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)
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© Albertina, Wien
FWN 2276
Etudes et portraits du fils de l'artiste
1877–78
Alternate titles: Feuille d'études avec portraits du fils de l'artiste; Sketchbook Page with Two Studies of Paul Cézanne (Son), a Female Half-Figure Study, a Bather, and a Glass (recto); Skizzenblatt mit zwei Bildnisstudien Paul Cézanne jun., einer halbfigurigen Frauenstudie, einem Badenden und einem Glas; Studienblatt mit 2 Bildnissen des Sohnes; Studies for a Portrait of Cézanne's son; Studies, and portraits of the artist's son; Tête de Paul Cézanne fils
Venturi (1242): 1877–82; Chappuis (713): c.1878
Graphite on paper
9 3/4 x 12 1/8 in. (24.8 x 30.8 cm)
Provenance
Exhibition History
Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne, August 30–October 12, 1936, no. 124, as Studienblatt mit 2 Bildnissen des Sohnes, c. 1880, lent by Albertina, Vienna.
San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, Paul Cézanne: Exhibition of Paintings, Water-colors, Drawings and Prints, September 1–October 4, 1937, no. 61, ill., as Studies for a Portrait of Cézanne's son, 1879-82, lent by Albertina.
Österreichische Galerie, Belvedere, Vienna, Paul Cézanne, April 14–June 18, 1961, no. 90, c. 1878.
Kunstmuseum, Basel, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne: Die Badenden, September 10–December 10, 1989, no. 109, pl. 97.
Grand Palais, Paris, Cézanne, September 26, 1995–January 14, 1996, no. 51, ill. in color, p. 179, as Etudes et portraits du fils de l'artiste, c. 1878, lent by Albertina, Vienna, shown in London only. Traveled to: Tate Gallery, London, February 8–April 28, 1996; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, May 26–September 1, 1996.
Kunstforum, Vienna, Cézanne: Vollendet unvollendet, January 20–April 25, 2000, no. 7, ill., as Feuille d'études avec portraits du fils de l'artiste, c. 1878, lent by Albertina, Vienna. Traveled to: Kunsthaus, Zürich, May 5–August 13, 2000 (initially planned to end on July 30 the exhibition was extended until August 13).
Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, Hungary, Cézanne and the Past: Tradition and Creativity, October 25, 2012–February 17, 2013, no. 75, ill.
Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe, Germany, Cézanne - Metamorphosen, October 28, 2017–February 11, 2018, no. 26, ill.
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Cézanne Drawing, June 6–September 25, 2021, pl. 22, Albertina, Vienna.
Published References
Vollard, Ambroise. Paul Cézanne. Paris: Vollard, 1914, p. 37, (c) ill. portrait of Paul jun. only.
Meier-Graefe, Julius. Cézanne und sein Kreis: ein Beitrag zur Entwicklungsgeschichte: mit 127 Tonätzungen und fünfzehn Heliogravüren. Munich: R. Piper, 1918, ill. p. 26 (detail (tête du petit Paul)).
Levy, Simon. "Lettre sur Cézanne." L'Amour de l'art 1, no. 8 (December 1920), ill. p. 287, (detail (head of Paul Cezanne fils u.l.)).
Meier-Graefe, Julius. Cézanne und sein Kreis: ein Beitrag zur Entwicklungsgeschichte: mit 171 Tonätzungen und einem Lichtdruck. Munich: R. Piper, 1922, ill. p. 26 (detail (tête du petit Paul)).
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1242, ill. vol. II (detail), as Tête de Paul Cézanne fils.
Reff, Theodore. "Cézanne's Bather with Outstretched Arms." Gazette des beaux-arts, vol. 59, periode 6 (March 1962), p. 186 and note 41 p. 190.
Andersen, Wayne V. Cézanne's Portrait Drawings. Cambridge, MA, London: MIT Press, 1970, no. 131, ill. dated c. 1881–82.
Chappuis, Adrien. The Drawings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1973, no. 713, ill., as Studies, and portraits of the artist's son.
Cahn, Isabelle. "Cézanne portraitiste." Dossier de l'art (Dijon), no. 25 (September - October 1995), ill. p. 47, c. 1878.
Armstrong, Carol. Cézanne in the Studio: Still Life in Watercolors. Los Angeles: Getty Publications, 2004. Exhibition catalogue, p. 23, fig. 10, as Sketchbook Page with Two Studies of Paul Cézanne (Son), a Female Half-Figure Study, a Bather, and a Glass (recto), c. 1878.
Ekelhart, Christine. Die französischen Zeichnungen und Aquarelle des 19. und 20. Jahrhunderts der Albertina. Schröder, Klaus Albrecht. Vienna: Böhlau, 2007, no. 27, ill., as Skizzenblatt mit zwei Bildnisstudien Paul Cézanne jun, einer halbfigurigen Frauenstudie, einem Badenden und einem Glas, c. 1878.
Eiling, Alexander. "Cézanne's Metamorphoses." In Cézanne Metamorphoses. Munich and Karlsruhe: Prestel and Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, 2017. Exhibition catalogue, fig. 8.
Shiff, Richard. "Reanimation." In The Hidden Cézanne: From Sketchbook to Canvas. Basel: Prestel, 2017. Exhibition catalogue, p. 82, fig. 6.
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. "Etudes et portraits du fils de l'artiste, 1877–78 (FWN 2276)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=2389 (accessed on May 3, 2025).
