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Catalogue entry

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)
Philadelphia Museum of Art (Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Walter H. Annenberg)

Keywords

Provenance
Paul Cézanne fils, Paris
Maurice Renou, Paris
Jean Poyet, Lyon
Maurice Renou, Paris
Sam Salz, New York
Enid Haupt, New York
Mr. and Mrs. Walter H. Annenberg, Palm Springs;
Philadelphia Museum of Art (1987)
Published References
Rewald 1951
Rewald, John. Cézanne: Carnets de Dessins, 2 vols. Paris: Quatre Chemins-Editart, 1951, C I, p. 2 recto.
Andersen 1970
Andersen, Wayne V. Cézanne's Portrait Drawings. Cambridge, MA, London: MIT Press, 1970, no. 136, ill.
Chappuis 1973
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 and Reff 1989
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.

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, 2024).