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 2033
Nu assis
1882–85
Alternate titles: Copy after 'Hagar in the Desert' reportedly by Delacroix; Etude de personnage assis; Nu assis (Ishmael)
Rewald (W141); Venturi revised: 1885–88
Graphite and watercolor on wove paper
17 1/2 x 12 1/2 in. (44.5 x 31.8 cm)
Provenance
Exhibition History
Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Collector's Choice, Charles E. Slatkin, n.d, ill.
Galerie Baugin, Paris, Aquarelles de Cezanne, May 15–June 10, 1950, no. 11, as Etude de personnage assis, c. 1900, 40 x 30cm, tentative identification.
Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, California, Loan Exhibition, 1959, no no.
Charles E. Slatkin Galleries, New York, French Master Drawings, Renaissance to Modern, 1959, no. 104, ill.
Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, United Kingdom, Silent Partners: Artist and Mannequin from Function to Fetish, October 14, 2014–January 25, 2015, no. 3, ill. shown in Cambridge only. Traveled to: Musée Bourdelle, Paris, March 31–July 12, 2015.
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Cézanne Drawing, June 6–September 25, 2021, pl. 118, Collection Jasper Johns.
Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel, Switzerland, Jasper Johns – The Artist as Collector, From Cezanne to de Kooning, September 30, 2023–February 4, 2024, no. 7, ill.
Published References
Reff, Theodore. "Book Reviews: Cézanne und die alten Meister by Gertrude Berthold." The Art Bulletin, vol. 42, no. 2 (June 1960), p. 148, Appendix, add. 5, fig. 5, as Copy after 'Hagar in the Desert' reportedly by Delacroix.
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, no. 141, ill.
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Record last updated March 5, 2025. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Nu assis, 1882–85 (FWN 2033)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1119 (accessed on May 2, 2025).
