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Catalogue entry

FWN 2179
L'Amour en plâtre
c.1900
Alternate titles: L'Amour de Puget; Studie nach Puget's Cupido
Rewald (W557); Venturi revised: c.1895; Venturi (1084): 1885–1900
Graphite and watercolor on paper
24 13/16 x 19 5/16 in. (63 x 49 cm)
Private collection, Gstaad

Keywords

  • Studies
    After sculpture:
Provenance
Ambroise Vollard, Paris
Sam Salz, New York
Private collection, Lausanne;
Private collection, Gstaad
Exhibition History
1963f New York
Knoedler Galleries, New York, Cézanne Watercolors, April 2–20, 1963, no. 36, pl. XXXVII, as L'Amour en plâtre, c. 1895, lent by Private collection, New York.
2017 Martigny
Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Martigny, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne: le chant de la terre, June 16–November 19, 2017, no. 13, ill. (with erroneous dimensions), lent by Private collection.
2021a New York
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Cézanne Drawing, June 6–September 25, 2021, pl. 238, Private collection.
Published References
Vollard 1914
Vollard, Ambroise. Paul Cézanne. Paris: Vollard, 1914, p. 165, ill.
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1084, ill. vol. II, as L'Amour de Puget.
Hofmann 1953
Hofmann, Werner. Paul Cézanne (1839-1906). Munich, Vienna, Basel: Kurt Desch, 1953, pl. 34, as Studie nach Puget's Cupido, 1895-1900, Collection Sam Salz, New York.
Rousseau 1953
Rousseau, Théodore, Jr. Paul Cézanne, 1839–1906. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1953, pl. 34.
Berthold 1958
Berthold, Gertrude. Cézanne und die alten Meister. Stuttgart: W. Kohlhammer, 1958, listed p. 154.
Rubin 1977a
Rubin, William, ed. Cézanne: The Late Work. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1977. Exhibition catalogue, pl. 176.
Rewald 1983a
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, no. 557, ill. and color pl. 38.
L'Amour en plâtre, c.1900 (FWN 2179). Putto, copy after François Du Quesnoy (in Cézanne's time attributed to Pierre Puget), plaster cast,  Nationalmuseum, Stockholm. Identical to the one which Cezanne had in his Les Lauves studio.
Putto, copy after François Du Quesnoy (in Cézanne's time attributed to Pierre Puget), plaster cast, Nationalmuseum, Stockholm. Identical to the one which Cezanne had in his Les Lauves studio.
Photo: Erik Cornelius; © Nationalmuseum, Stockholm

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Record last updated December 17, 2020. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "L'Amour en plâtre, c.1900 (FWN 2179)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1539 (accessed on March 28, 2024).