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Catalogue entry

FWN 3001-03a
Peintre tenant sa palette
1868–71
Alternate titles: Frenhofer montrant son chef-d'oeuvre; Frenhofer zeigt sein Werk; Painter holding a palette; Peintre au travail; Szenen aus: Das unbekannte Meisterwerk
Chappuis (128); Venturi (1575): 1873–77
Graphite and ink on wove paper, page from the BSA sketchbook
4 1/16 x 6 11/16 in. (10.3 x 17 cm)
Notations in the artist's hand: C'est dans (l'esperance. En attendant) l'espoir que vous / (veuillez) voudrez bien (faire accéder à ma demande / qu'il a l'honneur) lui en accorder / la permission / qu'il a l'honneur d'être / très humble / serviteur.

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Provenance
Paul Cézanne fils, Paris
Werner Feuz, Bern
Kunstmuseum Basel (1934)
Exhibition History
1978 Tübingen
Kunsthalle, Tübingen, Germany, Paul Cézanne - Das zeichnerische Werk, October 21–December 31, 1978, no. 12, ill. p. 103, as Szenen aus: Das unbekannte Meisterwerk, 1868-1871, lent by Kunstmuseum Basel.
1979 Rome
Palazzo Braschi, Rome, Disegni di Cézanne, February 13–March 30, 1979, no. 45, ill., p. 54.
1988d New York
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Paul Cézanne: The Basel Sketchbooks, March 10–June 5, 1988, listed p. 145, fig. 2 p. 14.
1988–89a London and traveling
Royal Academy of Arts, London, Cézanne: The Early Years 1859–1872, April 22–August 21, 1988, no. 76, ill., as Peintre tenant sa palette, shown in Paris and Washington, D.C. only. Traveled to: Musée d'Orsay, Cézanne: les années de jeunesse 1859-1872, Paris, September 19, 1988–January 1, 1989; National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., January 29–April 30, 1989.
2017 Basel
Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel, Switzerland, The Hidden Cézanne: From Sketchbook to Canvas, June 10–September 24, 2017, no. 15, ill.
Published References
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1575, ill. vol. II, as Peintre au travail.
Badt 1956
Badt, Kurt. Die Kunst Cézannes. Munich: Prestel, 1956, note 39 on p. 61.
Chappuis 1962
Chappuis, Adrien. Les dessins de Paul Cézanne au cabinet des estampes du Musée des beaux-arts de Bâle. Olten and Lausanne: Urs Graf, 1962, no. 78, ill., as Frenhofer montrant son chef-d'oeuvre.
Reff 1963c
Reff, Theodore. "Cézanne Drawings." Review of Les dessins de Paul Cézanne au cabinet des estampes du Musée des beaux-arts de Bâle, by Adrien Chappuis. The Burlington Magazine 105, no. 725 (August 1963), p. 375.
Leonhard 1966
Leonhard, Kurt. Paul Cézanne in Selbstzeugnissen und Bilddokumenten. Rheinbek bei Hamburg: Rowohlt, 1966, p. 99, ill., as Frenhofer zeigt sein Werk.
Reff 1966
Reff, Theodore. "Cézanne and Hercules." The Art Bulletin, vol. 48, no. 1 (March 1966), p. 41, note 77.
Dellis 1971
Dellis, Max. "Notes relatives à quelques dessins de Paul Cézanne." Gazette des beaux-arts, vol. 77, periode 6 (March 1971), fig. 2.
Chappuis 1973
Chappuis, Adrien. The Drawings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1973, no. 129, ill., as Painter holding a palette.
Koepplin 1988
Koepplin, Dieter. Paul Cézanne: Die Basler Zeichnungen. Basel: Kunstmuseum, 1988, no. 11, ill.
Gowing 1988b
Gowing, Lawrence. Paul Cézanne: The Basel Sketchbooks. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1988. Exhibition catalogue, fig. 2 p. 14, listed p. 145, exhibited.
Athanassoglou-Kallmyer 1990
Athanassoglou-Kallmyer, Nina M. "An Artistic and Political Manifesto for Cézanne." The Art Bulletin vol. LXXII, no. 3 (September 1990), p. 487, ill. in b/w p. 488, as Painter holding a palette, c. 1866.
Bonafoux 1995
Bonafoux, Pascal. Cézanne: portrait. Paris: Editions Hazan, 1995, p. 125, ill.
Mori 2002
Mori, Gioia. "'La letteratura si esprime con astrazioni mentre il pittore concretizza.' Gli scrittori di Cézanne: Zola, Balzac e Flaubert." In Cézanne: Il padre dei moderni. Milan: Mazzotta, 2002. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 86.
Athanassoglou-Kallmyer 2003
Athanassoglou-Kallmyer, Nina M. Cézanne and Provence: The Painter in His Culture. Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, 2003, p. 80, fig. 2.26.
Notes

The drawing probably illustrates a scene from Balzac's Le Chef-d'oeuvre inconnu and the painter Frenhofer.

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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. "Peintre tenant sa palette, 1868–71 (FWN 3001-03a), page from the BSA sketchbook." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1779 (accessed on March 29, 2024).