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FWN 586-TA
Groupe de personnages
c.1866, summer
Rewald (98): 1866, summer; Machotka et al: 1866 (été)
Whereabouts unknown (probably destroyed by the artist)

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Provenance
Whereabouts unknown (probably destroyed by the artist)
Published References
Walter 1988
Walter, Rodolphe. "Aux sources de l'impressionnisme: Bennecourt." L'Oeil 393 (April 1988), pp. 32–33.
Rewald 1996
Rewald, John. The Paintings of Paul Cézanne, A Catalogue Raisonné, 2 vols. In Collaboration with Walter Feilchenfeldt and Jayne Warman. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1996, no. 98, ill. vol. 2, as Groupe de personnages.
Notes

A sketch of the painting appears in a letter from the artist to Emile Zola dated June 30, 1866. In the letter Cézanne describes a composition that he has been working on: "The picture isn't going too badly.... I'm going to change all the figures in my paintings; I've already given Delphin a different pose – just a touch different – I think it's better that way. I'm also going to alter the two others.  I've added some still life next to the stool, a basket with a blue cloth and some green and black bottles." (Letters, 1984, p. 115)

Delphin was the son of the blacksmith, Calvaire-Levasseur in Bennecourt.

Record last updated November 10, 2014. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Groupe de personnages, c.1866, summer (FWN 586-TA)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=111 (accessed on May 1, 2025).