Catalogue entry

FWN 3014-02a

Esquisse de têtes

c.1860

Alternate title: Sketch of heads

Chappuis (53)

Graphite on wove paper, p. 2 from the CdeJ sketchbook

5 15/16 x 9 1/16 in. (15 x 23 cm)

Musée d'Orsay, held in the Musée du Louvre, département des arts graphiques, Paris (RF29949,2)

Keywords

Studies
Details:
- head or bust / tête ou buste »

Provenance

Pierre Berès, Paris

Musée du Louvre, Paris (1953);

Musée d'Orsay, Paris

Published References

Chappuis 1973

Chappuis, Adrien. The Drawings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1973, no. 53, ill., as Sketch of heads.

Notes

Chappuis suggests that the sketches of two men wearing a hat may be Baptistin Baille, a childhood friend.

Record last updated December 21, 2018. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.

Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Esquisse de têtes, c.1860 (FWN 3014-02a), p. 2 from the CdeJ sketchbook." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1700 (accessed on April 24, 2024).