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 3011-09a-TA
Esquisse de tête
1885–88
Alternate title: Sketch of a head
Venturi (1332); Chappuis (942): 1885–88
Graphite on wove paper, possibly p. 9 from the BS I sketchbook
5 1/8 x 8 1/4 in. (13 x 21 cm)
Provenance
Published References
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1332, ill. vol. II, as "Page VIII".
Chappuis, Adrien. The Drawings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1973, no. 942, ill., as Sketch of a head.
This work is part of a sketchbook:
Sketchbook Basel I, 1879–1900 (3011)
Sketchbook Basel I, 1879–1900 (3011)
The sheets in this sketchbook have been detached from the binding. Many have been trimmed so that there are slight variations in size. The "a" side is marked with Arabic numerals at the lower right.
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Record last updated November 12, 2023. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Esquisse de tête, 1885–88 (FWN 3011-09a-TA), possibly p. 9 from the BS I sketchbook." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=2627&sketchbook=3011 (accessed on May 1, 2025).
