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 3003-48a
D'après Michel-Ange: l'Esclave rebelle
1881–84
Alternate titles: A Slave - After Michael-Angelo; After Michelangelo: Slave; Copie d'après Michel-Ange; Esclave de Michel-Ange; Esclave, d'après Michel-Ange; Etude d'après un "Esclave" de Michelange
Venturi (1279); Chappuis (590): 1883–86
Graphite on wove paper, p. XLVIII from the CP I sketchbook
4 3/4 x 7 11/16 in. (12 x 19.5 cm)
Provenance
Exhibition History
Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris, Cézanne, May 20–October 11, 1936, no. 162, as Copie d'après Michel-Ange, c. 1892-95, lent by Adrien Chappuis, Paris.
San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, Paul Cézanne: Exhibition of Paintings, Water-colors, Drawings and Prints, September 1–October 4, 1937, no. 60, as Esclave de Michel-Ange, 1879-82, lent by Chappuis.
Wildenstein Galleries, London, Homage to Paul Cézanne, July 1939, no. 84, as A Slave - After Michael-Angelo, c. 1885, lent by A. Chappius.
Pavillon de Vendôme, Aix-en-Provence, France, Exposition Cézanne: Tableaux, Aquarelles, Dessins, July 1–August 15, 1961, no. 59, as Etude d'après un "Esclave" de Michelange, lent by Adrien Chappuis.
National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, Cézanne, March 30–May 19, 1974, no. 106, ill., as Esclave, d'après Michel-Ange, 1883-86, lent by M. and Mme A. Chappuis, Tresserve. Traveled to: Municipal Museum, Kyoto, Japan, June 1–July 17, 1974; Cultural Center, Fukuoka, Japan, July 24–August 18, 1974.
Published References
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1279, ill. vol. II, as "Page XLVIII".
Berthold, Gertrude. Cézanne und die alten Meister. Stuttgart: W. Kohlhammer, 1958, pp. 47, 51, cat. no. 59, fig. 115.
Chappuis, Adrien. The Drawings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1973, no. 590, ill., as After Michelangelo: Slave.
Sutton, Denys. "The Paradoxes of Cézanne." Apollo (London) 100, no. 150 (August 1974), fig. 9 p. 102.
This work is part of a sketchbook:
Sketchbook Chappuis I (CP I), 1871–92 (3003)
Sketchbook Chappuis I (CP I), 1871–92 (3003)
Notation on the back endpaper "LIV x 2" indicating the original number of recto and verso sheets of the sketchbook, which has since been disbanded and dispersed.
The page numbers are written in Roman numerals at the lower right corner of the recto pages.
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. "D'après Michel-Ange: l'Esclave rebelle, 1881–84 (FWN 3003-48a), p. XLVIII from the CP I sketchbook." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=2259 (accessed on November 3, 2024).