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)
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FWN 2079
Académie d'homme
1862
Alternate titles: Academic Nude, Seen from the Back; Académie; Aktstudie; Male nude; Nude
Chappuis (78); Venturi (1627): 1862
Charcoal and black chalk with stumping and erasing on laid paper, laid down on heavy wove paper
24 9/16 x 17 1/16 in. (62.4 x 43.4 cm)
Signed and dated: Paul Cezanne 1862 on the verso
Provenance
Exhibition History
Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne, August 30–October 12, 1936, no. 98, as Aktstudie, 1862, lent by Adrien Chappuis, Paris.
Wildenstein Galleries, London, Homage to Paul Cézanne, July 1939, no. 74, as Nude, 1862, lent by A. Chappuis.
National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, Cézanne, March 30–May 19, 1974, no. 89, ill., as Académie d'homme, 1862, lent by Private collection, France. Traveled to: Municipal Museum, Kyoto, Japan, June 1–July 17, 1974; Cultural Center, Fukuoka, Japan, July 24–August 18, 1974.
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, The Thrill of the Chase: Drawings from the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection, March 15–June 15, 2013.
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Undressed: The Fashion of Privacy, June 22–September 29, 2013.
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Cezanne, May 15–September 5, 2022, hors catalogue. Traveled to: Tate Modern, London, October 6, 2022–March 12, 2023.
Published References
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1627, ill. vol. II, as Académie.
Murphy, Richard W. The World of Cézanne, 1839–1906. New York: Time-Life Books, 1968, p. 18, ill.
Chappuis, Adrien. The Drawings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1973, no. 78, ill., as Male nude.
Ely, Bruno. "Cézanne, L'Ecole de dessin et le Musée d'Aix." In Cézanne au Musée d'Aix. Aix-en-Provence: Musée Granet, 1984. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 161.
Rewald, John. Cézanne: A Biography. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1986, p. 24, ill., as Male nude.
Ballas, Guila. Cézanne: baigneuses et baigneurs: thème et composition. Paris: Adam Biro, 2002, p. 301, no. 205, ill. 1862.
Shelley, Marjorie. "Cézanne as Draftsman." In Madame Cézanne. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2014. Exhibition catalogue, fig. 41.
Marchesseau, Daniel. Paul Cezanne, Le chant de la terre. Martigny: Fondation Pierre Gianadda, 2017. Exhibition catalogue, p. 102, ill.
Simms, Matthew. "Cézanne's Sympathetic Drawing." In The Hidden Cézanne: From Sketchbook to Canvas. Basel: Prestel, 2017. Exhibition catalogue, p. 143, ill.
Notes
See the not for FWN2077.
At the upper right are some rhymes written in pencil (quite faded) and some faintly drawn heads of a pig and a woman in a bonnet.
Record last updated April 9, 2021. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Académie d'homme, 1862 (FWN 2079), laid down on heavy wove paper." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1725 (accessed on May 3, 2025).
