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Catalogue entry

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
4 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. (11.5 x 14 cm)
Numbered
Musée d'Orsay, Paris, on deposit at the Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence (RF30165)

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Provenance
Paul Cézanne fils, Paris
Mr. and Mrs. John Rewald, New York;
Musée du Louvre, Paris (Gift of John Rewald for deposit at the Atelier Cézanne, 1953);
Musée d'Orsay, Paris
Exhibition History
1936 Basel
Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne, August 30–October 12, 1936, no. 113, ?, as La Conversation, c. 1875, lent by Paul Cézanne fils, Paris.
1938 London
Matthiesen Gallery, London, A Century of French Drawings: from Prud'hon to Picasso, May 3–31, 1938, no. 21, as La Conversation (for sale).
1953 Aix-en-Provence and traveling
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.
1978 Tübingen
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.
2000 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.
2002 Rome
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.
2017–18 Aix-en-Provence
Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, Cézanne at home, October 20, 2017–April 1, 2018.
Published References
Vollard 1914
Vollard, Ambroise. Paul Cézanne. Paris: Vollard, 1914, p. 19, ill.
Rivière 1923
Rivière, Georges. Le Maître Paul Cézanne. Paris: Librairie Floury, 1923, p. 45, ill.
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1212, ill. vol. II, as La Conversation.
Reff 1963c
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 1973
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.
Farber 2006
Farber, Jules B. Autour de Cézanne. Sommières: Romain Pages, 2006, p. 90, ill. in color.

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Record last updated January 31, 2021. 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 3, 2024).