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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)
Catalogue entry
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
Paul Cézanne fils, Paris
Werner Feuz, Bern
Prof. Otto Fischer, Basel (then curator of the Basel Museum);
Kunstmuseum Basel, Kupferstichkabinett (1934)
Exhibition History
1956 The Hague
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.1956 Zurich
Kunsthaus, Zurich, Paul Cézanne, August 22–October 7, 1956, no. 151, ill., pl. 67.1978 Tübingen
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.1979 Rome
Palazzo Braschi, Rome, Disegni di Cézanne, February 13–March 30, 1979, no. 39, ill., p. 48.1988d New York
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Paul Cézanne: The Basel Sketchbooks, March 10–June 5, 1988, listed p. 146, ill. p. 57.2005 Tübingen
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, 1872-76.2017 Basel
Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel, Switzerland, The Hidden Cézanne: From Sketchbook to Canvas, June 10–September 24, 2017, no. 57, ill.Published References
Vollard 1914
Vollard, Ambroise. Paul Cézanne. Paris: Vollard, 1914, p. 38, (a) ill., as Pour "L'Après-midi à Naples".Meier-Graefe 1918a
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 1922
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 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1176, ill., vol. II (detail).Neumeyer 1958
Neumeyer, Alfred. Cézanne's Drawings. New York and London: Thomas Yoseloff, 1958, no. 5, ill.Chappuis 1962
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 1964
Longstreet, Stephen. The Drawings of Cézanne. Los Angeles: Borden Publishing Company, ill.Chappuis 1973
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 1988
Koepplin, Dieter. Paul Cézanne: Die Basler Zeichnungen. Basel: Kunstmuseum, 1988, no. 21, ill.
Reconstruction of FWN1834/Ch284 and FWN2241/Ch285. Identified by Fabienne Ruppen.
upper portion of an engraving after Antoine-Marcel Verdier's painting Départ du conscrit (n.d.), printed in L'Artiste, 1852 on the verso. See FWN1834 for lower portion of engraving.
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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 April 28, 2024).
