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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
Bruce M. White
FWN 1985
Etude de crâne
1902–04
Alternate titles: Crâne; Der Schädel; Le Crâne; Study of a Skull; Totenkopf; Totenschädel
Rewald (W613); Venturi revised: 1900–04; Venturi (1130): 1895–1900
Graphite and watercolor on paper
Watermark: MONTGOLFIER SAINT MARCEL LES ANNONAY
10 x 12 1/2 in. (25.4 x 31.8 cm)
Provenance
Estate of Paul Cézanne
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris (1907)
Paul Cassirer, Berlin (Jan. 11, 1917)
Sally Falk, Mannheim (Jan. 11, 1917)
Georg Reinhart, Winterthur
Fritz and Peter Nathan, Zurich
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Pearlman, New York (March 1956);
The Henry and Rose Pearlman Foundation, New York (1982)
Exhibition History
1909b Paris
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Aquarelles & pastels de Cézanne, H.E. Cross, Degas, Jongkind, Camille Pissarro, K.X. Roussel, Paul Signac, Vuillard, May 3–15, 1909, no. 5, as Crâne.1913 London probably
Grafton Galleries, London, Second Post-Impressionist Exhibition - Re-arrangement, January 4–31, 1913, no. 22, as Le Crâne, lent by Bernheim-Jeune et Cie.1914a Paris
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Paul Cézanne, January 6–17, 1914.1914 Bremen
Kunsthalle, Bremen, Germany, Internationale Ausstellung, February 1–March 31, 1914, no. 425, as Der Schädel, [lent by Bernheim-Jeune], for sale.1914 Dresden
Galerie Ernst Arnold, Dresden, Germany, Französische Malerei des XIX. Jahrhunderts, April–May 1914, no. 110, as Totenkopf.1936 Basel
Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne, August 30–October 12, 1936, no. 89, as Totenkopf, c. 1900, lent by Georg Reinhart, Winterthur.1942 Winterthur
Kunstmuseum, Winterthur, Switzerland, Der unbekannte Winterthurer Privatbesitz, 1500-1900, September–October 1942, no. 334, as Totenschädel, drawing.1958 Baltimore
The Baltimore Museum, Baltimore, Anonymous Collection [Pearlman Collection], July–September 1958, no. 18.1959 Cambridge, Mass.
Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Drawings, Watercolors and Oils by Paul Cézanne, Lent by an Anonymous Collector, July 1–September 1, 1959, no. 10.1959g New York
Knoedler Galleries, New York, A loan exhibition of Paintings, Watercolors and Sculpture from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Pearlman for the benefit of Greenwich House, January 27–February 21, 1959, no. 25, ill. in b/w, as Etude de crâne, 1895-1900.1962 Minneapolis and traveling
University of Minnesota Gallery, Minneapolis, The Nineteenth Century: One Hundred Twenty-five Master Drawings, March 26–April 23, 1962, no. 15. Traveled to: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, May 15–July 1, 1962.1963f New York
Knoedler Galleries, New York, Cézanne Watercolors, April 2–20, 1963, no. 57, pl. LIV, as Etude de crâne, 1900-1904, lent by Mr. and Mrs. Henry Pearlman, New York.1963b New York
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, Cézanne and Structure in Modern Painting, June–August 1963.1964 Brooklyn
Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York, The Pearlman Collection, May 22–October 15, 1964, no. 9.1965 Utica
Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute, Utica, New York, Watercolors by Paul Cézanne from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Pearlman, 1965, no. 2.1967 Detroit
Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Cézanne and His Contemporaries: The Mr. and Mrs. Henry Pearlman Collection, June 14–October 1, 1967, no. 11.1967 Pasadena
Pasadena Art Museum, Pasadena, Cézanne watercolors, November 10–December 10, 1967, no. 26, ill.1968b New York
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York Collects, July 3–September 2, 1968, no. 5.1970 Hartford
Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut, Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, Expressionism: The Mr. & Mrs. Henry Pearlman Collection of Works, June 10–October 4, 1970, no. 13.1971 Washington, D.C. and traveling
Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C., Cézanne: An Exhibition in Honor of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Phillips Collection, February 27–March 28, 1971, hors catalogue, shown in Boston only. Traveled to: The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, April 17–May 16, 1971; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, June 1–July 3, 1971.1971a New York
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Summer Loan 1971: Paintings from New York Collections: Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Pearlman and the Henry and Rose Pearlman Foundation, July 13–September 7, 1971, no. 10.1973 New York
Paul Rosenberg & Co, New York, Sixteen watercolors by Cezanne on loan from the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Pearlman, October 16–November 16, 1973, no. 8.1974 Brooklyn and traveling
Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York, Paintings, Watercolors, Sculptures and Drawings from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Pearlman, May 22–September 29, 1974, no. 36, ill. Traveled to: Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, New Jersey, December 8, 1974–March 14, 1975; Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Utica, New York, April 13–August 31, 1975; Francine and Sterling Clark Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts, September 26, 1975–February 22, 1976; Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, April 6–May 30, 1976.1977–78 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. 72, ill., pl. 159, as Study of a Skull, 1902-04, lent by Estate of Henry Pearlman, New York. 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).1995–96 Paris and traveling
Grand Palais, Paris, Cézanne, September 26, 1995–January 14, 1996, no. 217, ill. in color, p. 495, as Etude de crâne, 1902-1903, lent by The Henry and Rose Pearlman Foundation. Traveled to: Tate Gallery, London, February 8–April 28, 1996; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, May 26–September 1, 1996.1998 Winterthur
Kunstmuseum Winterthur, Winterthur, Die Sammlung Georg Reinhart, May 24–August 23, 1998, no. 85, ill.1999a New York
Acquavella Galleries, New York, Cézanne Watercolors, October 18–November 24, 1999, no. 30.2002–03 Princeton
Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, New Jersey, Cézanne in focus : watercolors from the Henry and Rose Pearlman Collection, October 19, 2002–January 12, 2003. (Exhibition catalogue: Simms 2002), no. 12, ill.2014–16 Oxford and traveling
Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, Cézanne and the Modern: Masterpieces of European Art from the Pearlman Collection, March 13–June 22, 2014, no. 20, ill. Traveled to: Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, July 11–October 5, 2014; High Museum of Art, Atlanta, October 25, 2014–January 11, 2015; Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada, February 7–May 18, 2015; Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, New Jersey, September 12, 2015–January 3, 2016.2021a New York
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Cézanne Drawing, June 6–September 25, 2021, pl. 74, Henry and Rose Pearlman Foundation.Published References
Reinhart 1922
Reinhart, Georg Theodor. Katalog meiner Sammlung. Winterthur: [privately published], 1922, p. 41.Rivière 1923
Rivière, Georges. Le Maître Paul Cézanne. Paris: Librairie Floury, 1923, p. 190, ill.Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1130, ill. vol. II, as Etude de crâne.Schmidt 1952
Schmidt, Georg. Aquarelle von Paul Cézanne. Mit zweiundreissig vielfarbigen Tafeln. Basel: Holbein-Verlag, 1952, fig. 27.Nathan 1961
Nathan, Fritz and Nathan, Peter. 25 Jahre Dr. Fritz Nathan and Dr. Peter Nathan. Winterthur: Buchdruckerei Winterthur, 1961, no. 88, ill.Portfolio of Watercolors 1965
[Portfolio of] Watercolors by Cézanne from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Pearlman. Utica, 1965.Elgar 1968
Elgar, Frank. Cézanne. Paris: A. Somogy, 1968, p. 254, ill.Portfolio of Watercolors 1972
[Portfolio of] Watercolors by Cézanne from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Pearlman. Utica: Munson-William-Proctor Institute, 1972.Rewald 1983a
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, no. 613, ill.Pearlman 1995
Pearlman, Henry. Reminiscences of a collector. Princeton: Princeton University Art Museum, p. 17-18, ill. in color.Simms 2014b
Simms, Matthew. "Painting on Drawing and Cézanne's Watercolors." In Cézanne and the Modern: Masterpieces of European Art from the Pearlman Collection. Princeton: Princeton University Art Museum; New Haven: Yale University Press, 2014. Exhibition catalogue, p. 158, fig. 99 (cat. 20).Lloyd 2015
Lloyd, Christopher. Paul Cézanne, Drawings and Watercolors. London and Los Angeles: Thames & Hudson and John Paul Getty Museum, 2015, p. 306, fig. 222.Dauberville 2020
Dauberville, Guy-Patrice, and Floriane Dauberville. Paul Cezanne chez Bernheim-Jeune. Paris: Editions G-P.F. Dauberville & Archives Bernheim-Jeune, 2020, no. 298, ill., as Etude de crâne, installation photograph from 1914 exhibitiion, p. 99.Related
Record last updated March 28, 2023. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Etude de crâne, 1902–04 (FWN 1985)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1596 (accessed on April 25, 2024).
