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 1811
Femme prise au dépourvu
1865–69
Alternate titles: A Historical or Biblical Scene: The Rape of Lucretia (?); A woman caught unawares
Chappuis (125a)
Graphite with blots of ink on paper (fragment)
4 5/8 x 6 7/8 in. (11.8 x 17.5 cm)
Provenance
Exhibition History
Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, Watercolour and Pencil Drawings by Cézanne, September 19–November 4, 1973, no. 8, ill. in b/w, catalogue note: pp. 151-152, as A woman caught unawares, lent by Private collection, London. Traveled to: Hayward Gallery, London, November 13–December 30, 1973.
Hatton Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, Impressionist and Modern: The Art Collection of Fritz Gross, May–June 1990, no. 6, ill. Traveled to: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, United Kingdom, August–October 1990.
The Whitworth, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, Cézanne at the Whitworth, August 20, 2019–March 1, 2020, no. 3, ill., as A Historical or Biblical Scene: The Rape of Lucretia (?), lent by Estate of Karsten Schubert, on extended loan to The Whitworth, The University of Manchester.
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Cézanne Drawing, June 6–September 25, 2021, pl. 8, The Whitworth, The University of Manchester.
Published References
Chappuis, Adrien. The Drawings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1973, no. 125A, ill.
Aebi, Kiko and Abed Haddad. "Cut from the same cloth: a composite canvas by Paul Cezanne." The Burlington Magazine 164 (December 2022), fig. 4 (reconstitution of original sheet).
Record last updated August 11, 2020. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Femme prise au dépourvu, 1865–69 (FWN 1811), (fragment)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1775 (accessed on April 19, 2024).
