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 3002-08b
Vue des toits de Paris avec Saint-Sulpice
1882
Alternate titles: Saint-Sulpice, vue de Paris; Towers, view over the roof tops
Chappuis (806): 1880–82
Graphite on wove paper, p. 8 verso from the EH I sketchbook
4 9/16 x 7 3/16 in. (11.6 x 18.2 cm)
Provenance
Exhibition History
Musée du Luxembourg, Paris, Cézanne et Paris, October 12, 2011–February 26, 2012, no. 3, ill., p. 19, as Saint-Sulpice, vue de Paris, lent by Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Published References
Rewald, John. Cézanne: Carnets de Dessins, 2 vols. Paris: Quatre Chemins-Editart, 1951, C I, p. 8 verso, pl. 45.
Reff, Theodore. "Cézanne's Drawings, 1875-1885." The Burlington Magazine 101, no. 674 (May 1959), fig. 13.
Chappuis, Adrien. The Drawings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1973, no. 806, ill., as Towers, view over the roof tops.
Shoemaker, Innis, and Theodore Reff. Paul Cézanne: Two Sketchbooks. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1989. Exhibition catalogue, p. 46 (Sketchbook I; page 8 verso), ill. dated 1882.
Coutagne, Denis. "Les 'Paris' de Cézanne." In Cézanne et Paris. Paris: Éditions de la Rmn-Grand Palais, 2011. Exhibition catalogue, p. 19, ill.
Notes
The towers of Saint-Sulpice and Notre-Dame-des-Champs are seen here, seen from Cezanne's studio at 32, rue de l'Ouest (7th floor). See also the front endpaper in this sketchbook (FN3002-00).
This work is part of a sketchbook:
Sketchbook Philadelphia I (EH 1), 1882–90 (3002)
Sketchbook Philadelphia I (EH 1), 1882–90 (3002)
Notation on back endpaper "47 x 2", indicating the number of 47 recto and verso sheets. Some of these sheets have been removed.
The page numbers are written in Arabic numerals at the lower right corner of most of the recto pages in a soft bluish-gray pencil.
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Record last updated September 11, 2020. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Vue des toits de Paris avec Saint-Sulpice, 1882 (FWN 3002-08b), p. 8 verso from the EH I sketchbook." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=2484 (accessed on July 3, 2025).
