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 3002-02a
Esquisse du fils de l'artiste endormi sur un lit
1885–86
Alternate titles: Sketch of the artist's son asleep on a bed; The Artist's Leg and Bedding; His Son Asleep
Chappuis (855)
Graphite; traces of oil paint on wove paper, p. 2 from the EH I sketchbook
5 x 8 1/2 in. (12.7 x 21.6 cm)
Provenance
Published References
Rewald, John. Cézanne: Carnets de Dessins, 2 vols. Paris: Quatre Chemins-Editart, 1951, C I, p. 2 recto.
Andersen, Wayne V. Cézanne's Portrait Drawings. Cambridge, MA, London: MIT Press, 1970, no. 136, ill.
Chappuis, Adrien. The Drawings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1973, no. 855, ill., as Sketch of the artist's son asleep on a bed, erroneously identified, confused with Chappuis no. 857A.
Shoemaker, Innis, and Theodore Reff. Paul Cézanne: Two Sketchbooks. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1989. Exhibition catalogue, p. 33 (Sketchbook I; page 2 recto), ill., as The Artist's Leg and Bedding; His Son Asleep.
Notes
According to Shoemaker and Reff 1989, this drawing is p. 2 recto from the EH I sketchbook and not page XLV from the Philaldephia II (EH II) sketchbook as stated by Chappuis.
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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current: Esquisse du fils de l'artiste endormi sur un lit, 1885–86 (3002-02a)
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. "Esquisse du fils de l'artiste endormi sur un lit, 1885–86 (FWN 3002-02a), p. 2 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=2533 (accessed on April 27, 2025).
