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Catalogue entry

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)
Stiftung Insel Hombroich, Neuss

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Provenance
Ambroise Vollard, Paris
Alphonse Kann, Saint-Germain-en-Laye
Auguste Pellerin, Paris;
M. et Mme René Lecomte (née Pellerin), Paris;
Madame X Collection, Galerie Charpentier, Paris, June 8, 1956, no. 2, ill.
Hugo Perls, Berlin;
Estate of Hugo Perls;
Christie's, New York, May 18, 1983, no. 110, ill.
Karl-Heinrich Müller, Düsseldorf (1983);
Stiftung Insel Hombroich, Neuss
Exhibition History
1954 Paris
Orangerie, Paris, Hommage à Cézanne, July 2–October 17, 1954, no. 66, as Sommeil, c. 1875-1877, lent by private collection, Paris.
1956a London
Marlborough Fine Art Ltd, London, XIXth and XXth Century French Masters, October–November 1956, no. 53, ill., as Sommeil, 1875-77.
1963f New York
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
Vollard 1914
Vollard, Ambroise. Paul Cézanne. Paris: Vollard, 1914, p. 24, ill.
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 883, ill. vol. II, as Sommeil.
Reff 1960a
Reff, Theodore. "Cézanne and Poussin." Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes 23, nos. 1–2 (January–June 1960), p. 172.
Andersen 1963a
Andersen, Wayne V. "Watercolor in Cézanne's Artist Process." Art International 7 (May 25, 1963), p. 25, ill.
Schapiro 1973
Schapiro, Meyer. Paul Cézanne. Translated by Louis-Marie Ollivier. Paris: Nouvelles Editions Françaises, 1973, p. 37, ill.
Rewald 1983a
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, no. 138, ill.
Coutagne et al. 1984a
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.

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Record last updated May 17, 2023. 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 April 26, 2024).