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 2251
Feuille d'études
1873–75
Alternate titles: Heads of Hortense Fiquet and Paul Cézanne fils, with clock and spoon; Köpfe; Page of studies; Studies of a Child's Head, a Woman's Head, a Spoon and a Longcase Clock; Study of Heads
Chappuis (692); Venturi (1222): 1872–73
Graphite and black crayon on paper
9 3/8 x 12 3/8 in. (23.8 x 31.4 cm)
Provenance
Exhibition History
Galerie Flechtheim, Berlin, Cézanne, Aquarelle und Zeichnungen; Bronzen von Edgar Degas, May 19–June 16, 1927, no. 45, as Köpfe, for sale.
Galerie Flechtheim, Berlin, Seit Cézanne in Paris, November 23–December 24, 1929, no. 31. Traveled to: Galerie Flechtheim, Düsseldorf, Germany, January 12 – end February 1930.
Paul Cassirer Ltd, London, Paul Cézanne – Water Colours, July 1939, no. 1, as Study of Heads, dated 1872–73, lent by Private collection.
Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, Watercolour and Pencil Drawings by Cézanne, September 19–November 4, 1973, no. 18, ill. in b/w, catalogue note: p. 153, as Heads of Hortense Fiquet and Paul Cézanne fils, with clock and spoon, lent by the Visitors of the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. Traveled to: Hayward Gallery, London, November 13–December 30, 1973.
National Gallery, London, Cézanne in Britain, October 4, 2006–January 7, 2007, no. 12, ill., as Studies of a Child's Head, a Woman's Head, a Spoon and a Longcase Clock, 1872.
Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, Hungary, Cézanne and the Past: Tradition and Creativity, October 25, 2012–February 17, 2013, no. 43, ill.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Madame Cézanne, November 19, 2014–March 15, 2015, n.n., pl. 30, as Studies of a Child's Head, a Woman's Head, a Spoon and a Longcase Clock, lent by Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology.
Published References
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1222, ill. vol. II, as Feuille d'études.
Buren, Anne H. van. "Madame Cézanne's Fashions and the Dates of Her Portraits." Art Quarterly 29, no. 2 (1966), p. 120.
Andersen, Wayne V. Cézanne's Portrait Drawings. Cambridge, MA, London: MIT Press, 1970, nos. 30 and 93, ill.
Chappuis, Adrien. The Drawings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1973, no. 692, ill., as Page of studies.
Whiteley, J.J.L. Catalogue of the Collection of Drawings in the Ashmolean Museum, Vol. VII, French. School. Oxford, 2000, p. 986.
Armstrong, Carol. Cézanne's Gravity. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2018, fig. 82, c. 1872-73.
Record last updated November 9, 2020. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Feuille d'études, 1873–75 (FWN 2251)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=2365 (accessed on May 3, 2025).
