Catalogue entry

FWN 3015-12b

Etude d'un ornement décoratif

1879–82

Alternate titles: Etude d'après un ornement sculpté, style Louis XIV; Study of a decorative ornament

Chappuis (538); Venturi (1304-05)

Graphite on wove paper, p. XII verso from the CP III sketchbook

6 x 9 5/16 in. (15.2 x 23.7 cm)

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. (Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art)

Provenance

Paul Cézanne fils, Paris

Paul Guillaume, Paris

Adrien Chappuis, Tresserve

Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, Upperville, Va.;

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Published References

Venturi 1936b

Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1304-05, as "Page XII v."

Chappuis 1938

Chappuis, Adrien. Dessins de Paul Cézanne. Paris: Editions des chroniques du jour, 1938, no. 48, ill., as Etude d'après un ornement sculpté, style Louis XIV.

Berthold 1958

Berthold, Gertrude. Cézanne und die alten Meister. Stuttgart: W. Kohlhammer, 1958, cat. no. 335, ill.

Chappuis 1966

Chappuis, Adrien. Album de Paul Cézanne. Paris: Berggruen, 1966, vol. 1, p. 33, ill. vol. 2, 1877-82.

Chappuis 1973

Chappuis, Adrien. The Drawings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1973, no. 538, ill., as Study of a decorative ornament.

Record last updated December 10, 2018. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.

Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Etude d'un ornement décoratif, 1879–82 (FWN 3015-12b), p. XII verso from the CP III sketchbook." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=2205 (accessed on April 25, 2024).