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)
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© Dallas Museum of Art, The Wendy and Emery Reves Collection 1985.R.13
FWN 1725
Portrait d'Auguste Cézanne, père de l'artiste
1879–81
Alternate titles: Portrait de Louis-Auguste Cezanne; Portrait de Louis-Auguste Cezanne, père de l'artiste; Portrait du père de l'artiste; Portrait of Louis-Auguste Cezanne; The Artist's Father (dozing?)
Chappuis (412); Venturi (1234): 1872–79
Black crayon on laid paper
9 3/8 x 10 in. (23.8 x 25.4 cm)
Provenance
Exhibition History
Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris, Cézanne, May 20–October 11, 1936, no. 152, as Portrait du père de l'artiste, c. 1879, lent by Paul Cézanne fils, Paris.
Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, Cezanne au Jas de Bouffan, June 28–October 12, 2025, no. 45, ill., as Portrait de Louis-Auguste Cezanne, père de l'artiste, dated 1868–71.
Published References
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1234, ill. vol. II, as Portrait d'Auguste Cézanne, père de l'artiste.
Andersen, Wayne V. Cézanne's Portrait Drawings. Cambridge, MA, London: MIT Press, 1970, no. 199, ill.
Rewald, John. "Cézanne and His Father." Studies in the History of Art 4 (1971-1972), fig. 8, as The Artist's Father (dozing?).
Chappuis, Adrien. The Drawings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1973, no. 412, ill., as Portrait of Louis-Auguste Cezanne.
Cezanne, Philippe. "La famille." In Cezanne au Jas de Bouffan. Paris: GrandPalaisRmn, 2025. Exhibition catalogue, p. 116, il. (cat. 45).
Record last updated June 29, 2025. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Portrait d'Auguste Cézanne, père de l'artiste, 1879–81 (FWN 1725)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=2071 (accessed on August 28, 2025).
