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 1702
Zola et Alexis
1869–70
Alternate titles: Group portrait of Emile Zola dictating to Paul Alexis; Lecture chez Zola; Reading at Zola's; Zola und Alexis
Venturi (1199): 1869–70; Chappuis (220): 1867–69
Graphite on paper
5 5/16 x 4 1/8 in. (13.5 x 10.5 cm)
Exhibition History
Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne, August 30–October 12, 1936, no. 155, as Zola und Alexis, 1870, lent by Kennth Clark, London.
Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, Watercolour and Pencil Drawings by Cézanne, September 19–November 4, 1973, no. 11, ill. in b/w, catalogue note: pp. 152-153, as Reading at Zola's, lent by Private collection. Traveled to: Hayward Gallery, London, November 13–December 30, 1973.
Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel, Switzerland, The Hidden Cézanne: From Sketchbook to Canvas, June 10–September 24, 2017, no. 54, ill.
Published References
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1199, ill. vol. II, as Zola et Alexis.
Andersen, Wayne V. "Cézanne's Portrait Drawings from the 1860's." Master Drawings, vol. 5, no. 3 (Autumn 1967), p. 272, pl. 21.
Andersen, Wayne V. Cézanne's Portrait Drawings. Cambridge, MA, London: MIT Press, 1970, no. 246, ill., as Group portrait of Emile Zola dictating to Paul Alexis.
Chappuis, Adrien. The Drawings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1973, no. 220, ill., as Reading at Zola's.
Lewis, Mary Tompkins. Cézanne's Early Imagery. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1989, p. 140, fig. 73.
Klemm, Christian. "La lecture de Paul Alexis chez Zola, 1869/70 (Paul Alexis liest Zola vor)." In Degas, Cézanne, Picasso: Meisterwerke aus Privatbesitz, Wismer, Beat, ed. Cologne and Aarau: Wienand Verlag and Aargauer Kunsthaus, 1996. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 122, as Lecture chez Zola, erroneously listed as Chappuis 221.
Klemm, Christian. "Paul Cézanne 'Paul Alexis liest Zolar vor.'" In Manet, Zola, Cézanne: Das Porträt des Modernen Literaten. Ostfildern-Ruit: Hatje, 1999. Exhibition catalogue, fig. 8, ill. p. 183.
Dombrowski, André. Cézanne, Murder, and Modern Life. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2013, p. 131, fig. 49.
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Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Zola et Alexis, 1869–70 (FWN 1702)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1873 (accessed on March 28, 2024).