The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne
An Online Catalogue Raisonné under the Direction of Société Paul Cezanne
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© 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)
Provenance
Published References
Rewald, John. Cézanne: Carnets de Dessins, 2 vols. Paris: Quatre Chemins-Editart, 1951, C V, p. XXXII verso, pl. 134.
Berthold, Gertrude. Cézanne und die alten Meister. Stuttgart: W. Kohlhammer, 1958, cat. no. 326, ill.
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, 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, 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.
Related work
This work is part of a sketchbook:
Sketchbook New York, 1875–85 (3009)
Sketchbook New York, 1875–85 (3009)
The sketchbook is currently bound and originally contained 50 sheets as indicated by the annotation "Lx2" on the inside back cover. The pages were assigned Arabic numerals on the "a" side of the sheet at top right. Pages 17-20 are on tinted paper and blank.
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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&sketchbook=3009 (accessed on May 1, 2025).
