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 1733
Autoportrait
c.1880
Alternate titles: Portrait de l'artiste; Portrait de l'artiste par lui-même; Portrait of the Artist; Self-portrait; Zelfportret
Chappuis (612)
Graphite on laid paper
13 7/16 x 11 3/16 in. (34.1 x 28.4 cm)
Provenance
Exhibition History
Philadelphia Museum of Arts, Philadelphia, Diamond Jubilee Exhibition, Masterpieces of Drawing, November 4, 1950–February 11, 1951, no. 103, ill.
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Cézanne: Paintings, Watercolors & Drawings, A Loan Exhibition, February 7–March 16, 1952, no. 40, ill., as Self-portrait, c. 1885, lent by Mr. Walter C. Baker, New York. Traveled to: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, April 1–May 16, 1952.
Pavillon de Vendôme, Aix-en-Provence, France, Exposition pour commémorer le cinquantenaire de la mort de Cézanne, July 21–August 15, 1956, no. 88, ill. lent by Walter Baker.
Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris, De Clouet a Matisse: dessins français des collection américaines, 1958–59, no. 150, pl. 168, as Portrait de l'artiste par lui-même, c. 1878-1880, lent by Walter Cummings Baker, New York.
Museum Boymans, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, Van Clouet tot Matisse: tentoonstelling van franse tekeningen uit amerikaanse collecties, July 31–September 28, 1958, no. 150, pl. 153, as Zelfportret. Traveled to: Musee de l'Orangerie, Paris, October 1958–January 1959; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, February 3–March 15, 1959.
Wildenstein Galleries, New York, Loan Exhibition: Cézanne, November 5–December 5, 1959, no. 64, as Portrait de l'artiste, lent by Walter C. Baker.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, French Drawings from American Collections: Clouet to Matisse, February 3–March 15, 1959, no. 150, pl. 153, as Portrait of the Artist.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, The Walter C. Baker Collection of Drawings, June 2–September 4, 1960, p. 16, listed.
Cabinet des Dessins, Musee du Louvre, Paris, Dessins francais du Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, de David à Picasso, October 25, 1973–January 7, 1974, no. 8, pl. 68, as Portrait de l'artiste par lui-même.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Nineteenth Century French Drawings and Prints, June 23–August 23, 1981.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, French Drawings Recently Acquired, 1975-1984, November 27, 1984–February 10, 1985.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Watercolors and Drawings by Paul Cézanne, September 6–November 6, 1988.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Drawings and Prints: Selections from the Permanent Collection, July 29–October 21, 1996.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Paul Cézanne: Drawings and Watercolors from the Metropolitan Museum's Collection, November 18, 2014–March 15, 2015.
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Cézanne Drawing, June 6–September 25, 2021, pl. 27, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Published References
Rewald, John. "Paul Cézanne: New Documents for the Years 1870–71." The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs 74, no. 433 (April 1939), ill. p. 167, as an unpublished portrait of the artist.
Rewald, John. Cézanne, sa vie, son œuvre, son amitié pour Zola. Paris: Albin Michel, 1939, fig. 31, ill.
Bouchot-Saupique, Jacqueline (preface). Art et Style. 47, Les dessins français dans les collections américaines: de Clouet à Matisse. Paris, 3rd trimester 1958, ill. in b/w (n.p.), as Portrait de l'artiste, c. 1878-80.
Liberman, Alexander. The Artist in His Studio. New York: Viking Press, 1960, no. 3, ill.
Virch, Claus. Master Drawings in the Collection of Walter C. Baker. New York, no. 106, p. 59, ill.
Andersen, Wayne V. Cézanne's Portrait Drawings. Cambridge, MA, London: MIT Press, 1970, no. 16, ill.
Chappuis, Adrien. The Drawings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1973, no. 612, ill., as Self-portrait.
Fryszman, Jacques. "French Drawings from the Metropolitan Museum at the Louvre." The Burlington Magazine 115 , no. 849 (December 1973), p. 836, 837.
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne. Geneva: Skira, 1978, p. 68, no. 13, ill. p. 75, as Autoportrait, c. 1880.
Platzman, Steven. Cézanne: The Self-Portraits. Berkeley: University of California, 2001, p. 203, no. 14, ill.
Feilchenfeldt, Walter. "Die Zeichnungen Cézannes: Kleine Formate: Skizzen. Grosse Formate: Aquarelle ohne Farbe." In "By Appointment Only": Schriften zu Kunst und Kunsthandel, Cézanne und Van Gogh. Wädenswil: Nimbus, 2005, p. 225, ill.
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: The Eye and the Mind, 2 vols. Marseille: Editions Crès, 2008, vol. 1, fig. 190; vol. 2, p. 130, as Self-portrait.
Prat, Louis-Antoine. Le Dessin français au XIXe siècle. Paris: Somogy Editions d'Art, 2011, p. 607, no. 1451, ill. in color, as Autoportrait, 1880.
Kropmanns, Peter. "A Trophy of Conquering Love: Cézanne and Poussin." In Cézanne and the Past: Tradition and Creativity. Budapest: Museum of Fine Arts, 2012. Exhibition catalogue, p. 69, fig. 34, as Self-portrait.
Lloyd, Christopher. Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Drawings. New York: Thames & Hudson Inc., 2019, p. 86, ill., as Self-portrait.
Record last updated August 13, 2019. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Autoportrait, c.1880 (FWN 1733)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=2281 (accessed on May 2, 2025).
