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)
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© The Pierpont Morgan Library, New York
FWN 3009-26b
Personnage lisant
1883–86
Alternate title: Figure reading
Chappuis (663)
Graphite on gray wove paper, p. 26 verso from the LB sketchbook
4 15/16 x 8 9/16 in. (12.6 x 21.7 cm)
Provenance
Published References
Rewald, John. Cézanne: Carnets de Dessins, 2 vols. Paris: Quatre Chemins-Editart, 1951, C V, p. XXVII verso, pl. 33.
Chappuis, Adrien. The Drawings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1973, no. 663, ill., as Figure reading.
Rewald, John. Paul Cezanne Sketchbook, 1875–1885. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich (Johnson Reprint Corporation), 1982, listed p. 17, [p.] 26 verso.
Shelley, Marjorie. "Cézanne as Draftsman." In Madame Cézanne. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2014. Exhibition catalogue, fig. 51.
This work is part of a sketchbook:
Sketchbook New York, 1875–85 (3009)
Sketchbook New York, 1875–85 (3009)
The sketchbook is currently bound and originally contained 50 sheets as indicated by the annotation "Lx2" on the inside back cover. The pages were assigned Arabic numerals on the "a" side of the sheet at top right. Pages 17-20 are on tinted paper and blank.
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current: Personnage lisant, 1883–86 (3009-26b)
Record last updated December 9, 2018. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Personnage lisant, 1883–86 (FWN 3009-26b), on gray wove paper, p. 26 verso from the LB sketchbook." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=2335 (accessed on May 1, 2025).
