Catalogue entry

FWN 3001-09b

Le Viol, esquisse

1868–70

Alternate title: The Rape, sketch

Chappuis (197); Other: 1869–74

Graphite on wove paper, page from the BSA sketchbook

4 x 6 11/16 in. (10.2 x 17 cm)

Kunstmuseum Basel, Kupferstichkabinett

Keywords

Figure compositions:
- scene of violence / scène de violence »

Provenance

Paul Cézanne fils, Paris

Werner Feuz, Bern

Kunstmuseum Basel, Kupferstichkabinett (1934)

Exhibition History

1979 Rome

Palazzo Braschi, Rome, Disegni di Cézanne, February 13–March 30, 1979, no. 43a, ill., p. 52.

2017 Basel

Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel, Switzerland, The Hidden Cézanne: From Sketchbook to Canvas, June 10–September 24, 2017, no. 17, ill.

2021a New York

Museum of Modern Art, New York, Cézanne Drawing, June 6–September 25, 2021, pl. 31, Kunstmuseum Basel, Kupferstichkabinett.

Published References

Venturi 1936b

Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, vol. I, p. 350, listed (Museum Basel).

Chappuis 1962

Chappuis, Adrien. Les dessins de Paul Cézanne au cabinet des estampes du Musée des beaux-arts de Bâle. Olten and Lausanne: Urs Graf, 1962, no. 44, ill.

Chappuis 1973

Chappuis, Adrien. The Drawings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1973, no. 197, ill., as The Rape, sketch.

Ballas 2002

Ballas, Guila. Cézanne: baigneuses et baigneurs: thème et composition. Paris: Adam Biro, 2002, fig. 2b p. 15, p. 308, no. 245, ill.

Dombrowski 2013

Dombrowski, André. Cézanne, Murder, and Modern Life. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2013, p. 34, fig. 13.

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 Viol, esquisse, 1868–70 (FWN 3001-09b), page from the BSA sketchbook." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1850&sketchbook=3001 (accessed on May 5, 2024).