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Catalogue entry

FWN 2250
Famille dans un jardin et études et portrait de Chocquet
1872–76
Alternate titles: 6 Figuren im Garten, rechts Bildnisstudie Dr.Chocquet; Déjeuner au jardin; Family in a garden, and studies
Venturi (1200): 1871–77; Chappuis (294): 1870–73
Graphite on paper
9 13/16 x 8 1/4 in. (25 x 21 cm)
Kunstmuseum Basel, Kupferstichkabinett (Gift of Martha and Robert von Hirsch)

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Provenance
Paul Cézanne fils, Paris
Werner Feuz, Bern
Robert von Hirsch, Frankfurt and Basel;
Kunstmuseum Basel, Kupferstichkabinett (1977)
Exhibition History
1936 Basel
Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne, August 30–October 12, 1936, no. 156, as 6 Figuren im Garten, rechts Bildnisstudie Dr.Chocquet, c. 1875, lent by Robert von Hirsch, Basel.
1979 Rome
Palazzo Braschi, Rome, Disegni di Cézanne, February 13–March 30, 1979, no. 146, ill., p. 135.
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. 62.
2017 Basel
Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel, Switzerland, The Hidden Cézanne: From Sketchbook to Canvas, June 10–September 24, 2017, no. 1, ill.
Published References
Rivière 1923
Rivière, Georges. Le Maître Paul Cézanne. Paris: Librairie Floury, 1923, p. 127, ill. (detail).
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1200, ill. vol. II (detail), as Déjeuner au jardin.
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, vol. 1, p. 67, fig. 30 (detail).
Andersen 1970
Andersen, Wayne V. Cézanne's Portrait Drawings. Cambridge, MA, London: MIT Press, 1970, no. 213, not illustrated.
Chappuis 1973
Chappuis, Adrien. The Drawings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1973, no. 294, ill., as Family in a garden, and studies.
Koepplin 1988
Koepplin, Dieter. Paul Cézanne: Die Basler Zeichnungen. Basel: Kunstmuseum, 1988, ill. frontispiece.
Verdi 1992
Verdi, Richard. Cézanne. London and New York: Thames & Hudson, 1992, p. 62, fig. 50.
Ballas 2002
Ballas, Guila. Cézanne: baigneuses et baigneurs: thème et composition. Paris: Adam Biro, 2002, p. 302, no. 212, ill. 1870-73.
Andersen 2004
Andersen, Wayne V. Cézanne and the Eternal Feminine. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004, p. 55, fig. 34.
Notes

Cezanne did not meet Victor Chocquet until late 1875. The figure composition was probably painted earlier and Chocquet's portrait added to the sheet at a later date. Chappuis thought the figure of the man was Dr. Gachet.

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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. "Famille dans un jardin et études et portrait de Chocquet, 1872–76 (FWN 2250)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1950 (accessed on April 28, 2024).