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Catalogue entry

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)
Jasper Johns

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Provenance
Kenneth Clark, London;
Christie's, New York, Nov. 7, 2007, no. 180, ill.
Jasper Johns
Exhibition History
1936 Basel
Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne, August 30–October 12, 1936, no. 155, as Zola und Alexis, 1870, lent by Kennth Clark, London.
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. 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.
2017 Basel
Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel, Switzerland, The Hidden Cézanne: From Sketchbook to Canvas, June 10–September 24, 2017, no. 54, ill.
Published References
Vollard 1914
Vollard, Ambroise. Paul Cézanne. Paris: Vollard, 1914, p. 61, ill.
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1199, ill. vol. II, as Zola et Alexis.
Andersen 1967b
Andersen, Wayne V. "Cézanne's Portrait Drawings from the 1860's." Master Drawings, vol. 5, no. 3 (Autumn 1967), p. 272, pl. 21.
Andersen 1970
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 1973
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 1989
Lewis, Mary Tompkins. Cézanne's Early Imagery. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1989, p. 140, fig. 73.
Klemm 1996
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 1999
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 2013
Dombrowski, André. Cézanne, Murder, and Modern Life. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2013, p. 131, fig. 49.

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Record last updated September 10, 2020. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
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 April 28, 2024).