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)
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Jerry L. Thompson; © Collection of Jasper Johns
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 and crayon 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
Exhibition History
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Cézanne Drawing, June 6–September 25, 2021, pl. 234, Collection Jasper Johns.
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, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, vol. I, p. 352, listed (Collection PIerre Loeb).
Berthold, Gertrude. Cézanne und die alten Meister. Stuttgart: W. Kohlhammer, 1958, p. 21, cat. no. 141.
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
This work is part of a sketchbook:
Sketchbook Fragment (13.3 x 21.1), 1866–95 (3012)
Sketchbook Fragment (13.3 x 21.1), 1866–95 (3012)
These individual sheets may come from different early sketchbooks, but are combined here because of their similar size.
The FWN numbers have been randomly assigned and are listed here as individual pages rather than as a sketchbook spread.
Browse complete sketchbookRecord last updated March 5, 2025. 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&sketchbook=3012 (accessed on May 1, 2025).
