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Catalogue entry

FWN 3015-21b
Tête du fils de l'artiste
1888–89
Alternate title: Head of the artist's son
Chappuis (871); Venturi (1306-05)
Graphite on wove paper, p. XXI verso from the CP III sketchbook
6 x 9 5/16 in. (15.2 x 23.7 cm)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. (Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art)

Keywords

Provenance
Paul Cézanne fils, Paris
Paul Guillaume, Paris
Adrien Chappuis, Tresserve
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, Upperville, Va.;
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Published References
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1306-05, as "Page XXI v."
Chappuis 1966
Chappuis, Adrien. Album de Paul Cézanne. Paris: Berggruen, 1966, vol. 1, p. 49, ill. vol. 2, 1886-89.
Andersen 1970
Andersen, Wayne V. Cézanne's Portrait Drawings. Cambridge, MA, London: MIT Press, 1970, no. 183, ill. (detail), dated c. 1892–96.
Chappuis 1973
Chappuis, Adrien. The Drawings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1973, no. 871, ill., as Head of the artist's son.
Record last updated September 16, 2020. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Tête du fils de l'artiste, 1888–89 (FWN 3015-21b), p. XXI verso 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=2551 (accessed on May 1, 2025).