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 2156
D'après Puget: Atlas
1886–89
Alternate titles: After Pierre Puget, Older Atlas; After Pierre Puget: Atlas; Atlante, d'après Puget; Atlas de Puget; Studie nach Puget: Atlant; Une des deux Cariatides de Puget à Hôtel de Ville de Toulon
Chappuis (391): 1874–1877
Graphite on laid paper
11 7/16 x 9 1/4 in. (29 x 23.5 cm)
Private collection
Provenance
Private collection
Private collection
Exhibition History
Haags Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, the Netherlands, Paul Cézanne, June 1–August 1, 1956, no. 98, ill. lent by Heidi Vollmoeller, Zurich.
Haus der Kunst, Munich, Paul Cézanne, October 12–November 18, 1956, no. 116, ill. c. 1870/75, lent by H. Vollmoeller, Zurich.
Kunsthalle, Tübingen, Germany, Paul Cézanne - Das zeichnerische Werk, October 21–December 31, 1978, no. 160, ill. p. 260, as Studie nach Puget: Atlant, 1874-1877, lent by Heidi Vollmoeller, Zürich.
Published References
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: A Biography. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1948, p. 152, ill. dated 1880–85.
Berthold, Gertrude. Cézanne und die alten Meister. Stuttgart: W. Kohlhammer, 1958, cat. no. 129, ill.
Chappuis, Adrien. The Drawings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1973, no. 391, ill., as After Pierre Puget: Atlas.
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne. Geneva: Skira, 1978, p. 130, no. 02, ill. p. 131, as Atlas de Puget, 1874-77.
Herding, Klaus. "A Dramatic Interplay in Form and Expression: Cézanne and Puget." In Cézanne and the Past: Tradition and Creativity. Budapest: Museum of Fine Arts, 2012. Exhibition catalogue, p. 91, fig. 50, as After Pierre Puget, Older Atlas.
Chédeville, François. "Datation des copies de sculptures réalisés par Cezanne (I)." March 22, 2018, as Atlante, d'après Puget, 1874-77.
Pierre Puget, Atlas, one of two monumental figures flanking the door of the Hôtel de Ville at Toulon, France. Cezanne copied from a plaster cast exhibited in the Puget Room of the Louvre until 1886, then moved to the Musée de Sculpture comparée, Palais de Chaillot, Trocadero.
Pierre Puget, Atlas, (detail).
Postcard, Hôtel de Ville, Toulon.
Related work
Record last updated February 26, 2021. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "D'après Puget: Atlas, 1886–89 (FWN 2156)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=2049 (accessed on January 18, 2025).
