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Catalogue entry

FWN 2154
D'après Michel-Ange: l'Esclave rebelle
1885–88
Alternate titles: "L'esclave" de Michel-Ange au Louvre; After Michelangelo: a slave; Dessin d'après un Esclave de Michel-Ange; Esclave de Michel-Ange; Etude d'après Michel Ange; Slave; Slave after Michelangelo's 'Rebellious Slave'; The rebellious Slave; The Slave (after Michelangelo)
Chappuis (679); Venturi (1443): 1879–82
Graphite on paper
17 3/4 x 11 1/2 in. (45.1 x 29.2 cm)
Detroit Institute of Arts (Bequest of John S. Newberry)

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Provenance
Walther Halvorsen, Oslo, Norway
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris (April 1, 1920)
Galerie Rosengart, Lucerne (May 18, 1929)
Paul Lamb, Cleveland, Ohio (August 24, 1932)
Curt Valentin, New York
John S. Newberry, Grosse Pointe, Michigan (1949);
Detroit Institute of Arts (1965)
Exhibition History
1924a Paris
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Exposition Paul Cézanne (au profit de la caisse du monument Cézanne), March 3–24, 1924.
1937 San Francisco
San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, Paul Cézanne: Exhibition of Paintings, Water-colors, Drawings and Prints, September 1–October 4, 1937, no. 59, ill., as Esclave de Michel-Ange, 1879-82, lent by Paul Lamb.
1949 Detroit
Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Fifty Drawings from the Collection of John S. Newberry, June 1–September 11, 1949, no. 6, ill., p. 9.
1952 Chicago and traveling
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Cézanne: Paintings, Watercolors & Drawings, A Loan Exhibition, February 7–March 16, 1952, no. 34, ill., as The Slave (after Michelangelo), 18979-82, lent by Mr. John S. Newberry, Jr, Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan. Traveled to: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, April 1–May 16, 1952.
1959f New York
Charles E. Slatkin Galleries, New York, French Master Drawings, Renaissance to Modern, 1959, no. 105.
1960 Cambridge, Mass.
Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, French Drawings from the Collection of John S. Newberry, 1960, no. 3.
1961 Vienna
Österreichische Galerie, Belvedere, Vienna, Paul Cézanne, April 14–June 18, 1961, no. 91, c. 1880.
1961 Aix-en-Provence
Pavillon de Vendôme, Aix-en-Provence, France, Exposition Cézanne: Tableaux, Aquarelles, Dessins, July 1–August 15, 1961, no. 45, as "L'esclave" de Michel-Ange au Louvre, 1885-1888, lent by John S. Newberry, Michigan.
1962 Boston
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, [unknown title], 1962, no. 27.
1965 Detroit
Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, The John S. Newberry Collection, 1965, ill., p. 23.
1971 Washington, D.C. and traveling
Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C., Cézanne: An Exhibition in Honor of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Phillips Collection, February 27–March 28, 1971, no. 76, ill. Traveled to: The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, April 17–May 16, 1971; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, June 1–July 3, 1971.
1988a New York
The Drawing Center, New York, Creative Copies: Interpretative Drawings from Michelangelo to Picasso, April 9–July 23, 1988, no. 65, ill., as The rebellious Slave.
2012 Tokyo
National Art Center, Tokyo, Cézanne: Paris-Provence, March 28–May 11, 2012, no. 56, ill.
Published References
Denis 1924
Denis, Maurice. "Le dessin de Cézanne." L'Amour de l'art 5, no. 2 (February 1924), ill. p. 38, as Dessin (Coll. Bernheim-Jeune).
Waldemar-George 1929c
Waldemar-George. Le dessin français de David à Cézanne et l'esprit de la tradition baroque. Paris: Editions chroniques du jour, 1929, pl. LXXXV.
Raynal 1936
Raynal, Maurice. Cézanne. Paris: Editions de Cluny, 1936, pl. CVII p. 142.
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1443, ill. vol. II, as Esclave de Michel-Ange.
Berthold 1958
Berthold, Gertrude. Cézanne und die alten Meister. Stuttgart: W. Kohlhammer, 1958, pp. 47, 50, cat. no. 58, fig. 86 (with a reproduction of a historical postcard of the Salle de Michel-Ange, Musée du Louvre).
Detroit Institute of Arts 1966
"Appendix VI: Accessions, January 1 to December 31, 1965." Bulletin of the Detroit Institute of Arts 45, no. 1 (1966), listed p. 19, as Slave.
Chappuis 1973
Chappuis, Adrien. The Drawings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1973, no. 679, ill., as After Michelangelo: a slave.
Venturi 1978
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne. Geneva: Skira, 1978, p. 130, no. 05, ill. p. 132, as Esclave de Michel-Ange, 1885-88.
Rewald 1986b
Rewald, John. Cézanne: A Biography. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1986, p. 233, ill., as Dessin d'après un Esclave de Michel-Ange, 1885-1888.
Lewis 2012
Lewis, Mary Tompkins. "Cézanne and the Louvre." In Cézanne and the Past: Tradition and Creativity. Budapest: Museum of Fine Arts, 2012. Exhibition catalogue, p. 107, fig. 62, as Slave after Michelangelo's 'Rebellious Slave'.
Dauberville 2020
Dauberville, Guy-Patrice, and Floriane Dauberville. Paul Cezanne chez Bernheim-Jeune. Paris: Editions G-P.F. Dauberville & Archives Bernheim-Jeune, 2020, no. 437, ill., as Etude d'après Michel Ange.
D'après Michel-Ange: l'Esclave rebelle, 1885–88 (FWN 2154). Michelangelo, l'Esclave rebelle, marble, Musée du Louvre, Paris.
Michelangelo, l'Esclave rebelle, marble, Musée du Louvre, Paris.

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Record last updated August 23, 2022. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "D'après Michel-Ange: l'Esclave rebelle, 1885–88 (FWN 2154)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=2351 (accessed on April 19, 2024).