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Catalogue entry

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)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. (Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art)

Keywords

Provenance
Paul Cézanne fils, Paris
Paul Guillaume, Paris
Adrien Chappuis, Tresserve
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, Upperville, Va.;
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Published References
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1309-16, as "Page XXXIV v."
Berthold 1958
Berthold, Gertrude. Cézanne und die alten Meister. Stuttgart: W. Kohlhammer, 1958, cat. no. 271, suggests Caravaggio's Narcissus as possible model.
Chappuis 1966
Chappuis, Adrien. Album de Paul Cézanne. Paris: Berggruen, 1966, vol. 1, p. 74, ill. vol. 2, 1883-86.
Andersen 1970
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 1973
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.
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).