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Catalogue entry

FWN 3005-44a
Esquisse de tête
1885–89
Alternate title: Sketch of a head
Chappuis (686)
Graphite on wove paper, p. XLIV from the BS II sketchbook
4 13/16 x 8 1/4 in. (12.2 x 21 cm)

Keywords

Provenance
Paul Cézanne fils, Paris
Paul Guillaume, Paris
Werner Feuz, Bern
Kunstmuseum Basel, Kupferstichkabinett (1935)
Exhibition History
1979 Rome
Palazzo Braschi, Rome, Disegni di Cézanne, February 13–March 30, 1979, no. 135a, ill., p. 126.
2017 Basel
Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel, Switzerland, The Hidden Cézanne: From Sketchbook to Canvas, June 10–September 24, 2017, no. 130, ill.
Published References
Chappuis 1962
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. 145, ill.
Chappuis 1973
Chappuis, Adrien. The Drawings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1973, no. 686, ill, as Sketch of a head.
Notes

Chappuis (1973, p. 186) suggests that the study of a head is from the antique marble Satyre Fould. See supplementary image and FWN 3005-43b from the same sketchbook.

Esquisse de tête, 1885–89 (FWN 3005-44a). Satyre known as 'Satyre Fould', c. 125-150 AD, Musée du Louvre, Ma 318, Paris.
Satyre known as 'Satyre Fould', c. 125-150 AD, Musée du Louvre, Ma 318, Paris.
Photo: © Musée du Louvre (distr. RMN-Grand Palais) / Carine Déambrosis et Daniel Lebée

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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. "Esquisse de tête, 1885–89 (FWN 3005-44a), p. XLIV from the BS II sketchbook." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=2358 (accessed on March 28, 2024).