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 1835
Etude pour La conversation
1871–73
Alternate titles: La conversation; La conversazione; Skizzenblatt für: Die Unterhaltung; Study for The Conversation
Chappuis (252); Venturi (1212): 1872–75
Graphite on paper
5 7/8 x 6 in. (14.9 x 15.3 cm)
Numbered
Provenance
Exhibition History
Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne, August 30–October 12, 1936, no. 113, ?, as La Conversation, c. 1875, lent by Paul Cézanne fils, Paris.
Matthiesen Gallery, London, A Century of French Drawings: from Prud'hon to Picasso, May 3–31, 1938, no. 21, as La Conversation (for sale).
Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, Cézanne: Peintures, Aquarelles, Dessins, July 4–August 4, 1953, no. 27, ill. in b/w, p. [20], as La conversation, 1872-75, lent by Pavillon Cezanne [atelier des Lauves], Aix-en-Provence. Traveled to: Musée Masséna, Nice, France, August 8–September 12, 1953; Musée des Beaux-Arts, Grenoble, France, September 15–October 18, 1953.
Kunsthalle, Tübingen, Germany, Paul Cézanne - Das zeichnerische Werk, October 21–December 31, 1978, no. 126, ill. p. 223, as Skizzenblatt für: Die Unterhaltung, 1871-1873, lent by Atelier Cézanne, Aix-en-Provence.
Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, Au fil de l'eau: Cézanne, June 17–September 15, 2000, no. 34, ill. p. 55, as Etude pour La conversation, c. 1871-73, lent by Atelier Cézanne, Aix-en-Provence.
Complesso del Vittoriano, Rome, Cézanne: Il padre dei moderni, March 7–July 7, 2002, listed p. 114, ill., as La conversazione, lent by Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence.
Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, Cézanne at home, October 20, 2017–April 1, 2018.
Published References
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1212, ill. vol. II, as La Conversation.
Reff, Theodore. "Cézanne Drawings." Review of Les dessins de Paul Cézanne au cabinet des estampes du Musée des beaux-arts de Bâle, by Adrien Chappuis. The Burlington Magazine 105, no. 725 (August 1963), p. 376.
Chappuis, Adrien. The Drawings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1973, no. 252, ill., as Study for The Conversation.
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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. "Etude pour La conversation, 1871–73 (FWN 1835)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1908 (accessed on May 1, 2025).
