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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 2181
L'Amour en plâtre
1900–04
Alternate titles: Gipsfigur; L'Amour de Duquesnoy; L'Amour de Puget; L'Amour en plâtre, d'après Duquesnoy; Plaster Cupid; Platre; Statue; The Plaster Cupid
Rewald (W558); Venturi revised: c.1895; Venturi (1082): 1895–1900
Graphite and watercolor on paper
18 15/16 x 8 15/16 in. (48.1 x 22.7 cm)
Provenance
Estate of Paul Cezanne
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris (1907);
Private collection, Paris
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene V. Thaw, New York (1985);
The Morgan Library & Museum, New York
Exhibition History
1907d Paris
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Les aquarelles de Cézanne, June 17–29, 1907, no. 77 ?, as Platre, tentative identification; could also be FWN2182.1907 Berlin
Paul Cassirer, Berlin, X. Jahrgang, 1907/1908, I. Ausstellung, September 30–October 18, 1907, no. 68, as Statue, tentative identification; could also be FWN2182.1908b Berlin
Paul Cassirer, Berlin, XI. Jahrgang, Winter 1908/1909, II. Ausstellung, October 15–November 8, 1908, no. 22, as Gipsfigur, tentative identification; could also be FWN2182 (Echte and Feilchenfeldt 2013c).1956 Paris
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Cezanne Aquarelliste, October 13–November 8, 1956.1960 Paris
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune-Dauberville, Paris, Cézanne – Aquarelliste et Peintre, May–July 1960, no. 16, as L'Amour en plâtre, 1895-1900.1964 Stockholm
Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, La Douce France, August 7–October 11, 1964, no. 49.1966e Paris
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Cent ans d'aquarelle, 1860-1960, June–July 1966, no. 20, as L'Amour de Duquesnoy, dated 1895–1900.1971 Paris
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Aquarelles de Cézanne: au profit de la fondation des journalistes, January 12–March 13, 1971, no. 14, as L'Amour en plâtre, 1895-1900.1995–96 Paris and traveling
Grand Palais, Paris, Cézanne, September 26, 1995–January 14, 1996, no. 165, ill. in color, p. 395, as L'Amour en plâtre, 1900-1904, lent by The Morgan Library, New York, shown in Paris and London only. Traveled to: Tate Gallery, London, February 8–April 28, 1996; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, May 26–September 1, 1996.1999a New York
Acquavella Galleries, New York, Cézanne Watercolors, October 18–November 24, 1999, no. 44, ill.2004–05 Los Angeles
The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Cézanne in the Studio: Still Life in Watercolor, October 12, 2004–January 2, 2005, pl. 16, as Plaster Cupid, c. 1900-04.2007–08 Atlanta and traveling
High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Inspiring Impressionism: The Impressionists and the Art of the Past, October 16, 2007–January 13, 2008, no. 18, ill. p. 65, as The Plaster Cupid, shown in Atlanta and Denver only. Traveled to: Art Museum, Denver, February 23–May 25, 2008; Art Museum, Seattle, June 15–September 21, 2008.2017–18 New York and traveling
Morgan Library & Museum, New York, Drawn to Greatness: Master Drawings from the Thaw Collection, September 29, 2017–January 7, 2018, no. 47 of Catalogue Raisonné, ill., as The Plaster Cupid. Traveled to: Clark Art Institue, Williamstown, Massachusetts, February 3–April 29, 2018.2021a New York
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Cézanne Drawing, June 6–September 25, 2021, pl. 239, Morgan Library and Museum.Published References
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1082, ill. vol. II, as L'Amour de Puget.Berthold 1958
Berthold, Gertrude. Cézanne und die alten Meister. Stuttgart: W. Kohlhammer, 1958, listed p. 154.Rewald 1983a
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, no. 558, ill.Rewald 1986b
Rewald, John. Cézanne: A Biography. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1986, p. 257, ill., as L'Amour en plâtre, 1900-1904.Denison et al. 1994
Denison, Cara D. et al. The Thaw Collection: Master Drawings and New Acquisitions. New York: Pierpont Morgan Library, 1994, no. 84, ill.Kitschen 1995
Kitschen, Friederike. Cézanne: Stilleben. Ostfildern-Ruit: Verlag Gerd Hatje, 1995, fig. 51.Cahn 1995b
Cahn, Isabelle. Paul Cézanne. Paris: Somogy Editions d'Art, 1995, p. 98, ill.Sidlauskas 2009
Sidlauskas, Susan. Cézanne's Other: The Portraits of Hortense. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2009, p. 157, fig. 44.Prat 2011
Prat, Louis-Antoine. Le Dessin français au XIXe siècle. Paris: Somogy Editions d'Art, 2011, p. 594, no. 1418, ill. in color, as L'Amour en plâtre, c. 1900-1904.Tonkovich et. al. 2017
Tonkovich, Jennifer et Giada Damen. "Catalogue Raisonné." In Drawn to Greatness: Master Drawings from the Thaw Collection, Tonkovich, Jennifer, ed. New York: The Morgan Library & Museum, 2017. Exhibition catalogue, no. 47, ill., as The Plaster Cupid, c. 1902-04.Dauberville 2020
Dauberville, Guy-Patrice, and Floriane Dauberville. Paul Cezanne chez Bernheim-Jeune. Paris: Editions G-P.F. Dauberville & Archives Bernheim-Jeune, 2020, no. 303, ill., as L'Amour en plâtre, d'après Duquesnoy.
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 June 11, 2021. 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, 1900–04 (FWN 2181)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1540 (accessed on April 19, 2024).
