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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)
Albertina, Vienna (24088r)

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Provenance
Ambroise Vollard, Paris
Simon Meller, Budapest, Paris and Munich
Albertina, Vienna (1924)
Exhibition History
1936 Basel
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.
1937 San Francisco
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.
1961 Vienna
Österreichische Galerie, Belvedere, Vienna, Paul Cézanne, April 14–June 18, 1961, no. 90, c. 1878.
1989 Basel
Kunstmuseum, Basel, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne: Die Badenden, September 10–December 10, 1989, no. 109, pl. 97.
1995–96 Paris and traveling
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.
2000 Vienna and traveling
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).
2012–13 Budapest
Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, Hungary, Cézanne and the Past: Tradition and Creativity, October 25, 2012–February 17, 2013, no. 75, ill.
2017–18 Karlsruhe
Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe, Germany, Cézanne - Metamorphosen, October 28, 2017–February 11, 2018, no. 26, ill.
2021a New York
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Cézanne Drawing, June 6–September 25, 2021, pl. 22, Albertina, Vienna.
Published References
Vollard 1914
Vollard, Ambroise. Paul Cézanne. Paris: Vollard, 1914, p. 37, (c) ill. portrait of Paul jun. only.
Meier-Graefe 1918a
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 1920
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 1922
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 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1242, ill. vol. II (detail), as Tête de Paul Cézanne fils.
Rachlik 1948
Rachlik, Frantisek. Cézanne. Prague, 1948, pl. 3, (c) ill.
Reff 1962a
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 1970
Andersen, Wayne V. Cézanne's Portrait Drawings. Cambridge, MA, London: MIT Press, 1970, no. 131, ill. dated c. 1881–82.
Chappuis 1973
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.
Kendall 1988
Kendall, Richard, ed. Cézanne: By Himself. London: Macdonald, 1988, p. 118, ill.
Cahn 1995c
Cahn, Isabelle. "Cézanne portraitiste." Dossier de l'art (Dijon), no. 25 (September - October 1995), ill. p. 47, c. 1878.
Armstrong 2004
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 2007
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 2017
Eiling, Alexander. "Cézanne's Metamorphoses." In Cézanne Metamorphoses. Munich and Karlsruhe: Prestel and Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, 2017. Exhibition catalogue, fig. 8.
Shiff 2017
Shiff, Richard. "Reanimation." In The Hidden Cézanne: From Sketchbook to Canvas. Basel: Prestel, 2017. Exhibition catalogue, p. 82, fig. 6.

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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 4, 2024).