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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)
Catalogue entry
FWN 3012-07a
Etude de personnage agenouillé et gribouillages d'enfant
1866–70
Alternate title: Study of a figure, kneeling
Chappuis (133)
Graphite and ink on paper, possibly p. XIII from the 13.3 x 21.1 sketchbook
5 5/16 x 8 1/4 in. (13.5 x 21 cm)
Provenance
Kornfeld & Klipstein, Bern, June 13, 1968, no. 14
Private collection, Basel
Emile E. Wolf, New York;
Heirs of Emile Wolf;
Sotheby's, New York, May 17, 2017, no. 389, ill.
Jasper Johns
Published References
Chappuis 1973
Chappuis, Adrien. The Drawings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1973, no. 133, ill., as Study of a figure, kneeling.Notes
The kneeling figure is a study for a scene in Molière's Tartuffe; or The Imposter, when the old man Orgon emerges from his hiding place.
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Record last updated July 9, 2020. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Etude de personnage agenouillé et gribouillages d'enfant, 1866–70 (FWN 3012-07a), possibly p. XIII 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=1784&sketchbook=3012 (accessed on May 2, 2025).