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 3015-34b
Homme à grande tête
1883–86
Alternate title: Man with a large head
Chappuis (640); Venturi (1309-16)
Graphite on wove paper, p. XXXIIII verso from the CP III sketchbook
6 x 9 5/16 in. (15.2 x 23.7 cm)
Provenance
Published References
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1309-16, as "Page XXXIV v."
Berthold, Gertrude. Cézanne und die alten Meister. Stuttgart: W. Kohlhammer, 1958, cat. no. 271, suggests Caravaggio's Narcissus as possible model.
Chappuis, Adrien. Album de Paul Cézanne. Paris: Berggruen, 1966, vol. 1, p. 74, ill. vol. 2, 1883-86.
Andersen, Wayne V. Cézanne's Portrait Drawings. Cambridge, MA, London: MIT Press, 1970, no. 189, ill. (detail), dated c. 1894–96 (the artist's son).
Chappuis, Adrien. The Drawings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1973, no. 640, ill., as Man with a large head.
This work is part of a sketchbook:
Sketchbook Washington, c.1877–1900 (3015)
Sketchbook Washington, c.1877–1900 (3015)
This sketchbook is bound and the page numbers are written in Roman numerals on the "a" (recto) side of the sheet at bottom right. The notation "LIIIIx2" on the inside back cover indicates that the sketchbook originally contained fifty-four sheets. However, pages XLI to XLVIII have since been removed.
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Record last updated August 26, 2020. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Homme à grande tête, 1883–86 (FWN 3015-34b), p. XXXIIII verso from the CP III sketchbook." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=2311 (accessed on May 1, 2025).
