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 3015-03a
Le fils de l'artiste accoudé
c.1887
Alternate titles: Enfant qui lit; The artist's son leaning on his elbow
Chappuis (866)
Graphite on wove paper, p. III from the CP III sketchbook
6 x 9 5/16 in. (15.2 x 23.7 cm)
Provenance
Published References
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1301-01, as "Page III".
Chappuis, Adrien. Album de Paul Cézanne. Paris: Berggruen, 1966, vol. 1, p. 19, ill. vol. 2, 1885-90.
Andersen, Wayne V. Cézanne's Portrait Drawings. Cambridge, MA, London: MIT Press, 1970, no. 176, ill. dated c. 1892–94.
Chappuis, Adrien. The Drawings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1973, no. 866, ill., as The artist's son leaning on his elbow.
This work is part of a sketchbook:
Sketchbook Washington, c.1877–1900 (3015)
Sketchbook Washington, c.1877–1900 (3015)
This sketchbook is bound and the page numbers are written in Roman numerals on the "a" (recto) side of the sheet at bottom right. The notation "LIIIIx2" on the inside back cover indicates that the sketchbook originally contained fifty-four sheets. However, pages XLI to XLVIII have since been removed.
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Record last updated December 10, 2018. 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 accoudé, c.1887 (FWN 3015-03a), p. III from the CP III sketchbook." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=2546 (accessed on May 1, 2025).
