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 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)
Provenance
Published References
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, 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.
Related work
This work is part of a sketchbook:
Sketchbook Fragment (13.3 x 21.1), 1866–95 (3012)
Sketchbook Fragment (13.3 x 21.1), 1866–95 (3012)
These individual sheets may come from different early sketchbooks, but are combined here because of their similar size.
The FWN numbers have been randomly assigned and are listed here as individual pages rather than as a sketchbook spread.
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&sketchbook=3012 (accessed on May 1, 2025).