The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne
An Online Catalogue Raisonné under the Direction of Société Paul Cezanne
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© The Art Institute of Chicago
FWN 3006-36b
Deux esquisses de têtes
1882–85
Alternate titles: Portrait of Madame Cézanne, on a sheet with another female head, probably Madame Cézanne; Two sketches of heads
Chappuis (416)
Graphite on wove paper, p. XXXVI 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. XXXVI verso.
Schniewind, Carl O., ed. Paul Cézanne Sketchbook Owned by the Art Institute of Chicago. New York: Curt Valentin, 1951, text p. 31, 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, no. 44, ill., as Portrait of Madame Cézanne, on a sheet with another female head, probably Madame Cézanne.
Chappuis, Adrien. The Drawings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1973, no. 416, ill., as Two sketches of heads.
Ruppen, Fabienne. "Reassembling Cézanne: Material Evidence for a New Sketchbook." Master Drawings, vol. 55, no. 2 (Summer 2017), fig. 10.
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: Deux esquisses de têtes, 1882–85 (3006-36b)
Record last updated July 31, 2020. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Deux esquisses de têtes, 1882–85 (FWN 3006-36b), p. XXXVI 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=2075 (accessed on May 1, 2025).
