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Catalogue entry

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

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Provenance
Kenneth Clark, London
Clark Family, Sotheby's, London, July 1, 1987, no. 414, ill.; bought in
Private collection, London
Sotheby's, London, Oct. 22, 2002, no. 121, ill.
Private collection, New York
Exhibition History
1973 Newcastle upon Tyne and traveling
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.
2021a New York
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Cézanne Drawing, June 6–September 25, 2021, pl. 32, Private collection.
Published References
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, vol. I, p. 349, listed (Collection Clark).
Chappuis 1973
Chappuis, Adrien. The Drawings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1973, no. 163, ill., as The murder.
Ballas 2002
Ballas, Guila. Cézanne: baigneuses et baigneurs: thème et composition. Paris: Adam Biro, 2002, p. 308, no. 247, ill. 1868-71.
Andersen 2004
Andersen, Wayne V. Cézanne and the Eternal Feminine. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004, p. 133, fig. 78.
Dombrowski 2013
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 11, 2024).