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Catalogue entry

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

Keywords

Provenance
Kenneth Clark, London;
Private collection;
Sotheby's, London, Feb. 4, 2015, no. 145, ill.
Private collection, New York
Private collection (gift from the above, 2016)
Exhibition History
1952 Chicago and traveling
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.
2014 London
Tate, London, Kenneth Clark Looking for Civilisation, May 19–August 10, 2014, no. 44, lent by Private collection.
Published References
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1244, ill. vol. II, as Cezanne fils dormant.
Murphy 1968
Murphy, Richard W. The World of Cézanne, 1839–1906. New York: Time-Life Books, 1968, p. 118, ill.
Andersen 1970
Andersen, Wayne V. Cézanne's Portrait Drawings. Cambridge, MA, London: MIT Press, 1970, no. 130, ill. dated 1880–81.
Chappuis 1973
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 1978
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne. Geneva: Skira, 1978, p. 68, no. 03, ill. p. 69, as Portrait de Paul dormant, c. 1877.
Bonafoux 1995
Bonafoux, Pascal. Cézanne: portrait. Paris: Editions Hazan, 1995, p. 32, ill.
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 April 28, 2024).