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Catalogue entry

© The Pierpont Morgan Library, New York
FWN 3009-31b
Figure d'ornement d'une pendule
1879–82
Alternate title: Figure ornamenting a clock
Chappuis (580)
Graphite on wove paper, p. 31 verso from the LB sketchbook
4 15/16 x 8 9/16 in. (12.6 x 21.7 cm)

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Provenance
Paul Cézanne fils, Paris
Maurice Renou, Paris
Jean Poyet, Lyon
Maurice Renou, Paris
Sam Salz, New York
Mr. and Mrs. Leigh Block, Chicago
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene V. Thaw, New York;
The Morgan Library & Museum, New York
Published References
Rewald 1951
Rewald, John. Cézanne: Carnets de Dessins, 2 vols. Paris: Quatre Chemins-Editart, 1951, C V, p. XXXII verso, pl. 134.
Berthold 1958
Berthold, Gertrude. Cézanne und die alten Meister. Stuttgart: W. Kohlhammer, 1958, cat. no. 326, ill.
Reff 1960c
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. 326, proposes a Louis XVI clock, probably by Gille l'Ainée as the model.
Chappuis 1973
Chappuis, Adrien. The Drawings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1973, no. 580, ill., as Figure ornamenting a clock.
Rewald 1982
Rewald, John. Paul Cezanne Sketchbook, 1875–1885. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich (Johnson Reprint Corporation), 1982, listed p. 18, [p.] 31 verso.
Notes

The figure on this clock has been drawn on a number of occasions and dated as early as 1876 and as late as 1884. According to Chappuis is is after a Charles X style clock.  It may have been owned by Emile Zola, as many of his effects are represented in this sketchbook.

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Record last updated August 20, 2020. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Figure d'ornement d'une pendule, 1879–82 (FWN 3009-31b), p. 31 verso from the LB sketchbook." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=2249 (accessed on March 28, 2024).