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Catalogue entry

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)
Vollard archives: photo without no.
Arkansas Arts Center Foundation Collection, Little Rock

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Provenance
Paul Cézanne fils, Paris
Sidney J. Lamon, New York
Christie's, London, Dec. 4, 1973, no.45, ill. with verso
Knoedler Galleries, New York
European Fine Arts Establishment, Geneva
Private collection, Japan
Christie's, New York, May 20, 1982, no. 110, ill.
Waddington Galleries, London
Arkansas Arts Center Foundation Collection, Little Rock (1994)
Exhibition History
1935b Paris
Galerie Renou et Colle, Paris, Aquarelles et baignades de Cézanne, June 3–17, 1935.
1937 New York
Valentine [Dudensing] Gallery, New York, Cézanne watercolors, Renoir drawings, January 4–30, 1937, no. 18, as Courtisane.
1938 London
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).
1950d Paris
Galerie Baugin, Paris, Aquarelles de Cezanne, May 15–June 10, 1950, no. 4, as La toilette de la courtisane, 1875-85.
2021a New York
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Cézanne Drawing, June 6–September 25, 2021, pl. 46, Arkansas Museum of Fine Art.
Published References
Rivière 1923
Rivière, Georges. Le Maître Paul Cézanne. Paris: Librairie Floury, 1923, ill. opp. p. 70.
Fry 1929
Fry, Roger. "Cézannes Udvikling." Samleren 6 (July, August, September 1929), p. 133, ill.
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 884, ill. vol. II, as La Toilette de la courtisane.
Reff 1960a
Reff, Theodore. "Cézanne and Poussin." Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes 23, nos. 1–2 (January–June 1960), p. 172.
Arkansas Arts Center 1983
Selections from the Permanent Collection of the Arkansas Arts Center. Little Rock, 1983, no. 31, ill. with verso.
Rewald 1983a
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, no. 137, ill.
Machotka 2008
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 19, 2024).