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 2265
Feuille d'études avec autoportrait et d'après Pajou: Psyché abandonnée
c.1876 (nude woman); 1883 (self-portrait); 1885 (son)
Alternate titles: Croquis; Etude; Feuille d'études; Les études; Page d'étude, Psyché abandonnée d'après Pajou; Page of studies; Psyché abandonnée, d'après pajou; Skizzenblatt; Skizzenblatt mit Selbstbildnis; Studienblatt mit Selbstbildnis
Chappuis (363); Venturi (1479): 1879–82
Graphite on laid paper
20 x 12 5/8 in. (48.5 x 32 cm)
Exhibition History
Museum Boymans, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, Teekeningen van Ingres tot Seurat, December 20, 1933–January 21, 1934, no. 1, ill.
Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland, Meisterzeichnungen französischer Künstler von Ingres bis Cézanne, June 29–August 18, 1935, no. 176, as Studienblatt mit Selbstbildnis, lent by Herr Franz Koenigs, Haarlem.
Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne, August 30–October 12, 1936, no. 126, as Studienblatt mit Selbstbildnis, c. 1880, lent by F. Koenigs, Haarlem (The female nude is a copie after Pajou's "Psyché abandonnée" in the Louvre).
Paul Cassirer, Amsterdam, Fransche meesters uit de XIX eeuw: teekeningen, aquarellen, pastels [...], July–August 1938, no. 23.
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Teekeningen van Fransche meesters 1800 - 1900, February 1946, no. 9.
Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, Musée Boymans de Rotterdam: dessins du XVe au XIXe siècle, February 20–April 20, 1952, no. 139, as Feuille d'études, 1879-82 (erroneously listed as no. 177 in the 1935 Basel exhibition).
Haags Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, the Netherlands, Paul Cézanne, June 1–August 1, 1956, no. 113, 1879-82, lent by Museum Boymans, Rotterdam.
Haus der Kunst, Munich, Paul Cézanne, October 12–November 18, 1956, no. 133, 1879/82, lent by Museum Boijmans, Rotterdam.
Kunstverein, Hamburg, Germany, Wegbereiter der modernen Malerei: Cézanne, Gauguin, van Gogh, Seurat, May 4–July 14, 1963, no. 27, pl. 76, as Skizzenblatt, 1879-82, lent by Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam.
Institut néerlandais, Paris, Le dessin français de Claude à Cézanne dans les collections hollandaises complété d'un choix d'autographes des artistes exposés, May 4–June 14, 1964, no. 201, pl. 165 Album des planches, as Feuille d'études, lent by Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam. Traveled to: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, June 25–August 16, 1964.
Kunsthalle, Tübingen, Germany, Paul Cézanne - Das zeichnerische Werk, October 21–December 31, 1978, no. 52, ill. p. 148, as Skizzenblatt mit Selbstbildnis, 1876-1884, lent by Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam.
Grand Palais, Paris, Cézanne, September 26, 1995–January 14, 1996, no. 79, ill. in color, p. 236, as Feuille d'études, c. 1876, c. 1883 and c. 1885, lent by Museum Boymans, Rotterdam. Traveled to: Tate Gallery, London, February 8–April 28, 1996; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, May 26–September 1, 1996.
Yokohama Museum of Art, Yokohama, Japan, Cézanne and Japan, September 11–December 19, 1999, no. 69, ill., as Les études, lent by Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam. Traveled to: Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, Nagoya, Japan, January 5–March 12, 2000.
Musée du Luxembourg, Paris, Cézanne et Paris, October 12, 2011–February 26, 2012, no. 7, ill., p. 26, as Page d'étude, Psyché abandonnée d'après Pajou, lent by Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam.
Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe, Germany, Cézanne - Metamorphosen, October 28, 2017–February 11, 2018, no. 27, ill.
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Cézanne Drawing, June 6–September 25, 2021, pl. 24, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam.
Published References
P.F. "Pays-Bas - Rotterdam: Une exposition d'art français au musée Boijmans." Le Bulletin de l'art ancien et moderne: supplément hebdomadaire de la Revue de l'art ancien et moderne (Paris) (February 1934), ill. p. 86, as Croquis.
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1479, ill. vol. II, as Feuille d'études.
v.D. "Fransche meesters uit de 19de eeuw. Teekeningen, aquarellen, pastels bij Paul Cassirer & Co. te Amsterdam." Algemeen Handelsblad (Amsterdam), July 26, 1938, p. 9 mentioned, as studienblad met o.a. een ontroerend zelfportret.
Cain, Julien (intruduction), Jean Vallery-Radot (preface). Art et Style. 23, Collection Koenigs. Musée Boymans: dessins de Pisanello à Cézanne. Paris, 2nd trimester 1952, ill. (n.p.), as Feuille d'études, 1879-82.
Berthold, Gertrude. Cézanne und die alten Meister. Stuttgart: W. Kohlhammer, 1958, cat. no. 163, ill.
Andersen, Wayne V. "Watercolor in Cézanne's Artist Process." Art International 7 (May 25, 1963), p. 44 and note 7, p. 4.
Longstreet, Stephen. The Drawings of Cézanne. Los Angeles: Borden Publishing Company, ill.
Hoetink, Bernard. Franse Tekeningen uit de 19e Eeuw. Rotterdam: Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, 1968, no. 23, ill.
Leymarie, Jean. Dessins impressionistes De Manet à Renoir. Geneva: Éditions d'Art Albert Skira, 1969, p. 84, ill. c. 1882.
Andersen, Wayne V. Cézanne's Portrait Drawings. Cambridge, MA, London: MIT Press, 1970, no. 15, ill., and no. 150.
Chappuis, Adrien. The Drawings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1973, no. 363, ill., as Page of studies.
Mráz, Bohumír. Aquarelles et dessins impressinnistes. [Gennevilliers]: Ars Mundi, 1987, pl. 82, listed p. 203, as Etude, c. 1882.
Platzman, Steven. Cézanne: The Self-Portraits. Berkeley: University of California, 2001, p. 204, no. 21, ill.
Cézanne, Philippe. "Paul Cézanne: L'homme." In Cézanne et Paris. Paris: Éditions de la Rmn-Grand Palais, 2011. Exhibition catalogue, p. 26, ill.
Chédeville, François. "Datation des copies de sculptures réalisés par Cezanne (I)." March 22, 2018, as Psyché abandonnée, d'après pajou, 1876.
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. "Feuille d'études avec autoportrait et d'après Pajou: Psyché abandonnée, c.1876 (nude woman); 1883 (self-portrait); 1885 (son) (FWN 2265)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=2021 (accessed on May 3, 2025).
