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 1823
Le Meurtre
1868–71
Alternate titles: Couple surprised; The murder
Chappuis (163)
Graphite on paper
5 1/8 x 6 1/8 in. (13 x 15.5 cm)
Private collection, New York
Provenance
Private collection, London
Private collection, New York
Exhibition History
Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, Watercolour and Pencil Drawings by Cézanne, September 19–November 4, 1973, no. 11a, ill. in b/w, as Couple surprised, lent by Private collection. Traveled to: Hayward Gallery, London, November 13–December 30, 1973.
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Cézanne Drawing, June 6–September 25, 2021, pl. 32, Private collection.
Published References
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, vol. I, p. 349, listed (Collection Clark).
Chappuis, Adrien. The Drawings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1973, no. 163, ill., as The murder.
Ballas, Guila. Cézanne: baigneuses et baigneurs: thème et composition. Paris: Adam Biro, 2002, p. 308, no. 247, ill. 1868-71.
Andersen, Wayne V. Cézanne and the Eternal Feminine. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004, p. 133, fig. 78.
Dombrowski, André. Cézanne, Murder, and Modern Life. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2013, p. 14, fig. 4.
Record last updated February 9, 2021. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Le Meurtre, 1868–71 (FWN 1823)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1814 (accessed on May 3, 2025).
