Catalogue entry

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)

Kunstmuseum Basel, Kupferstichkabinett

Keywords

People
Family:
- Cezanne fils »
Figure compositions
Historical and Allegorical:
- Harlequin / arlequin »

Provenance

Robert von Hirsch, Frankfurt and Basel

Kunstmuseum Basel, Kupferstichkabinett (1977)

Exhibition History

1936 Basel

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.

1979 Rome

Palazzo Braschi, Rome, Disegni di Cézanne, February 13–March 30, 1979, no. 151, ill., p. 139.

1988d New York

The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Paul Cézanne: The Basel Sketchbooks, March 10–June 5, 1988, listed p. 148, ill. p. 99.

2000 Vienna and traveling

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).

2017 Basel

Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel, Switzerland, The Hidden Cézanne: From Sketchbook to Canvas, June 10–September 24, 2017, no. 80, ill.

2021a New York

Museum of Modern Art, New York, Cézanne Drawing, June 6–September 25, 2021, pl. 120, Kunstmuseum Basel, Kupferstichkabinett.

Published References

Venturi 1936b

Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1622, ill. vol. II, as Etude pour le "Mardi-Gras".

Neumeyer 1958

Neumeyer, Alfred. Cézanne's Drawings. New York and London: Thomas Yoseloff, 1958, no. 41, ill.

Taillandier 1961

Taillander, Yvon. P. Cézanne. Milan: Antonio Vallardi, 1961, p. 58, ill. 1965 reprint only.

Andersen 1970

Andersen, Wayne V. Cézanne's Portrait Drawings. Cambridge, MA, London: MIT Press, 1970, no. 175, ill. dated c. 1888.

Chappuis 1973

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 1978

Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne. Geneva: Skira, 1978, p. 122, ill., as Etude pour "Mardi gras", c. 1888.

Barskaya 1983a

Barskaya, Anna and Evgenia Georgievskaia. Paul Cézanne: Bilder aus Museen der Sowjetunion. Leningrad: Aurora Art Publishers, 1983, ill. p. 137.

Koepplin 1988

Koepplin, Dieter. Paul Cézanne: Die Basler Zeichnungen. Basel: Kunstmuseum, 1988, no. 66, ill.

Related work

Record last updated September 18, 2020. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.

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 10, 2024).