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Catalogue entry

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)
Vollard archives: photo no. 73
Private collection

Keywords

Provenance
Ambroise Vollard, Paris
Paul Cassirer, Amsterdam (1939)
Erich Maria Remarque, Porto Ronco (June 21, 1939);
Mrs. Paulette Goddard-Remarque, Porto-Ronco (Sept. 21, 1970)
Private collection
Exhibition History
1939e London
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.
1942–43 Los Angeles
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, The E.M. Remarque Collection, November 23, 1942–July 26, 1943, no number listed.
1943a New York
Knoedler Galleries, New York, Remarque Collection, October 18–November 13, 1943, no. 41.
1947 San Francisco
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.
1956 The Hague
Haags Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, the Netherlands, Paul Cézanne, June 1–August 1, 1956, no. 65, ill. lent by E. M. Remarque, Ascona.
1956 Zurich
Kunsthaus, Zurich, Paul Cézanne, August 22–October 7, 1956, no. 103, ill., pl. 52.
1956 Munich
Haus der Kunst, Munich, Paul Cézanne, October 12–November 18, 1956, no. 80, ill. 1885/90, lent by E. M. Remarque, Ascona.
1963f New York
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.
1982 Tübingen and traveling
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.
1995–96 Paris and traveling
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.
1998–99 Sydney
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.
2000 Vienna and traveling
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).
2012 Vienna
Albertina, Vienna, Impressionismus: Pastelle, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, October 14, 2011–January 8, 2012, no. 25, ill., as Zwei Totenköpfe, c. 1895, lent by Private collection.
2017–18 Karlsruhe
Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe, Germany, Cézanne - Metamorphosen, October 28, 2017–February 11, 2018, no. 65, ill.
Published References
Jewell 1944a
Jewell, Edward Alden. Paul Cézanne. New York: Hyperion Press, 1944, p. 9, ill.
Hofmann 1953
Hofmann, Werner. Paul Cézanne (1839-1906). Munich, Vienna, Basel: Kurt Desch, 1953, pl. 38, as Schädelstudie, 1885.
Rousseau 1953
Rousseau, Théodore, Jr. Paul Cézanne, 1839–1906. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1953, pl. 38.
Hofmann 1960
Hofmann, Werner. Das irdische Paradies. Munich: Prestel, 1960, pl. 38.
Taillandier 1961
Taillander, Yvon. P. Cézanne. Milan: Antonio Vallardi, 1961, no. 25, ill. p. 153.
Rewald 1983a
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, no. 232, ill. and color pl. 21.
Prat 2011
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 2013
Prat, Louis-Antoine. Le Dessin Français au XIXe siècle. Paris: Musée du Louvre, 2013, no. 146,6 ill. p. 623.
Schneider and Jaehner 2013
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 2015
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 April 25, 2024).