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 2317
Madame Cezanne (La dormeuse)
1897–1900
Alternate titles: Bildnis Madame Cézanne, ruhend; Hortense Cézanne endormie et branche d'abre; La signora Cézanne; studio di un albero; Madame Cézanne - Etude d'arbre; Mme Cezanne (La Dormeuse)
Chappuis (1188)
Graphite and watercolor on laid paper
Watermark: Desloye "PL BAS"
12 1/4 x 18 1/2 in. (31.2 x 47 cm)
Provenance
Exhibition History
Kunstmuseum, Lucerne, Switzerland, Die Hauptwerke der Sammlung Hahnloser Winterthur, 1940, no. 164.
Kunsthalle, Tübingen, Germany, Paul Cézanne - Das zeichnerische Werk, October 21–December 31, 1978, no. 68, ill. p. 164, as Bildnis Madame Cézanne, ruhend, 1897-1900, lent by Private collection, Switzerland.
Kunstforum, Vienna, Cézanne: Vollendet unvollendet, January 20–April 25, 2000, no. 9, ill., as Madame Cézanne - Etude d'arbre, 1897-1900, lent by Private collection. Traveled to: Kunsthaus, Zürich, May 5–August 13, 2000 (initially planned to end on July 30 the exhibition was extended until August 13).
Complesso del Vittoriano, Rome, Cézanne: Il padre dei moderni, March 7–July 7, 2002, listed p. 206, ill., as La signora Cézanne; studio di un albero, lent by Private collection.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Madame Cézanne, November 19, 2014–March 15, 2015, n.n., 41, lent by Georges Pébereau.
Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Martigny, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne: le chant de la terre, June 16–November 19, 2017, no. 87, ill. lent by Georges Pébereau.
Published References
Chappuis, Adrien. The Drawings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1973, no. 1188, ill., as Mme Cezanne (La Dormeuse).
Prat, Louis-Antoine. Le Dessin français au XIXe siècle. Paris: Somogy Editions d'Art, 2011, p. 609, no. 1455, ill. in color p. 608, as Hortense Cézanne endormie et branche d'abre, c. 1882-1886.
Record last updated September 2, 2022. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Madame Cezanne (La dormeuse), 1897–1900 (FWN 2317)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1637 (accessed on May 1, 2025).
