The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne
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Martin P. Bühler; © Kunstmuseum Basel - Martin P. Bühler
FWN 3011-06a
D'après l'antique: Vieux pêcheur
1884–87
Alternate titles: After the antique: African Fisherman; Pêcheur africain
Chappuis (685); Venturi (1329)
Graphite on wove paper, p. 6 from the BS I sketchbook
5 3/16 x 8 7/16 in. (13.1 x 21.4 cm)
Provenance
Exhibition History
Palazzo Braschi, Rome, Disegni di Cézanne, February 13–March 30, 1979, no. 140, ill., p. 130.
Glyptothek, Munich, Skulpturenzeichnungen, July 19–September 18, 1994, no. 18, ill.
Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel, Switzerland, The Hidden Cézanne: From Sketchbook to Canvas, June 10–September 24, 2017, no. 100, ill.
Published References
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1329, ill. vol. II, as Pêcheur africain, as "Page VI".
Berthold, Gertrude. Cézanne und die alten Meister. Stuttgart: W. Kohlhammer, 1958, p. 52, cat. no. 40, fig. 121.
Chappuis, Adrien. Les dessins de Paul Cézanne au cabinet des estampes du Musée des beaux-arts de Bâle. Olten and Lausanne: Urs Graf, 1962, no. 122, ill.
Chappuis, Adrien. The Drawings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1973, no. 685, ill., as After the antique: African Fisherman.
2nd century AD, Rome, copy of Hellenistic original, Vieux pêcheur, dit Sénèque mourant (African Fisherman), black marble and alabaster, Musée du Louvre, Paris.
This work is part of a sketchbook:
Sketchbook Basel I, 1879–1900 (3011)
Sketchbook Basel I, 1879–1900 (3011)
The sheets in this sketchbook have been detached from the binding. Many have been trimmed so that there are slight variations in size. The "a" side is marked with Arabic numerals at the lower right.
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Record last updated August 27, 2020. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "D'après l'antique: Vieux pêcheur, 1884–87 (FWN 3011-06a), p. 6 from the BS I sketchbook." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=2357 (accessed on May 1, 2025).
