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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 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
Paul Cézanne fils, Paris
Hotel Drouot, Paris, Tableaux modernes, aquarelles, pastels ..., May 18, 1942, no. 1
Whereabouts unknown
Exhibition History
1936 Basel
Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne, August 30–October 12, 1936, no. 100, as Die Billardspieler, c. 1870, lent by Paul Cézanne fils, Paris.1936g Paris
Galerie Quatre Chemins, Paris, Dessins et aquarelles de Cezanne, June 26–July 11, 1936, n.n.Published References
Vollard 1914
Vollard, Ambroise. Paul Cézanne. Paris: Vollard, 1914, p. 7, ill.Pfister 1927
Pfister, Kurt. Cézanne: Gestalt, Werk, Mythos. Potsdam: Gustav Kiepenheuer Verlag, 1927, fig. 3 p. 19.Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1188, ill. vol. II, as La Partie de billard.Raynal 1936b
Raynal, Maurice. "Dessins de Cézanne." Arts et Métiers graphiques, no. 54 (August 15, 1936), p. 47, ill. Coll. Cezanne fils.Novotny 1937
Novotny, Fritz. Cézanne. Vienna: Phaidon, 1937, pl. 117.Hôtel Drouot 1942
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 1947
Novotny, Fritz. Cézanne. London: Phaidon Press, 1947, pl. 109, as Billiard-Players - Les joueurs de billard, 1870-75, P. Cézanne fils, Paris.Hofmann 1953
Hofmann, Werner. Paul Cézanne (1839-1906). Munich, Vienna, Basel: Kurt Desch, 1953, pl. 5, as Die Billardspieler, 1870-75.Rousseau 1953
Rousseau, Théodore, Jr. Paul Cézanne, 1839–1906. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1953, pl. 5, ill.Chappuis 1973
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)"
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&sketchbook=3005 (accessed on April 28, 2024).
