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 1723
Cezanne fils dormant
c.1877
Alternate titles: Cézanne's Son Sleeping; Head of a child asleep: the artist's son; Portrait de Paul dormant
Chappuis (701); Venturi (1244): c.1880
Graphite on laid paper
6 5/16 x 9 1/4 in. (16 x 23.5 cm)
Private collection
Provenance
Private collection;
Private collection, New York
Private collection (gift from the above, 2016)
Exhibition History
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Cézanne: Paintings, Watercolors & Drawings, A Loan Exhibition, February 7–March 16, 1952, no. 41, ill., as Cézanne's Son Sleeping, c.1880, lent by Sir Kenneth Clark, London. Traveled to: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, April 1–May 16, 1952.
Tate, London, Kenneth Clark Looking for Civilisation, May 19–August 10, 2014, no. 44, lent by Private collection.
Published References
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1244, ill. vol. II, as Cezanne fils dormant.
Murphy, Richard W. The World of Cézanne, 1839–1906. New York: Time-Life Books, 1968, p. 118, ill.
Andersen, Wayne V. Cézanne's Portrait Drawings. Cambridge, MA, London: MIT Press, 1970, no. 130, ill. dated 1880–81.
Chappuis, Adrien. The Drawings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1973, no. 701, ill., as Head of a child asleep: the artist's son.
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne. Geneva: Skira, 1978, p. 68, no. 03, ill. p. 69, as Portrait de Paul dormant, c. 1877.
Record last updated August 28, 2020. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Cezanne fils dormant, c.1877 (FWN 1723)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=2375 (accessed on May 1, 2025).
