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 1713
Camille Pissarro vu de dos
1874–77
Alternate titles: Camille Pissarro, seen from the back; Pissarro, von hinten gesehen
Chappuis (301); Venturi (1226): 1872–77
Graphite on paper
5 1/2 x 6 in. (12.7 x 15.3 cm)
Inscribed: Pissarro vu de dos par Cezanne (by alien hand)
Provenance
Exhibition History
Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne, August 30–October 12, 1936, no. 157, as Pissarro, von hinten gesehen, c. 1875, lent by Robert von Hirsch, Basel.
Palazzo Braschi, Rome, Disegni di Cézanne, February 13–March 30, 1979, no. 143, ill., p. 132.
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Paul Cézanne: The Basel Sketchbooks, March 10–June 5, 1988, listed p. 147, ill. p. 63.
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Classic Cézanne, November 28, 1998–February 28, 1999, no. 24, ill., as Camille Pissarro vu de dos, 1874-77, lent by Öffentliche Kunstsammlung Basel.
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Pioneering Modern Painting: Cézanne & Pissarro 1865–1885, June 26–September 12, 2005, no. 20, ill., p. 20, as Camille Pissarro vu de dos, lent by Kunstmuseum Basel. Traveled to: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, October 20, 2005–January 16, 2006; Musée d'Orsay, Paris, February 27–May 28, 2006 (Cézanne et Pissarro 1865-1885).
Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel, Switzerland, The Hidden Cézanne: From Sketchbook to Canvas, June 10–September 24, 2017, no. 70, ill.
Published References
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1226, ill. vol. II, as Camille Pissarro vu de dos.
Andersen, Wayne V. Cézanne's Portrait Drawings. Cambridge, MA, London: MIT Press, 1970, no. 231, ill.
Chappuis, Adrien. The Drawings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1973, no. 301, ill., as Camille Pissarro, seen from the back.
Koepplin, Dieter. Paul Cézanne: Die Basler Zeichnungen. Basel: Kunstmuseum, 1988, no. 26, ill.
Shiff, Richard. "Cézanne's Physicality: The Politics of Touch." In The Language of Art History, edited by Salim Kemal and Ivan Gaskell. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1991, pp. 144–145, fig. 8.4
Record last updated April 10, 2019. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Camille Pissarro vu de dos, 1874–77 (FWN 1713)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1957 (accessed on May 2, 2025).
