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 1947
Deux crânes
c.1890 (possibly later)
Alternate titles: Schädelstudie; Stilleben mit zwei Totenschädeln (Nature morte avec deux crânes); Two Skulls; Zwei Totenköpfe
Rewald (W232); Venturi revised: 1900–04
Graphite and watercolor on paper
9 1/2 x 12 3/8 in. (24.2 x 31.4 cm)
Private collection
Provenance
Exhibition History
Paul Cassirer Ltd, London, Paul Cézanne – Water Colours, July 1939, no. 34, as Two Skulls, dated 1895–1900, Exhibited for the first time. Lent by Private collection.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, The E.M. Remarque Collection, November 23, 1942–July 26, 1943, no number listed.
Knoedler Galleries, New York, Remarque Collection, October 18–November 13, 1943, no. 41.
California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, 19th Century French Drawings, March 8–April 6, 1947, no. 115, as Two Skulls, c.1900, lent by Erich Maria Remarque, New York.
Haags Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, the Netherlands, Paul Cézanne, June 1–August 1, 1956, no. 65, ill. lent by E. M. Remarque, Ascona.
Haus der Kunst, Munich, Paul Cézanne, October 12–November 18, 1956, no. 80, ill. 1885/90, lent by E. M. Remarque, Ascona.
Knoedler Galleries, New York, Cézanne Watercolors, April 2–20, 1963, no. 56, pl. LII, as Deux crânes, 1900-1904, lent by Erich Maria Remarque, Ascona.
Kunsthalle Tübingen, Tübingen, Paul Cézanne Aquarelle, January 16–March 21, 1982, no. 90, ill., as Stilleben mit zwei Totenschädeln (Nature morte avec deux crânes), c. 1895, lent by Private collection. Traveled to: Kunsthaus, Zürich, April 2–May 31, 1982.
Grand Palais, Paris, Cézanne, September 26, 1995–January 14, 1996, no. 214, ill. in color, p. 494, as Deux crânes, 1890-1900, lent by Private collection, shown in Paris only. Traveled to: Tate Gallery, London, February 8–April 28, 1996; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, May 26–September 1, 1996.
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Classic Cézanne, November 28, 1998–February 28, 1999, no. 22, ill., as Deux crânes, c. 1890, lent by Private collection.
Kunstforum, Vienna, Cézanne: Vollendet unvollendet, January 20–April 25, 2000, no. 53, ill., as Deux crânes, c. 1890, lent by Private collection. Traveled to: Kunsthaus, Zürich, May 5–August 13, 2000 (initially planned to end on July 30 the exhibition was extended until August 13).
Albertina, Vienna, Impressionismus: Pastelle, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, October 14, 2011–January 8, 2012, no. 25, ill., as Zwei Totenköpfe, c. 1895, lent by Private collection.
Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe, Germany, Cézanne - Metamorphosen, October 28, 2017–February 11, 2018, no. 65, ill.
Published References
Hofmann, Werner. Paul Cézanne (1839-1906). Munich, Vienna, Basel: Kurt Desch, 1953, pl. 38, as Schädelstudie, 1885.
Rousseau, Théodore, Jr. Paul Cézanne, 1839–1906. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1953, pl. 38.
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, no. 232, ill. and color pl. 21.
Prat, Louis-Antoine. Le Dessin français au XIXe siècle. Paris: Somogy Editions d'Art, 2011, p. 623, no. 1486, ill. in color, as Deux crânes, c. 1895.
Prat, Louis-Antoine. Le Dessin Français au XIXe siècle. Paris: Musée du Louvre, 2013, no. 146,6 ill. p. 623.
Schneider, Thomas F. and Inge Jaehner, eds. Remarques Impressionisten: Kunstsammeln und Kunsthandel im Exil / Remarque's Impressionists: Art Collecting and Art Dealing in Exile. Göttingen and Bristol: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2013, pp. 230-31, no. 28, ill.
Lloyd, Christopher. Paul Cézanne, Drawings and Watercolors. London and Los Angeles: Thames & Hudson and John Paul Getty Museum, 2015, p. 307, fig. 223, dated 1890–1900.
Record last updated January 6, 2021. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Deux crânes, c.1890 (possibly later) (FWN 1947)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1212 (accessed on September 8, 2024).
