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 3002-02b
Le Fils de l'artiste endormi
c.1886
Alternate title: The artist's son asleep
Chappuis (857); Reff: c.1882 (1989)
Graphite on wove paper, p. 2 verso from the EH I sketchbook
4 9/16 x 7 3/16 in. (11.6 x 18.2 cm)
Provenance
Exhibition History
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Cézanne Drawing, June 6–September 25, 2021, pl. 60, Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Published References
Rewald, John. Cézanne: Carnets de Dessins, 2 vols. Paris: Quatre Chemins-Editart, 1951, C I, p. 2 verso.
Andersen, Wayne V. Cézanne's Portrait Drawings. Cambridge, MA, London: MIT Press, 1970, no. 139, ill. (erroneous page number in sketchbook).
Chappuis, Adrien. The Drawings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1973, no. 857, ill., as The artist's son asleep.
Shoemaker, Innis, and Theodore Reff. Paul Cézanne: Two Sketchbooks. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1989. Exhibition catalogue, p. 34 (Sketchbook I; page 2 verso), ill., as The artist's son asleep, dated c. 1882.
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 February 9, 2021. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Le Fils de l'artiste endormi, c.1886 (FWN 3002-02b), p. 2 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=2535 (accessed on October 23, 2024).
