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 3010-47a
Tête et épaules du fils de l'artiste
1886–87
Alternate titles: Head and shoulders of the artist's son; The Artist's Son
Chappuis (860)
Graphite on wove paper, p. XLVII from the EH II sketchbook (fragment)
5 x 6 3/8 in. (12.7 x 16.2 cm)
Provenance
Published References
Rewald, John. Cézanne: Carnets de Dessins, 2 vols. Paris: Quatre Chemins-Editart, 1951, C IV, p. XLVII.
Andersen, Wayne V. Cézanne's Portrait Drawings. Cambridge, MA, London: MIT Press, 1970, no. 188 bis (confused with no. 143), ill. dated c. 1894–96.
Cooper, Douglas. "The Chronology of Cézanne." Times Literary Supplement, April 4, 1972, p. 414.
Chappuis, Adrien. The Drawings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1973, no. 860, ill., as Head and shoulders of the artist's son.
Shoemaker, Innis, and Theodore Reff. Paul Cézanne: Two Sketchbooks. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1989. Exhibition catalogue, p. 227 (Sketchbook II; page XLVII recto), ill., as The Artist's Son, dated 1886–87 (Cézanne fils would be about 14 or 15 years old).
This work is part of a sketchbook:
Sketchbook Philadelphia II, 1872–95 (3010)
Sketchbook Philadelphia II, 1872–95 (3010)
The front and back covers are of linen-covered board. Notation on back endpaper "LII x 2", indicating 52 recto and verso sheets. The pages are numbered in Roman numerals at the lower right corner of the recto ("a") in a soft blue-gray pencil. The sketchbook is unbound.
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current: Tête et épaules du fils de l'artiste, 1886–87 (3010-47a)
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. "Tête et épaules du fils de l'artiste, 1886–87 (FWN 3010-47a), p. XLVII from the EH II sketchbook (fragment)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=2539 (accessed on March 28, 2025).
