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 2288
Etudes d'après madame Cezanne
1878–80
Alternate titles: Bildnisstudien (Frau Cézanne); Etudes d'après madame Cézanne; Head of Mme Cézanne, head of a woman asleep; Mme Cézanne; Tête de Madame Cezanne, tête d'une femme endormie; Tête de Mme Cézanne
Chappuis (711); Venturi (1477): 1886–90
Graphite on paper
9 13/16 x 12 5/8 in. (25 x 32 cm)
Private collection, New York
Provenance
Exhibition History
Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne, August 30–October 12, 1936, no. 159, as Bildnisstudien (Frau Cézanne), c. 1880, lent by Kenneth Clark, London.
Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, Watercolour and Pencil Drawings by Cézanne, September 19–November 4, 1973, no. 33 verso [sic], ill. in b/w, as Head of Mme Cézanne, head of a woman asleep, lent by Private collection. Traveled to: Hayward Gallery, London, November 13–December 30, 1973.
Published References
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, vol. I, p. 348, listed; as verso of no. 1477 (Collection Clark)
Venturi must have referred to this drawing forgetting that he had already cited it as the verso of no. 1477.
Neubauer, Erika and Demus, Klaus. Exposition Cézanne: tableaux - aquarelles - dessins. Preface by Fritz Novotny. Aix-en-Provence: Ville d'Aix-en-Provence, 1961. Exhibition catalogue, p. 28, cat. no. 43 verso, as Mme Cézanne.
Andersen, Wayne V. Cézanne's Portrait Drawings. Cambridge, MA, London: MIT Press, 1970, no. 62, ill.
Chappuis, Adrien. The Drawings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1973, no. 711, ill., as Head of Mme Cézanne, head of a woman asleep.
Record last updated November 25, 2024. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Etudes d'après madame Cezanne, 1878–80 (FWN 2288)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=2387 (accessed on May 3, 2025).
