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 1748
Etude pour "Mardi gras"
c.1888
Alternate titles: Cézannes' Sohn Paul als Harlekin; Etude pour le "Mardi-Gras"; Le fils de l'artiste en arlequin; Studie zu dem Bilde Mardi gras; Studies for Mardi Gras
Chappuis (939); Venturi (1622): c.1888
Graphite on paper
7 15/16 x 10 11/16 in. (20.1 x 27.2 cm)
Exhibition History
Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne, August 30–October 12, 1936, no. 168, as Studie zu dem Bilde Mardi gras, 1888, lent by Robert von Hirsch, Basel.
Palazzo Braschi, Rome, Disegni di Cézanne, February 13–March 30, 1979, no. 151, ill., p. 139.
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Paul Cézanne: The Basel Sketchbooks, March 10–June 5, 1988, listed p. 148, ill. p. 99.
Kunstforum, Vienna, Cézanne: Vollendet unvollendet, January 20–April 25, 2000, no. 12, ill., as Etude pour "Mardi gras", c. 1888, lent by Öffentliche Kunstsammlung, Basel. Traveled to: Kunsthaus, Zürich, May 5–August 13, 2000 (initially planned to end on July 30 the exhibition was extended until August 13).
Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel, Switzerland, The Hidden Cézanne: From Sketchbook to Canvas, June 10–September 24, 2017, no. 80, ill.
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Cézanne Drawing, June 6–September 25, 2021, pl. 120, Kunstmuseum Basel, Kupferstichkabinett.
Published References
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1622, ill. vol. II, as Etude pour le "Mardi-Gras".
Neumeyer, Alfred. Cézanne's Drawings. New York and London: Thomas Yoseloff, 1958, no. 41, ill.
Taillander, Yvon. P. Cézanne. Milan: Antonio Vallardi, 1961, p. 58, ill. 1965 reprint only.
Andersen, Wayne V. Cézanne's Portrait Drawings. Cambridge, MA, London: MIT Press, 1970, no. 175, ill. dated c. 1888.
Chappuis, Adrien. The Drawings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1973, no. 939, ill., as Studies for Mardi Gras.
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne. Geneva: Skira, 1978, p. 122, ill., as Etude pour "Mardi gras", c. 1888.
Barskaya, Anna and Evgenia Georgievskaia. Paul Cézanne: Bilder aus Museen der Sowjetunion. Leningrad: Aurora Art Publishers, 1983, ill. p. 137.
Koepplin, Dieter. Paul Cézanne: Die Basler Zeichnungen. Basel: Kunstmuseum, 1988, no. 66, ill.
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Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Etude pour "Mardi gras", c.1888 (FWN 1748)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=2624 (accessed on May 2, 2025).
