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 2290-TA
Le jeune Paul dormant
1878–80
Alternate titles: Études d'après le petit Paul; Portrait de Paul dormant; Skizzenblatt mit Bildnisstudien des schlafenden Paul; The young Paul, asleep
Chappuis (710); Venturi (1471): 1878–82
Graphite on wove paper
14 x 19 3/8 in. (35.6 x 49.2 cm)
Private collection
Provenance
Exhibition History
Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, Watercolour and Pencil Drawings by Cézanne, September 19–November 4, 1973, no. 31, ill. in b/w, catalogue note: p. 156, as The young Paul, asleep, lent by Private collection. Traveled to: Hayward Gallery, London, November 13–December 30, 1973.
Kunsthalle, Tübingen, Germany, Paul Cézanne - Das zeichnerische Werk, October 21–December 31, 1978, no. 39, ill., ill. p. 134, as Skizzenblatt mit Bildnisstudien des schlafenden Paul, 1877-1879, lent by Kenneth Clark, London.
Tate, London, Kenneth Clark Looking for Civilisation, May 19–August 10, 2014, no. 43, p. 47, pl. 18, lent by Private collection.
Published References
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1471, ill. vol. II, as Études d'après le petit Paul.
Andersen, Wayne V. Cézanne's Portrait Drawings. Cambridge, MA, London: MIT Press, 1970, no. 144, ill. dated c. 1882–83.
Chappuis, Adrien. The Drawings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1973, no. 710, ill., as The young Paul, asleep.
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne. Geneva: Skira, 1978, p. 68, no. 06, ill. p. 71, as Portrait de Paul dormant, 1878-80.
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. "Le jeune Paul dormant, 1878–80 (FWN 2290-TA)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=2386 (accessed on May 3, 2025).
