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 3005-01a-TA
Jeu de billard
1865–70
Alternate titles: Billiard-Players - Les joueurs de billard; Die Billardspieler; Game of billiards; La Partie de billard; Les joueurs de billard
Chappuis (149); Venturi (1188): 1870–75
Graphite on wove paper, possibly p. 1 from the BS II sketchbook
4 3/4 x 8 1/4 in. (12 x 21 cm)
Provenance
Exhibition History
Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne, August 30–October 12, 1936, no. 100, as Die Billardspieler, c. 1870, lent by Paul Cézanne fils, Paris.
Galerie Quatre Chemins, Paris, Dessins et aquarelles de Cezanne, June 26–July 11, 1936, n.n.
Published References
Pfister, Kurt. Cézanne: Gestalt, Werk, Mythos. Potsdam: Gustav Kiepenheuer Verlag, 1927, fig. 3 p. 19.
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1188, ill. vol. II, as La Partie de billard.
Raynal, Maurice. "Dessins de Cézanne." Arts et Métiers graphiques, no. 54 (August 15, 1936), p. 47, ill. Coll. Cezanne fils.
Les ventes de tableaux, aquarelles, gouaches, dessins, miniatures a l’Hôtel Drouot: répertoire et prix d’adjudication, septembre 1941 à juillet 1942. Paris: Hôtel Drouot, 1942, p. 32, as Les joueurs de billard.
Novotny, Fritz. Cézanne. London: Phaidon Press, 1947, pl. 109, as Billiard-Players - Les joueurs de billard, 1870-75, P. Cézanne fils, Paris.
Hofmann, Werner. Paul Cézanne (1839-1906). Munich, Vienna, Basel: Kurt Desch, 1953, pl. 5, as Die Billardspieler, 1870-75.
Rousseau, Théodore, Jr. Paul Cézanne, 1839–1906. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1953, pl. 5, ill.
Chappuis, Adrien. The Drawings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1973, no. 149, ill., as Game of billiards.
Notes
Chappuis (1973, p. 81) noted that the drawing "used to hang, framed, in the house of Cezanne's son, Paul (1937)"
This work is part of a sketchbook:
Sketchbook Basel II, 1880–83, after 1900 (3005)
Sketchbook Basel II, 1880–83, after 1900 (3005)
This sketchbook originally contained at least fifty-two sheets, but was disbanded and dispersed in the 1930s. The Kunstmuseum Basel holds the largest group.
The sheets are numbered in Roman numerals at lower right on the "a" side.
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facing: inside cover
current: Jeu de billard, 1865–70 (3005-01a-TA)
Record last updated July 13, 2020. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Jeu de billard, 1865–70 (FWN 3005-01a-TA), possibly p. 1 from the BS II sketchbook." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1800 (accessed on December 13, 2024).
