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 1986
Crâne sur une draperie
1902–06
Alternate titles: Nature morte à la tête de mort; Skull on a Drapery; Tête-de-Mort; The Skull; Totenkopf auf einer Draperie
Rewald (W612); Venturi revised: c.1904; Venturi (1129): 1900–04; Rivière: 1903?
Graphite, gouache, and watercolor on wove paper
12 1/2 x 18 3/4 in. (31.7 x 47.6 cm)
Vollard W stockbook: no. 1983, tête de mort; aquarelle, 31 x 45 (1,500)
Private collection
Provenance
Private collection
Exhibition History
Jacques Seligmann Gallery, New York, Water Colors by Cezanne, November 16–December 7, 1933, no. 8, as The Skull, lent from a French Collection [Vollard].
Thos. Agnew & Sons, London, Water-Colour and Pencil Drawings by Cézanne, July 1936, no. 3, as Nature morte à la tête de mort, lent by Mme Paul Guillaume.
Valentine [Dudensing] Gallery, New York, Cézanne watercolors, Renoir drawings, January 4–30, 1937, no. 26?, as Tête-de-Mort.
San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, Paul Cézanne: Exhibition of Paintings, Water-colors, Drawings and Prints, September 1–October 4, 1937, no. 50, ill., as Crâne sur une draperie, 1900-04, lent by Valentine [Dudensing] Gallery - probably on consignment from Vollard.
Kunstverein, Hamburg, Germany, Wegbereiter der modernen Malerei: Cézanne, Gauguin, van Gogh, Seurat, May 4–July 14, 1963, no. 24, pl. 58, as Totenkopf auf einer Draperie, 1900-04, lent by Private collection.
The Museum of Modern Art, New York and Reunion des Musees Nationaux, Paris, France, Cézanne: The Late Work, October 7, 1977–January 3, 1978, no. 73, ill., pl. 158, as Skull on a Drapery, 1902-06, lent by Private collection. Traveled to: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, January 26–March 19, 1978; Grand Palais, Paris, Cezanne: Les dernières années (1895–1906), April 20–July 23, 1978 (see Paris 1978a for a separate listing because the catalogue numbers are different from the two American venues).
Grand Palais, Paris, Cézanne: Les dernières années (1895–1906), April 20–July 23, 1978, no. 27, ill. in b/w, as Crâne sur une draperie, 1902-06, lent by Private collection.
Royal Academy of Arts, London, Master Drawings – The Woodner Collection, July 8–October 18, 1987, no. 96, ill.
Grand Palais, Paris, Cézanne, September 26, 1995–January 14, 1996, no. 216, ill. in color, p. 495, as Crâne sur une draperie, 1902-1906, lent by Private collection. Traveled to: Tate Gallery, London, February 8–April 28, 1996; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, May 26–September 1, 1996.
Acquavella Galleries, New York, Cézanne Watercolors, October 18–November 24, 1999, no. 29, ill.
Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia, The World is an Apple: The Still Lifes of Paul Cézanne, June 14–September 22, 2014, pl. 19, p. 20, as Skull on a Drapery, lent by Private collection; shown in Philadelphia only. Traveled to: Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, November 1, 2014–January 31, 2015.
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Cézanne Drawing, June 6–September 25, 2021, pl. 53, Private collection.
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Cezanne, May 15–September 5, 2022, no. 139, ill. Private collection; shown in Chicago only. Traveled to: Tate Modern, London, October 6, 2022–March 12, 2023.
Published References
Di San Lazzaro, Gualtieri. Paul Cézanne. Paris: Chroniques du Jour, 1936, pl. 36.
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1129, ill. vol. II, as Crâne sur une draperie.
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, no. 612, ill. and color pl. 31.
Elderfield, John. "Cézanne: The Lesson of the Master." Review of Paul Cézanne; The Watercolors, by John Rewald. Art in America 73, no. 6 (June 1985), p. 87, ill.
Schmidt, Katharina. "Cézannes letztes Stilleben." In Cézanne, Picasso, Braque: Der Beginn des kubistischen Stillebens. Ostfildern-Ruit: Hatje Cantz, 1998. Exhibition catalogue, fig. 16.
Platzman, Steven. Cézanne: The Self-Portraits. Berkeley: University of California, 2001, p. 184, ill.
Prat, Louis-Antoine. Le Dessin français au XIXe siècle. Paris: Somogy Editions d'Art, 2011, p. 623, no. 1487, ill. in color, as Crâne sur une draperie, 1902-1906 (collection Leon Black, New York).
Lloyd, Christopher. Paul Cézanne, Drawings and Watercolors. London and Los Angeles: Thames & Hudson and John Paul Getty Museum, 2015, p. 309, fig. 225.
Record last updated March 3, 2022. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Crâne sur une draperie, 1902–06 (FWN 1986)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1595 (accessed on December 2, 2024).
