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 1856-TA
Femme lisant en plein air
1875–76
Alternate titles: Die Hl. Magdalena; Studie für eine Büßende Magdalena (?); Studie zu einer hl. Magdalena; Woman reading outdoors; Woman reading Outdoors (Magdalene?)
Chappuis (281)
Graphite on laid paper (fragment)
3 15/16 x 5 1/2 in. (10 x 14 cm)
Exhibition History
Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne, August 30–October 12, 1936, no. 116, as Studie zu einer hl. Magdalena, c. 1875, lent by Frau Dr. A. Hahnloser, Winterthur.
Staatliche Graphische Sammlung, Munich, Europäische Meisterwerke aus Schweizer Sammlungen, August 8–October 19, 1969, no. 26, ill., fig. 21, as Die Hl. Magdalena.
Kunsthalle, Tübingen, Germany, Paul Cézanne - Das zeichnerische Werk, October 21–December 31, 1978, no. 130, ill. p. 226, as Studie für eine Büßende Magdalena (?), 1875-1876, lent by Private collection.
Published References
Chappuis, Adrien. The Drawings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1973, no. 281, ill., as Woman reading outdoors.
Lewis, Mary Tompkins. Cézanne's Early Imagery. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1989, p. 58, fig. 24.
Athanassoglou-Kallmyer, Nina M. Cézanne and Provence: The Painter in His Culture. Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, 2003, p. 71, fig. 2.20, as Woman reading Outdoors (Magdalene?).
Record last updated July 24, 2020. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Femme lisant en plein air, 1875–76 (FWN 1856-TA), (fragment)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1937 (accessed on May 2, 2025).
