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 3002-41b
Fragment de sculpture
after 1882
Alternate titles: Antique Hermes; Fragment of sculpture; Hermès (ou mercure), d'après l'antique
Chappuis (330): 1874–77
Graphite on wove paper, p. 41 verso from the EH I sketchbook
4 9/16 x 7 3/16 in. (11.6 x 18.2 cm)
Provenance
Published References
Rewald, John. Cézanne: Carnets de Dessins, 2 vols. Paris: Quatre Chemins-Editart, 1951, C I, p. 41 verso (unidentified).
Berthold, Gertrude. Cézanne und die alten Meister. Stuttgart: W. Kohlhammer, 1958, cat. no. 308, ill. (unidentified).
Reff, Theodore. "Book Reviews: Cézanne und die alten Meister by Gertrude Berthold." The Art Bulletin, vol. 42, no. 2 (June 1960), p. 148, Appendix, cat. 308.
Chappuis, Adrien. The Drawings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1973, no. 330, ill., as Fragment of sculpture (unidentified).
Shoemaker, Innis, and Theodore Reff. Paul Cézanne: Two Sketchbooks. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1989. Exhibition catalogue, p. 114 (Sketchbook I; page 42 verso), ill., as Antique Hermes, with commentary on source of drawing.
Chédeville, François. "Datation des copies de sculptures réalisés par Cezanne (I)." March 22, 2018, as Hermès (ou mercure), d'après l'antique, 1874–77.
Notes
According to Shoemaker and Reff (1989), this drawing is copied "after the upper half of the Hermes Richelieu..., seen from the right side." Apparently the right arm, which is missing today, has been restored in the mid-nineteenth century. See further comments in catalogue.
Roman 2nd century AD, Hermès (Mercure), dit Hermès Richelieu (Hermes Richelieu), marble, condition before restauration, Musée du Louvre, Paris.
This work is part of a sketchbook:
Sketchbook Philadelphia I (EH 1), 1882–90 (3002)
Sketchbook Philadelphia I (EH 1), 1882–90 (3002)
Notation on back endpaper "47 x 2", indicating the number of 47 recto and verso sheets. Some of these sheets have been removed.
The page numbers are written in Arabic numerals at the lower right corner of most of the recto pages in a soft bluish-gray pencil.
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current: Fragment de sculpture, after 1882 (3002-41b)
Record last updated April 30, 2019. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Fragment de sculpture, after 1882 (FWN 3002-41b), p. 41 verso from the EH I sketchbook." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1988 (accessed on July 5, 2025).
