Catalogue entry

FWN 2209-TA

Nu debout vu de dos, deux études pour L'enlèvement

nude, c.1861; studies, 1866–67

Alternate titles: Male Nude Leaning on His Elbow; Nu debout vu de dos, et deux études pour "L'Enlèvement"; Standing male nude seen back view, and two studies for The Abduction; nude; Standing Male Nude Seen from the Back and Two Studies for "The Abduction"

Chappuis (200)

Graphite on paper

Watermark: MICHALLET

16 15/16 x 11 7/16 in. (43 x 29 cm)

Ohara Museum, Kurashiki

Keywords

Figure compositions:
- figure(s) in landscape or figure composition »
Figure compositions
Bathers and Nudes:
- male nude(s) / homme(s) nu(s) »
Figure compositions
Individual subject:
- Academy study / Etudes académiques »

Provenance

Dr. Paul Gachet, Auvers-sur-Oise;

Paul Gachet fils, Auvers-sur-Oise

Yasui Sotaro, Tokyo (by 1954)

Minami Gallery, Tokyo (1966)

Ohara Museum, Kurashiki, Japan

Exhibition History

1954 Tokyo

National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Watercolor and Drawing, 1954, n.n.

1957 Kyoto

Municipal Museum, Kyoto, Japan, Masterpieces of Western Painting, 1957, no. 88.

1963 Tokyo

Isetan [Department Store], Tokyo, Cézanne, Renoir, Rouault, March 1–17, 1963, no. 9, ill.

1999–2000 Yokohama and traveling

Yokohama Museum of Art, Yokohama, Japan, Cézanne and Japan, September 11–December 19, 1999, no. 10, ill., as Nu debout vu de dos, et deux études pour "L'Enlèvement", lent by Ohara Museum of Art, Kurashiki. Traveled to: Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, Nagoya, Japan, January 5–March 12, 2000.

Published References

Venturi 1936b

Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, vol. I, p. 347, listed (Collection Gachet).

Ikegami 1970

Ikegami, Chuji. "The Drawings of Paul Cézanne." Bijutsushi 76 (1970), pl. IIb.

Chappuis 1973

Chappuis, Adrien. The Drawings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1973, no. 200, ill., as Standing male nude seen back view, and two studies for The Abduction; nude.

Cachin and Rishel 1995

Cachin, Françoise, and Joseph Rishel. Cézanne. Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux, 1995. Exhibition catalogue, p. 100, fig. 1, as Nu debout vu de dos, et deux études pour "L'Enlèvement", 1866-1867.

Stein 1999

Stein, Susan, with the assistance of Julie Steiner. "Summary Catalogue of Works by Major Artists (Volume II, Cézanne [catalogue raisonné by Paul Gachet fils)." Cézanne to Van Gogh: The Collection of Doctor Gachet. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1999. Exhibition catalogue, p. 209, P.G. II-34, ill., as Standing Male Nude Seen from the Back and Two Studies for "The Abduction", c. 1861; studies, 1866-67.

Ballas 2002

Ballas, Guila. Cézanne: baigneuses et baigneurs: thème et composition. Paris: Adam Biro, 2002, p. 301, no. 204, ill. 1861 (nu debout).

Simms 2008

Simms, Matthew. Cézanne's watercolors: between drawing and painting. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2008, p. 37, fig. 27.

Friedman 2021

Friedman, Samantha. "Condensation: Cézanne's Study Sheets." In Cézanne Drawing. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 2021. Exhibition catalogue, p. 27, fig. 11.

Related work

Record last updated November 3, 2023. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.

Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Nu debout vu de dos, deux études pour L'enlèvement, nude, c.1861; studies, 1866–67 (FWN 2209-TA)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1853 (accessed on May 10, 2024).