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 3003-15b
Vénus et les amours
c.1887–90
Alternate titles: Venus and cupids; Vénus et les amours, dont l'un enlève à la déesse le dernier voile
Venturi (1271-01); Chappuis (967): 1887–90
Graphite on wove paper, p. XV verso from the CP I sketchbook
4 3/4 x 7 11/16 in. (12 x 19.5 cm)
Private collection, Japan
Provenance
Private collection, Paris;
Private collection, United Kingdom
Private collection, Japan
Exhibition History
Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris, Cézanne, May 20–October 11, 1936, no. 146, as Vénus et les amours, c. 1876, lent by Adrien Chappuis, Paris.
Pavillon de Vendôme, Aix-en-Provence, France, Exposition Cézanne: Tableaux, Aquarelles, Dessins, July 1–August 15, 1961, no. 54, as Vénus et les amours, dont l'un enlève à la déesse le dernier voile, lent by Adrien Chappuis.
Published References
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1271-01, as "Page XV v."
Chappuis, Adrien. Dessins de Paul Cézanne. Paris: Editions des chroniques du jour, 1938, no. 6, ill., as Vénus et les amours.
Reff, Theodore. "Cézanne, Flaubert, St. Anthony, and the Queen of Sheba." The Art Bulletin 44, no. 2 (June 1962), on the subject, p. 113.
Chappuis, Adrien. The Drawings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1973, no. 967, ill., as Venus and cupids.
This work is part of a sketchbook:
Sketchbook Chappuis I (CP I), 1871–92 (3003)
Sketchbook Chappuis I (CP I), 1871–92 (3003)
Notation on the back endpaper "LIV x 2" indicating the original number of recto and verso sheets of the sketchbook, which has since been disbanded and dispersed.
The page numbers are written in Roman numerals at the lower right corner of the recto pages.
Record last updated September 21, 2020. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Vénus et les amours, c.1887–90 (FWN 3003-15b), p. XV verso from the CP I sketchbook." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=2653 (accessed on February 16, 2025).