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 3008-34b
Louis-Auguste Cezanne lisant et cheminée
1883–86
Alternate titles: Page of studies; The Artist's Father Writing (and study of a mantlepiece)
Venturi (1290-07); Chappuis (662): 1883–86
Graphite on wove paper, p. XXXIV verso from the CP II sketchbook
4 7/8 x 8 1/2 in. (12.4 x 21.5 cm)
Private collection
Provenance
Exhibition History
Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel, Switzerland, The Hidden Cézanne: From Sketchbook to Canvas, June 10–September 24, 2017, no. 163, ill.
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Cézanne Drawing, June 6–September 25, 2021.
Published References
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1290-07, as "Page XXXIV v."
Andersen, Wayne V. Cézanne's Portrait Drawings. Cambridge, MA, London: MIT Press, 1970, no. 205, ill.
Rewald, John. "Cézanne and His Father." Studies in the History of Art 4 (1971-1972), fig.12, as The Artist's Father Writing (and study of a mantlepiece).
Chappuis, Adrien. The Drawings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1973, no. 662, ill., as Page of studies.
Eiling, Alexander. "Cézanne's Metamorphoses." In Cézanne Metamorphoses. Munich and Karlsruhe: Prestel and Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, 2017. Exhibition catalogue, fig. 10.
Notes
The torn page attached to this sheet belongs to another (now missing) page from the same signature.
This work is part of a sketchbook:
Sketchbook Chappuis II (CP II), 1871–98 (3008)
Sketchbook Chappuis II (CP II), 1871–98 (3008)
The sketchbook originally contained 50 sheets; the pages are numbered on the "a" side at lower right in Roman numerals.
At the time of Chappuis' purchase from Paul Guillaume, the sketchbook was incomplete and a number of pages already dispersed and are still missing.
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Record last updated November 10, 2023. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Louis-Auguste Cezanne lisant et cheminée, 1883–86 (FWN 3008-34b), p. XXXIV verso from the CP II sketchbook." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=2333&sketchbook=3008 (accessed on May 1, 2025).
