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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)
Catalogue entry
FWN 3002-04b
Dossier de chaise
c.1882 (or slightly later)
Alternate titles: Back of a Chair; Dossier de fauteuil; Rückenlehne eines Stuhls (Dossier de chaise); The Back of a Chair
Rewald (W188); Venturi revised: 1880–81; Venturi (850): 1879–82
Graphite and watercolor on wove paper, p. 4 verso removed from the EH I sketchbook
4 9/16 x 7 3/16 in. (11.6 x 18.2 cm)
Private collection, United Kingdom
Provenance
Paul Cézanne fils, Paris
Paul Guillaume, Paris
Kenneth Clark, London (1934)
Private collection, United Kingdom
Exhibition History
1946c London and traveling
Tate Gallery, London, Paul Cézanne: an Exhibition of Watercolours, opening on April 10, 1946, no. 5, as The Back of a Chair, 1879-1882, lent by Sir Kenneth Clark. Traveled to: Museum and Art Gallery, Leicester, United Kingdom, May–June 1946; Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield, United Kingdom, July 1946.1982 Tübingen and traveling
Kunsthalle Tübingen, Tübingen, Paul Cézanne Aquarelle, January 16–March 21, 1982, no. 82, ill., as Rückenlehne eines Stuhls (Dossier de chaise), 1879-82, lent by Lord Clark, Hythe. Traveled to: Kunsthaus, Zürich, April 2–May 31, 1982.2014 London
Tate, London, Kenneth Clark Looking for Civilisation, May 19–August 10, 2014, no. 41, p. 18, fig. 8, lent by Private collection.Published References
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 850, ill. vol. II, as Dossier de fauteuil.Rewald 1951
Rewald, John. Cézanne: Carnets de Dessins, 2 vols. Paris: Quatre Chemins-Editart, 1951, C I, p. 4 verso (listed as missing).Rewald 1983a
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, no. 188, ill.Shoemaker and Reff 1989
Shoemaker, Innis, and Theodore Reff. Paul Cézanne: Two Sketchbooks. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1989. Exhibition catalogue, p. 38 (Sketchbook I; page 4 verso [missing]), ill. and p. 18, fig. 3, as Back of a Chair.Prat 2011
Prat, Louis-Antoine. Le Dessin français au XIXe siècle. Paris: Somogy Editions d'Art, 2011, p. 607, 1453, ill. in color, as Dossier de chaise, 1879-1882.Related
Record last updated February 6, 2020. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Dossier de chaise, c.1882 (or slightly later) (FWN 3002-04b), p. 4 verso removed from the EH I sketchbook." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1168&sketchbook=3002 (accessed on April 29, 2024).
