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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

Keywords

Provenance
Paul Cézanne fils, Paris
Paul Guillaume, Paris
Adrien Chappuis, Tresserve (1934);
Private collection, Paris;
Chappuis-Barut Collection, Christie's, London, June 26, 2003, no. 316, ill.
Private collection, United Kingdom
Sotheby's, London, June 23, 2010, no. 252, ill.
Private collection, Japan
Exhibition History
1936c Paris
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.
1961 Aix-en-Provence
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 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1271-01, as "Page XV v."
Chappuis 1938
Chappuis, Adrien. Dessins de Paul Cézanne. Paris: Editions des chroniques du jour, 1938, no. 6, ill., as Vénus et les amours.
Reff 1962b
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 1973
Chappuis, Adrien. The Drawings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1973, no. 967, ill., as Venus and cupids.
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 May 1, 2025).