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 1824
Scène de violence
1869–72
Alternate titles: Gewaltszene; Gewaltszene (Scène de violence); Scene of violence
Chappuis (254)
reed pen, ink and wash on paper
5 9/16 x 7 3/16 in. (14.1 x 18.2 cm)
Exhibition History
National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, Cézanne, March 30–May 19, 1974, no. 92, ill., as Scène de violence, 1869-72, lent by Kupferstichkabinett Basel. Traveled to: Municipal Museum, Kyoto, Japan, June 1–July 17, 1974; Cultural Center, Fukuoka, Japan, July 24–August 18, 1974.
Kunsthalle, Tübingen, Germany, Paul Cézanne - Das zeichnerische Werk, October 21–December 31, 1978, no. 14, ill., ill. p. 105, as Gewaltszene, 1869-1872, lent by Kunstmuseum Basel.
Palazzo Braschi, Rome, Disegni di Cézanne, February 13–March 30, 1979, no. 24, ill., p. 36.
Kunsthalle Tübingen, Tübingen, Paul Cézanne Aquarelle, January 16–March 21, 1982, no. 4, ill., as Gewaltszene (Scène de violence), 1896-72, lent by Kunstmuseum, Basel. Traveled to: Kunsthaus, Zürich, April 2–May 31, 1982.
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Paul Cézanne: The Basel Sketchbooks, March 10–June 5, 1988, listed p. 146, ill. p. 54.
Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel, Switzerland, The Hidden Cézanne: From Sketchbook to Canvas, June 10–September 24, 2017, no. 50, ill.
Published References
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, vol. I, p. 350, listed (Museum Basel).
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. 45, ill.
Andersen, Wayne V. "Watercolor in Cézanne's Artist Process." Art International 7 (May 25, 1963), p. 23, p. 24, ill.
Cooper, Douglas. "Untitled." Review of Les dessins de Paul Cézanne au cabinet des estampes du Musée des beaux-arts de Bâle, by Adrien Chappuis. Master Drawings, vol. 1, no. 4 (Winter 1963), p. 56.
Chappuis, Adrien. The Drawings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1973, no. 254, ill., as Scene of violence.
Ely, Bruno. "Cézanne, L'Ecole de dessin et le Musée d'Aix." In Cézanne au Musée d'Aix. Aix-en-Provence: Musée Granet, 1984. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 186 (fig. 1).
Koepplin, Dieter. Paul Cézanne: Die Basler Zeichnungen. Basel: Kunstmuseum, 1988, no. 17, ill.
Lewis, Mary Tompkins. Cézanne's Early Imagery. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1989, p. 152, fig. 84.
Ballas, Guila. Cézanne: baigneuses et baigneurs: thème et composition. Paris: Adam Biro, 2002, fig. 2a p. 15, p. 308, no. 246, ill.
Dombrowski, André. Cézanne, Murder, and Modern Life. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2013, p. 30, fig. 9.
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Record last updated October 25, 2019. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Scène de violence, 1869–72 (FWN 1824)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1910 (accessed on May 3, 2025).
