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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© The Art Institute of Chicago
FWN 3006-38b
Le Père de l'artiste et tête de femme
1870–73
Alternate titles: Portrait of Madame Cézanne(?), on a sheet with a sketch of Cézanne;s father sleeping; The Artist's Father dozing (and head of a woman); The artist's father, and another head
Chappuis (415): 1882–85
Graphite on wove paper, p. XXXVIII verso from the AIC sketchbook
4 7/8 x 8 9/16 in. (12.4 x 21.7 cm)
Provenance
Published References
Rewald, John. Cézanne: Carnets de Dessins, 2 vols. Paris: Quatre Chemins-Editart, 1951, C II, p. XXXVIII verso, pl. 11.
Schniewind, Carl O., ed. Paul Cézanne Sketchbook Owned by the Art Institute of Chicago. New York: Curt Valentin, 1951, text p. 32, ill.
Andersen, Wayne V. "Cézanne's Sketchbook in the Art Institute of Chicago." The Burlington Magazine 104, no. 710 (May 1962).
Andersen, Wayne V. Cézanne's Portrait Drawings. Cambridge, MA, London: MIT Press, 1970, nos. 45 and 202, ill., as Portrait of Madame Cézanne(?), on a sheet with a sketch of Cézanne;s father sleeping.
Rewald, John. "Cézanne and His Father." Studies in the History of Art 4 (1971-1972), fig. 9, as The Artist's Father dozing (and head of a woman).
Chappuis, Adrien. The Drawings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1973, no. 415, ill., as The artist's father, and another head.
This work is part of a sketchbook:
Sketchbook Chicago, c.1875–86 (3006)
Sketchbook Chicago, c.1875–86 (3006)
The sketchbook is currently bound and contains 50 sheets, indicated by the notation "Lx2" on the back endpaper. Several pages were removed and sold separately.
The page numbers are written in Roman numerals on the 'a" side of the sheet at the bottom right.
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current: Le Père de l'artiste et tête de femme, 1870–73 (3006-38b)
Record last updated March 24, 2022. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Le Père de l'artiste et tête de femme, 1870–73 (FWN 3006-38b), p. XXXVIII verso from the AIC sketchbook." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=2074&sketchbook=3006 (accessed on May 1, 2025).
