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 1703
Portrait d'Achille Emperaire
1867–70
Alternate titles: Achille Emperaire; Ganzfiguriges Bildnis Achille Emperaire; Portrait of Achille Emperaire
Chappuis (228)
Charcoal on gray laid paper
Watermark: M in a shield and, separate, the number 579
12 1/16 x 9 1/2 in. (30.6 x 24.1 cm)
Provenance
Exhibition History
Kunsthalle, Tübingen, Germany, Paul Cézanne - Das zeichnerische Werk, October 21–December 31, 1978, no. 30, ill., ill. p. 123, as Ganzfiguriges Bildnis Achille Emperaire, 1868-1870, lent by Kunstmuseum Basel.
Palazzo Braschi, Rome, Disegni di Cézanne, February 13–March 30, 1979, no. 27, ill., p. 38.
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Paul Cézanne: The Basel Sketchbooks, March 10–June 5, 1988, listed p. 146, ill. p. 50.
Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel, Switzerland, The Hidden Cézanne: From Sketchbook to Canvas, June 10–September 24, 2017, no. 65, ill.
Published References
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, vol. I, p. 352 (Museum Basel).
Rewald, John. "Achille Emperaire: ami de Paul Cézanne." L'Amour de l'art 19, no. 4 (May 1938), ill. p. 153, as Achille Emperaire.
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. 49, ill.
Andersen, Wayne V. "Cézanne's Portrait Drawings from the 1860's." Master Drawings, vol. 5, no. 3 (Autumn 1967), p. 272, pl. 18.
Andersen, Wayne V. Cézanne's Portrait Drawings. Cambridge, MA, London: MIT Press, 1970, no. 215, ill.
Chappuis, Adrien. The Drawings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1973, no. 228, ill., as Portrait of Achille Emperaire.
Koepplin, Dieter. Paul Cézanne: Die Basler Zeichnungen. Basel: Kunstmuseum, 1988, no. 12, ill.
Related
Record last updated February 22, 2025. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Portrait d'Achille Emperaire, 1867–70 (FWN 1703), on gray laid paper." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1882 (accessed on May 2, 2025).
