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Nic Tenwiggenhorn; © Nic Tenwiggenhorn
FWN 3008-x3a
Le Sommeil (Bethsabée)
c.1885 (possibly later)
Alternate titles: Le Sommeil; Sommeil
Rewald (W138); Venturi revised: 1872–74; Venturi (883): 1875–77; Other: Andersen: c.1875
Graphite and watercolor on paper, possibly page from a CP II sketchbook
4 15/16 x 8 1/4 in. (12.5 x 21 cm)
Provenance
Exhibition History
Orangerie, Paris, Hommage à Cézanne, July 2–October 17, 1954, no. 66, as Sommeil, c. 1875-1877, lent by private collection, Paris.
Marlborough Fine Art Ltd, London, XIXth and XXth Century French Masters, October–November 1956, no. 53, ill., as Sommeil, 1875-77.
Knoedler Galleries, New York, Cézanne Watercolors, April 2–20, 1963, no. 4, Frontispice, as Le Sommeil, 1875-77, lent by Mr. and Mrs. Hugo Perls, New York.
Published References
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 883, ill. vol. II, as Sommeil.
Reff, Theodore. "Cézanne and Poussin." Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes 23, nos. 1–2 (January–June 1960), p. 172.
Andersen, Wayne V. "Watercolor in Cézanne's Artist Process." Art International 7 (May 25, 1963), p. 25, ill.
Schapiro, Meyer. Paul Cézanne. Translated by Louis-Marie Ollivier. Paris: Nouvelles Editions Françaises, 1973, p. 37, ill.
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, no. 138, ill.
Coutagne, Denis, et al. "Catalogue des oeuvres de Cézanne conservées au musée Granet d'Aix-en-Provence." In Cézanne au Musée d'Aix. Aix-en-Provence: Musée Granet, 1984, ill. p. 219, Private collection, Düsseldorf.
Related
This work is part of a sketchbook:
Sketchbook Chappuis II (CP II), 1871–98 (3008)
Sketchbook Chappuis II (CP II), 1871–98 (3008)
The sketchbook originally contained 50 sheets; the pages are numbered on the "a" side at lower right in Roman numerals.
At the time of Chappuis' purchase from Paul Guillaume, the sketchbook was incomplete and a number of pages already dispersed and are still missing.
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current: Le Sommeil (Bethsabée), c.1885 (possibly later) (3008-x3a)
Record last updated December 11, 2024. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Le Sommeil (Bethsabée), c.1885 (possibly later) (FWN 3008-x3a), possibly page from a CP II sketchbook." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1116 (accessed on March 15, 2025).
