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 2256
Feuille d'études dont une de madame Cezanne
c.1874–76
Alternate titles: Head of Mme Cézanne; Hortense Fiquet; Hortense Fiquet, la femme de l'artiste; Page of studies, including one of Madame Cézanne; Portrait of Madame Cézanne, on a sheet with a sketch of a lady's waist and bustle; Porträt von Madame Cézanne; Skizzenblatt mit Bildnis Madame Cézanne
Chappuis (696): 1873–76
Graphite on wove paper, on a page removed from a book or fascicle marked Vol. II 79
10 7/16 x 7 7/8 in. (26.5 x 20 cm)
Private Collection, on loan to Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Nationalgalerie, Museum Berggruen
Provenance
Exhibition History
Fine Arts Associates [Otto Gerson], New York, Cézanne: Rarely Shown Works, November 10–29, 1952, [D] 6, ill.
Kunsthalle, Tübingen, Germany, Paul Cézanne - Das zeichnerische Werk, October 21–December 31, 1978, no. 42, ill. p. 137, as Skizzenblatt mit Bildnis Madame Cézanne, 1876-1878, lent by Private collection, Paris.
Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Geneva, Collection Berggruen, June 16–October 30, 1988, no. 2, ill.
Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern, Zeichnen ist Sehen. Meisterwerke von Ingres bis Cézanne aus dem Museum der Bildenden Künste in Budapest und aus Schweizer Sammlungen, March 29–June 2, 1996, no. 89, ill., as Porträt von Madame Cézanne, 1875-1877, lent by Private collection. Traveled to: Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany, July 5–September 8, 1996.
Nationalgalerie Berlin, Berlin, Cézanne in Berlin. 28 Werke aus den Staatlichen Museen und aus Privatbesitz, October 6, 2000–January 14, 2001, no. 6, ill.
Kunsthaus, Zurich, Hommage à Cézanne, November 30, 2006–February 11, 2007, no no., as Hortense Fiquet, la femme de l'artiste, c. 1874, lent by Berggruen Collection Ltd.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Madame Cézanne, November 19, 2014–March 15, 2015, n.n., pl. 34, as Page of studies, including one of Madame Cézanne, lent by Private collection.
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Cézanne Drawing, June 6–September 25, 2021, pl. 62, Museum Berggruen.
Published References
Neumeyer, Alfred. Cézanne's Drawings. New York and London: Thomas Yoseloff, 1958, no. 35, ill.
Andersen, Wayne V. Cézanne's Portrait Drawings. Cambridge, MA, London: MIT Press, 1970, no. 68, ill., as Portrait of Madame Cézanne, on a sheet with a sketch of a lady's waist and bustle.
Chappuis, Adrien. The Drawings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1973, no. 696, ill., as Page of studies, including one of Madame Cézanne.
Schubert, Karsten. "Cézanne, Chappuis and the Limits of Connoisseurship." The Burlington Magazine 148, no. 1242 (September 2006), fig. 40, as Head of Mme Cézanne.
Record last updated September 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 dont une de madame Cezanne, c.1874–76 (FWN 2256), on a page removed from a book or fascicle marked Vol. II 79." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=2369 (accessed on May 3, 2025).
