazette des beaux-arts, vol. 74, periode 6 (July–August 1969), p. 70, fig. 33 p. 71.
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, no. 69, ill.
Rewald, John. "Chocquet and Cézanne." In Studies in Impressionism, Edited by Irene Gordon and Frances Weitzenhoffer. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1986, p. 158, fig. 88, as Victor Chocquet, Study for the 'Apotheosis of Delacroix'.
Notes
Two studies for the painting (FWN687) and watercolor (FWN3017-02a). Victor Chocquet is shown here, arms raised and clapping his hands.
Related work
This work is part of a sketchbook:
Sketchbook Washington, c.1877–1900 (3015)
Sketchbook Washington, c.1877–1900 (3015)
This sketchbook is bound and the page numbers are written in Roman numerals on the "a" (recto) side of the sheet at bottom right. The notation "LIIIIx2" on the inside back cover indicates that the sketchbook originally contained fifty-four sheets. However, pages XLI to XLVIII have since been removed.
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current: Victor Chocquet et un ange, étude pour "L'Apothéose de Delacroix", 1878–80 (possibly later) (3015-29b)
Record last updated December 10, 2018. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Victor Chocquet et un ange, étude pour "L'Apothéose de Delacroix", 1878–80 (possibly later) (FWN 3015-29b), p. XXIX verso from the CP III sketchbook." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1046 (accessed on May 1, 2025).
