Catalogue entry

FWN 3012-05a (left)-TA

Etudes dont deux enfants nus

1875–78

Alternate title: Studies, including two nude children

Chappuis (451)

Graphite on paper, page from the 13.3 x 21.1 sketchbook (fragment)

5 1/4 x 4 1/16 in. (13.3 x 10.3 cm)

Staatliche Graphische Sammlung, Munich (Bequest of Woty and Theodor Werner) (1972:10 Z verso)

Keywords

Figure compositions
Individual subject:
- child / enfant »
Studies
Details:
- study (studies) / étude(s) »
Landscape
Natural motifs:
- poplar / peuplier »
Technique and Condition:
- fragment »

Provenance

Mouradian & Vallotton, Paris

Dikran K. Kelekian, Paris

Theodor and Woty Werner, Munich;

Staatliche Graphische Sammlung, Munich (1972)

Published References

Venturi 1936b

Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, listed under no. 1273 , erroneously described as p. XVIbis, instead of p. XVII.

Chappuis 1973

Chappuis, Adrien. The Drawings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1973, no. 451, ill., as Studies, including two nude children.

Notes

The pose of the boy at bottom right is similar to the putto in the watercolor and painting of La tentation de saint Antoine, FWN3004-36a and FWN650.

Etudes dont deux enfants nus, 1875–78 (FWN 3012-05a (left)-TA)

Related work

Record last updated June 29, 2021. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.

Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Etudes dont deux enfants nus, 1875–78 (FWN 3012-05a (left)-TA), page from the 13.3 x 21.1 sketchbook (fragment)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=2111 (accessed on May 1, 2025).