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Catalogue entry

FWN 3012-03b
"Contentez mon désir", illustration pour Tartuffe
1866–70
Alternate titles: "Cachez ce sein..."; "Gratify my desire," illustration for Tartuffe; Dessin (illustration pour Tartuffe); Scene aus "Tartuffe"; Szenen aus: Tartuffe
Chappuis (132); Venturi (1191): 1868–71
Graphite on wove paper, page from the 13.3 x 21.1 sketchbook
5 1/4 x 8 5/16 in. (13.3 x 21.1 cm)
Von der Heydt Museum, Wuppertal

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Provenance
Léon Marseille, Paris
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris (July 26, 1919)
possibly Galerie Tanner, Zurich (February 1, 1921)
Baron Eduard Von der Heydt, Ascona
Von der Heydt Museum, Wuppertal
Exhibition History
1936 Basel
Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne, August 30–October 12, 1936, no. 110, as Scene aus "Tartuffe", c. 1870, lent by Baron E. von der Heydt, Ascona.
1978 Tübingen
Kunsthalle, Tübingen, Germany, Paul Cézanne - Das zeichnerische Werk, October 21–December 31, 1978, no. 11, ill. p. 103, as Szenen aus: Tartuffe, 1866-1870, lent by Von der Heydt-Museum, Wuppertal.
2012–13 Budapest
Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, Hungary, Cézanne and the Past: Tradition and Creativity, October 25, 2012–February 17, 2013, no. 19, ill.
Published References
Vollard 1914
Vollard, Ambroise. Paul Cézanne. Paris: Vollard, 1914, p. 11, ill.
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1191, ill. vol. II, as "Cachez ce sein...".
Reff 1962b
Reff, Theodore. "Cézanne, Flaubert, St. Anthony, and the Queen of Sheba." The Art Bulletin 44, no. 2 (June 1962), p. 121, note 80.
Chappuis 1973
Chappuis, Adrien. The Drawings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1973, no. 132, ill., as "Gratify my desire," illustration for Tartuffe.
Machotka 2008
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: The Eye and the Mind, 2 vols. Marseille: Editions Crès, 2008, vol. 1, fig. 30; vol. 2, p. 44, as "Gratify my desire," illustration for Tartuffe.
Ruppen 2017
Ruppen, Fabienne. "Paul Cézanne's Loose Sheets in the Kupferstichkabinett of the Kunstmuseum Basel." In The Hidden Cézanne: From Sketchbook to Canvas. Basel: Prestel, 2017. Exhibition catalogue, p. 222, fig. 2.
Ruppen 2017b
Ruppen, Fabienne. "Reassembling Cézanne: Material Evidence for a New Sketchbook." Master Drawings, vol. 55, no. 2 (Summer 2017), fig. 3, fig. 7 (digital reconstructed overlay of figs. 3 and 6) and fig. 13 (digital reconstructed overlay of figs. 3 and 4).
Dauberville 2020
Dauberville, Guy-Patrice, and Floriane Dauberville. Paul Cezanne chez Bernheim-Jeune. Paris: Editions G-P.F. Dauberville & Archives Bernheim-Jeune, 2020, no. 440, ill., as Dessin (illustration pour Tartuffe).
Notes

This drawing illustrates a scene from Molière's comedy Tartuffe; or The Imposter, Act. IV, Scene 5. Vollard reproduced the drawing in 1914 (see Bibliography) and incorrectly cited the setting as from Act III, Scene 2. Venturi adopted Vollard's title.

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Record last updated March 14, 2022. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. ""Contentez mon désir", illustration pour Tartuffe, 1866–70 (FWN 3012-03b), page from the 13.3 x 21.1 sketchbook." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1783 (accessed on May 13, 2024).