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 1727
Portrait de Monsieur Chocquet
1877–81
Alternate titles: Bildnis des Dr. Choquet; Portrait M. Choquet; Portrait of Victor Chocquet; Victor Chocquet
Chappuis (395)
Graphite on laid paper (fragment)
3 3/4 x 3 3/8 in. (9.5 x 8.5 cm)
bears initials
European Collector
Provenance
Exhibition History
Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland, Meisterzeichnungen französischer Künstler von Ingres bis Cézanne, June 29–August 18, 1935, no. 174, as Portrait M. Choquet, 1877, for sale.
Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne, August 30–October 12, 1936, no. 112, as Bildnis des Dr. Choquet, 1875, lent by Private collection, Basel.
San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, Paul Cézanne: Exhibition of Paintings, Water-colors, Drawings and Prints, September 1–October 4, 1937, no. 55, as Portrait de Monsieur Chocquet, c. 1877, lent by Private collection, Basel.
Sammlung Oskar Reinhart "am Römerholz," Winterthur, Switzerland, Victor Chocquet: Freund und Sammler der Impressionisten, Renoir, Cézanne, Monet, Manet, February 20–June 7, 2015, no. 21, ill. lent by private collection, courtesy galerie B. Weil Ltd.
The Whitworth, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, Cézanne at the Whitworth, August 20, 2019–March 1, 2020, no. 10, ill., as Victor Chocquet, lent by Estate of Karsten Schubert, on extended loan to The Whitworth, The University of Manchester.
Published References
Cézanne, Paul. Correspondance. Edited by John Rewald. Paris: Bernard Grasset, 1937, fig. 22.
Andersen, Wayne V. "Cézanne, Tanguy, Choquet [sic]." The Art Bulletin 49, no. 2 (June 1967), p. 137, fig. 8.
Rewald, John. "Chocquet et Cézanne." Gazette des beaux-arts, vol. 74, periode 6 (July–August 1969), p. 68, fig. 27, date 1879–82.
Andersen, Wayne V. Cézanne's Portrait Drawings. Cambridge, MA, London: MIT Press, 1970, no. 211, ill.
Chappuis, Adrien. The Drawings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1973, no. 395, ill., as Portrait of Victor Chocquet.
Rewald, John. "Chocquet and Cézanne." In Studies in Impressionism, Edited by Irene Gordon and Frances Weitzenhoffer. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1986, p. 155, fig. 85, as Portrait of Victor Chocquet.
Rewald, John. The Paintings of Paul Cézanne, A Catalogue Raisonné, 2 vols. In Collaboration with Walter Feilchenfeldt and Jayne Warman. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1996, p. 195, ill., as Portrait de Monsieur Chocquet.
Record last updated July 20, 2022. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Portrait de Monsieur Chocquet, 1877–81 (FWN 1727), (fragment)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=2053 (accessed on May 3, 2025).
