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 3006-23b
D'après l'Ecorché
1879–82
Alternate titles: After l'Ecorché; After the Écorché
Chappuis (571)
Graphite on wove paper, p. XXIII 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. XXIII verso, pl. 157.
Schniewind, Carl O., ed. Paul Cézanne Sketchbook Owned by the Art Institute of Chicago. New York: Curt Valentin, 1951, text p. 30, ill.
Berthold, Gertrude. Cézanne und die alten Meister. Stuttgart: W. Kohlhammer, 1958, pp. 23, 50, cat. no. 71, ill.
Andersen, Wayne V. "Cézanne's Sketchbook in the Art Institute of Chicago." The Burlington Magazine 104, no. 710 (May 1962).
Chappuis, Adrien. The Drawings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1973, no. 571, ill., as After l'Ecorché.
Lewis, Mary Tompkins. "Flayed Figures and Plaster Casts: Cézanne's Ecorchés, their Origins and Progeny." In Cézanne and the past : tradition and creativity [international symposium, Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts, 28 January 2013]. Budapest: Museum of Fine Arts, 2017, fig. 4.
Hauptman, Jodi. "Cézanne's Drawings: A Graphology." In Cézanne's Drawing. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 2021. Exhibition catalogue, p. 19, fig. 4, as After the Écorché.
Anonymous after Michelango (attributed), Écorché, dit de Michel-Ange, 16th century, plaster cast, École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts, Paris. Cezanne had a modern reproduction in his Les Lauves studio.
Photo: Jean-Michel Lapelerie; © École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts
Related work
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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Record last updated June 6, 2019. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "D'après l'Ecorché, 1879–82 (FWN 3006-23b), p. XXIII 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=2240 (accessed on May 1, 2025).
