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Catalogue entry

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)
Vollard archives: photo without no.
Private collection

Keywords

Provenance
Ambroise Vollard, Paris;
Estate of Ambroise Vollard, Paris
Martin Fabiani, Paris
Walter Feilchenfeldt, Zurich (1962)
Paul Rosenberg, New York (1963)
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, Upperville, Va.
Christie's, New York, Nov. 15, 1983, no. 20, ill.
Walter Feilchenfeldt, Zurich (1983)
Ian Woodner, New York (1986)
Private collection
Exhibition History
1933c New York
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].
1936 London
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.
1937 New York
Valentine [Dudensing] Gallery, New York, Cézanne watercolors, Renoir drawings, January 4–30, 1937, no. 26?, as Tête-de-Mort.
1937 San Francisco
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.
1963 Hamburg
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.
1977–78 New York and traveling
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).
1978a Paris
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.
1987 London
Royal Academy of Arts, London, Master Drawings – The Woodner Collection, July 8–October 18, 1987, no. 96, ill.
1995–96 Paris and traveling
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.
1999a New York
Acquavella Galleries, New York, Cézanne Watercolors, October 18–November 24, 1999, no. 29, ill.
2014–15 Philadelphia and traveling
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.
2021a New York
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Cézanne Drawing, June 6–September 25, 2021, pl. 53, Private collection.
2022–23 Chicago and traveling
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Cezanne, May 15–September 5, 2022, no. 139, ill. Private collection; shown in Chicago only. Traveled to: Tate Moderrn, London, October 6, 2022–March 12, 2023.
Published References
Vollard 1914
Vollard, Ambroise. Paul Cézanne. Paris: Vollard, 1914, p. 135, ill.
Rivière 1923
Rivière, Georges. Le Maître Paul Cézanne. Paris: Librairie Floury, 1923, p. 224.
Di San Lazzaro 1936
Di San Lazzaro, Gualtieri. Paul Cézanne. Paris: Chroniques du Jour, 1936, pl. 36.
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1129, ill. vol. II, as Crâne sur une draperie.
Jourdain 1950
Jourdain, Francis. Cézanne. Paris: Braun, 1950, p. 9.
Siblík 1969
Siblík, Jiří. Paul Cézanne: Kresby [Drawings]. Prague: Odeon, 1969, fig. 53.
Rewald 1983a
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, no. 612, ill. and color pl. 31.
Elderfield 1985
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 1998
Schmidt, Katharina. "Cézannes letztes Stilleben." In Cézanne, Picasso, Braque: Der Beginn des kubistischen Stillebens. Ostfildern-Ruit: Hatje Cantz, 1998. Exhibition catalogue, fig. 16.
Lewis 2000
Lewis, Mary Tompkins. Cézanne. London: Phaidon, 2000, p. 320, fig. 202.
Platzman 2001
Platzman, Steven. Cézanne: The Self-Portraits. Berkeley: University of California, 2001, p. 184, ill.
Prat 2011
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 2015
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 April 26, 2024).