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 2300
Meuble en bâtons de chaise et portrait du fils
1880–81
Alternate titles: Meuble en bâtons de chaise, portrait du fils; Piece of furniture made of chair rungs and uprights, and portrait of the artist's son; Portrait du petit Paul
Chappuis (823); Venturi (1590): 1882–85
Graphite on laid paper
Watermark: MICHALLET
12 5/16 x 18 5/8 in. (31.3 x 47.3 cm)
Exhibition History
National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, Cézanne, March 30–May 19, 1974, no. 103, ill., as Meuble en bâtons de chaise, portrait du fils, 1880-81, 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. 50a, ill., p. 59.
Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel, Switzerland, The Hidden Cézanne: From Sketchbook to Canvas, June 10–September 24, 2017, no. 164, ill.
Szépmüvészeti Múzeum, Budapest, Hungary, Cezanne to Malevich, Arcadia to Abstraction, October 28, 2021–February 13, 2022, no. 30b, ill.
Published References
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1590, ill. vol. II, as Portrait du petit Paul.
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. 101, ill. (in reverse).
Andersen, Wayne V. Cézanne's Portrait Drawings. Cambridge, MA, London: MIT Press, 1970, no. 148, ill. dated c. 1883.
Chappuis, Adrien. The Drawings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1973, no. 823, ill., as Piece of furniture made of chair rungs and uprights, and portrait of the artist's son.
Friedman, Samantha. "Condensation: Cézanne's Study Sheets." In Cézanne Drawing. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 2021. Exhibition catalogue, p. 25, fig. 9.
Record last updated September 14, 2020. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Meuble en bâtons de chaise et portrait du fils, 1880–81 (FWN 2300)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=2501 (accessed on May 2, 2025).
