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Catalogue entry

FWN 2234
Etudes de couples d'amants en plein air
1868–75
Alternate titles: A pair of lovers outdoors; Le couple; Skizzenblatt mit Liebespaaren im Freien
Chappuis (323); Venturi (1182, 1189, 1216): 1870–75; 1868–75; 1868–75
Graphite on wove paper
Watermark: FRÈRES
6 7/8 x 10 in. (17.5 x 23.1 cm)
Previously attributed to the BSB (18 x 24) sketchbook
Kunstmuseum Basel, Kupferstichkabinett

Keywords

Provenance
Paul Cézanne fils, Paris
Werner Feuz, Bern
Kunstmuseum Basel, Kupferstichkabinett (1934)
Exhibition History
1956 The Hague
Haags Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, the Netherlands, Paul Cézanne, June 1–August 1, 1956, no. 97, 1870-75, lent by Kunstmuseum Basel.
1956 Zurich
Kunsthaus, Zurich, Paul Cézanne, August 22–October 7, 1956, no. 149.
1978 Tübingen
Kunsthalle, Tübingen, Germany, Paul Cézanne - Das zeichnerische Werk, October 21–December 31, 1978, no. 125, ill. p. 222, as Skizzenblatt mit Liebespaaren im Freien, 1868-1875, lent by Kunstmuseum Basel.
1979 Rome
Palazzo Braschi, Rome, Disegni di Cézanne, February 13–March 30, 1979, no. 36, ill., p. 46.
2017 Basel
Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel, Switzerland, The Hidden Cézanne: From Sketchbook to Canvas, June 10–September 24, 2017, no. 9, ill.
Published References
Vollard 1914
Vollard, Ambroise. Paul Cézanne. Paris: Vollard, 1914, pp. 137, 187, 188 (details ill.)
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. 57 (detail (couple u.l.)).
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. 57 (detail (couple u.l.)).
D'Ors 1930
Ors, Eugenio d.' Paul Cézanne. Paris: Editions des Chroniques du Jour, 1930, p. 39, (a) ill., as Le couple.
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, nos. 1182 (as Le couple), 1189 (as Nus accroupis), 1216 (as Le fruit défendu), ill. vol. II.
Dorival 1948
Dorival, Bernard. Cézanne. Paris: Pierre Tisné, 1948, ill. p. 20 (detail).
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. 62, ill.
Dellis 1971
Dellis, Max. "Notes relatives à quelques dessins de Paul Cézanne." Gazette des beaux-arts, vol. 77, periode 6 (March 1971), fig. 4 (detail).
Chappuis 1973
Chappuis, Adrien. The Drawings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1973, no. 323, ill., as A pair of lovers outdoors.
Record last updated November 17, 2023. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Etudes de couples d'amants en plein air, 1868–75 (FWN 2234)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1981 (accessed on May 3, 2024).