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 2271
Feuille d'études avec pendule et une naïade
1876–79
Alternate title: Page of studies, including a clock, and a Naiad
Chappuis (457); Venturi (1449): 1879–82
Graphite on blue laid paper
Watermark: Desloye "PL BAS"
12 1/8 x 18 1/4 in. (30.8 x 46.3 cm)
Private collection
Provenance
Exhibition History
Haus der Kunst, Munich, Paul Cézanne, October 12–November 18, 1956, no. 132, 1879/82, lent by Private collection.
Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe, Germany, Cézanne - Metamorphosen, October 28, 2017–February 11, 2018, no. 31, ill.
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Cézanne Drawing, June 6–September 25, 2021, pl. 57, Private collection.
Published References
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1449, ill. vol. II, as Feuille d'études avec pendule et une naïade.
Berthold, Gertrude. Cézanne und die alten Meister. Stuttgart: W. Kohlhammer, 1958, pp. 16, 37, (naïade), cat. nos. 215 (naïade), 325 (pendule), fig. 30.
Reff, Theodore. "Book Reviews: Cézanne und die alten Meister by Gertrude Berthold." The Art Bulletin, vol. 42, no. 2 (June 1960), p. 148, Appendix, cat. 325, proposes a Louis XVI clock, probably by Gille l'Ainée as the model for the study of the mantel clock.
Longstreet, Stephen. The Drawings of Cézanne. Los Angeles: Borden Publishing Company, ill.
Chappuis, Adrien. The Drawings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1973, no. 457, ill., as Page of studies, including a clock, and a Naiad.
Ballas, Guila. Cézanne: baigneuses et baigneurs: thème et composition. Paris: Adam Biro, 2002, p. 290, no. 104, ill. c. 1875.
Ruppen, Fabienne. "Mapping Cézanne. Drawings and Watercolors on Paper from Émile Desloye." November 2020, p. 228, figs. 10a, 10b (detail).
Record last updated September 1, 2022. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Feuille d'études avec pendule et une naïade, 1876–79 (FWN 2271), on blue laid paper." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=2117 (accessed on May 2, 2025).
