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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)
Catalogue entry
FWN 3012-08a
L'Amour en plâtre et études pour La Tentation de saint Antoine
1875–78
Alternate title: After the Cupid attributed to Puget
Chappuis (980bis)
Graphite on wove paper, possibly page from the 13.3 x 21.1 sketchbook
5 1/4 x 8 1/4 in. (13.3 x 21 cm)
Provenance
Galerie Pierre (Loeb), Paris
Mainichi Art Auction, Tokyo, Feb. 7, 2015, no. 943, ill.
Jasper Johns
Exhibition History
2021a New York
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Cézanne Drawing, June 6–September 25, 2021, pl. 234, Collection Jasper Johns.2023–24 Basel
Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel, Switzerland, Jasper Johns – The Artist as Collector, From Cezanne to de Kooning, September 30, 2023–February 4, 2024, no. 38, ill.Published References
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, vol. I, p. 352, listed (Collection PIerre Loeb).Berthold 1958
Berthold, Gertrude. Cézanne und die alten Meister. Stuttgart: W. Kohlhammer, 1958, p. 21, cat. no. 141.Chappuis 1973
Chappuis, Adrien. The Drawings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1973, no. 980bis, ill., as After the Cupid attributed to Puget.Notes
It seems that a nose was added to the putto, possibly by the artist's son, as seen in Chappuis' illustration, but has since been removed.
Related work
Record last updated February 10, 2021. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "L'Amour en plâtre et études pour La Tentation de saint Antoine, 1875–78 (FWN 3012-08a), possibly page from the 13.3 x 21.1 sketchbook." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=2668 (accessed on May 2, 2024).
