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)
FWN 1873
La Toilette de la courtisane
c.1880
Alternate titles: Courtisane; La toilette de la courtisane
Rewald (W137); Venturi revised: 1872–74; Venturi (884): 1875–77; Rivière: c.1897–98
Graphite and watercolor on paper
5 7/8 x 7 1/2 in. (15 x 19 cm)
Provenance
Private collection, Japan
Exhibition History
Galerie Renou et Colle, Paris, Aquarelles et baignades de Cézanne, June 3–17, 1935.
Valentine [Dudensing] Gallery, New York, Cézanne watercolors, Renoir drawings, January 4–30, 1937, no. 18, as Courtisane.
Matthiesen Gallery, London, A Century of French Drawings: from Prud'hon to Picasso, May 3–31, 1938, no. 13, as La Toilette de la courtisane (for sale).
Galerie Baugin, Paris, Aquarelles de Cezanne, May 15–June 10, 1950, no. 4, as La toilette de la courtisane, 1875-85.
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Cézanne Drawing, June 6–September 25, 2021, pl. 46, Arkansas Museum of Fine Art.
Published References
Rivière, Georges. Le Maître Paul Cézanne. Paris: Librairie Floury, 1923, ill. opp. p. 70.
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 884, ill. vol. II, as La Toilette de la courtisane.
Reff, Theodore. "Cézanne and Poussin." Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes 23, nos. 1–2 (January–June 1960), p. 172.
Selections from the Permanent Collection of the Arkansas Arts Center. Little Rock, 1983, no. 31, ill. with verso.
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, no. 137, ill.
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: The Eye and the Mind, 2 vols. Marseille: Editions Crès, 2008, vol. 1, fig. 150; vol. 2, p. 113, as La Toilette de la courtisane.
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Record last updated June 9, 2021. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "La Toilette de la courtisane, c.1880 (FWN 1873)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1115 (accessed on April 26, 2024).
