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 2241
Etudes pour L'Après-midi à Naples
1872–75
Alternate titles: Figurenstudie für Ein Nachmittag in Neapel; Pour "L'Après-midi à Naples"; Skizzenblatt mit Studien für: Nachmittag in Neapel; The Couple, Study for Afternoon in Naples
Chappuis (285); Venturi (1176): 1867–75
Graphite on paper (fragment)
5 9/16 x 11 3/4 in. (14.1 x 29.8 cm)
Provenance
Exhibition History
Haags Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, the Netherlands, Paul Cézanne, June 1–August 1, 1956, no. 96, ill., erroneously illustrated as no. 97, lent by Kunstmuseum Basel.
Kunsthalle, Tübingen, Germany, Paul Cézanne - Das zeichnerische Werk, October 21–December 31, 1978, no. 18, ill. p. 109, as Skizzenblatt mit Studien für: Nachmittag in Neapel, 1872-1875, lent by Kunstmuseum Basel.
Palazzo Braschi, Rome, Disegni di Cézanne, February 13–March 30, 1979, no. 39, ill., p. 48.
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Paul Cézanne: The Basel Sketchbooks, March 10–June 5, 1988, listed p. 146, ill. p. 57.
Kunsthalle Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany, Bordell und Boudoir. Schauplätze der Moderne: Cézanne, Degas, Toulouse-Lautrec, Picasso, January 22–May 22, 2005, no. 21, ill. p. 89, as Figurenstudie für Ein Nachmittag in Neapel, 1872-76.
Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel, Switzerland, The Hidden Cézanne: From Sketchbook to Canvas, June 10–September 24, 2017, no. 57, ill.
Published References
Vollard, Ambroise. Paul Cézanne. Paris: Vollard, 1914, p. 38, (a) ill., as Pour "L'Après-midi à Naples".
Meier-Graefe, Julius. Cézanne und sein Kreis: ein Beitrag zur Entwicklungsgeschichte: mit 127 Tonätzungen und fünfzehn Heliogravüren. Munich: R. Piper, 1918, ill. p. 45 (detail (couple)).
Meier-Graefe, Julius. Cézanne und sein Kreis: ein Beitrag zur Entwicklungsgeschichte: mit 171 Tonätzungen und einem Lichtdruck. Munich: R. Piper, 1922, ill. p. 45 (detail (couple)).
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1176, ill., vol. II (detail).
Neumeyer, Alfred. Cézanne's Drawings. New York and London: Thomas Yoseloff, 1958, no. 5, ill.
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. 71, ill.
Longstreet, Stephen. The Drawings of Cézanne. Los Angeles: Borden Publishing Company, ill.
Chappuis, Adrien. The Drawings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1973, no. 285, ill., as The Couple, Study for Afternoon in Naples.
Koepplin, Dieter. Paul Cézanne: Die Basler Zeichnungen. Basel: Kunstmuseum, 1988, no. 21, ill.
Record last updated November 3, 2023. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Etudes pour L'Après-midi à Naples, 1872–75 (FWN 2241), (fragment)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1941 (accessed on May 3, 2025).
