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 1737
Tête de garçon endormi
c.1880
Alternate titles: Head of a boy asleep; Tête de garçon qui dort
Chappuis (735)
Graphite and wash on laid paper
watermark: HALLINES (crowned with a fleur-de-lis)
8 7/8 x 7 13/16 in. (22.5 x 19.8 cm)
Exhibition History
National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, Cézanne, March 30–May 19, 1974, no. 101, ill., as Tête de garçon qui dort, c. 1880, lent by Kupferstichkabinett Basel. Traveled to: Municipal Museum, Kyoto, Japan, June 1–July 17, 1974; Cultural Center, Fukuoka, Japan, July 24–August 18, 1974.
Palazzo Braschi, Rome, Disegni di Cézanne, February 13–March 30, 1979, no. 47a, ill., p. 56.
Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel, Switzerland, The Hidden Cézanne: From Sketchbook to Canvas, June 10–September 24, 2017, no. 71, ill.
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Cézanne Drawing, June 6–September 25, 2021, pl. 58, Kunstmuseum Basel, Kupferstichkabinett.
Published References
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, vol. I, p. 352, listed (Museum Basel).
Chappuis, Adrien. Les dessins de Paul Cézanne au cabinet des estampes du Musée des beaux-arts de Bâle. Olten and Lausanne: Urs Graf, 1962, no. 100, ill. dated circa 1882.
Cooper, Douglas. "Untitled." Review of Les dessins de Paul Cézanne au cabinet des estampes du Musée des beaux-arts de Bâle, by Adrien Chappuis. Master Drawings, vol. 1, no. 4 (Winter 1963), p. 56.
Andersen, Wayne V. Cézanne's Portrait Drawings. Cambridge, MA, London: MIT Press, 1970, no. 151, ill.
Chappuis, Adrien. The Drawings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1973, no. 735, ill., as Head of a boy asleep.
Record last updated September 8, 2020. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Tête de garçon endormi, c.1880 (FWN 1737)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=2411 (accessed on May 2, 2025).