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 2164
L'Amour en plâtre
c.1890
Alternate titles: After the Cupid attributed to Puget; Copie nach dem Amor des Puget; Copy after L'Amour en plâtre; D'après le "Cupido" - attribué à Puget; Étude de l'Amour en plâtre; L'Amour de Puget; Putto; Putto III; Study after a Plaster Cast of Puget's "Amour"; The Plaster Cupid
Chappuis (990); Venturi (1457): 1888–95
Graphite on laid paper
19 1/4 x 12 3/4 in. (48.9 x 32.4 cm)
Provenance
Exhibition History
Galerie Hugo Perls, Berlin, Von Delacroix bis Picasso: Hundert Gemälde, Aquarelle und Zeichnungen französischer Meister des XIX. Jahrhunderts, February–March 1925, no. 50, as Putto, Graphite, tentative identification.
Galerie Flechtheim, Berlin, Cézanne, Aquarelle und Zeichnungen; Bronzen von Edgar Degas, May 19–June 16, 1927, no. 49, as Putto III, lent by Hugo Perls (private collection); tentative identification.
Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne, August 30–October 12, 1936, no. 127, as Copie nach dem Amor des Puget, c. 1880, lent by Lionello Venturi, Paris.
San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, Paul Cézanne: Exhibition of Paintings, Water-colors, Drawings and Prints, September 1–October 4, 1937, no. 66, ill., as L'Amour de Puget, 1888-95, lent by Venturi.
Musée de Lyon, Palais Saint-Pierre, Lyon, France, Centenaire de Paul Cézanne, May 7–June 18, 1939, no. 71, as L'Amour de Puget, 1888-1895, lent by Rosengart, Lucerne.
California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, 19th Century French Drawings, March 8–April 6, 1947, no. 113, ill., as Study after a Plaster Cast of Puget's "Amour", c. 1890 (erroneously listed as no. 142 in the 1936 Basel exhibition), lent by Brooklyn Museum.
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Cézanne: Paintings, Watercolors & Drawings, A Loan Exhibition, February 7–March 16, 1952, no. 92, ill., as L'Amour de Puget, 1888-95, lent by The Brooklyn Museum. Traveled to: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, April 1–May 16, 1952.
Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C., Cézanne: An Exhibition in Honor of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Phillips Collection, February 27–March 28, 1971, no. 81, ill. Traveled to: The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, April 17–May 16, 1971; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, June 1–July 3, 1971.
Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, Watercolour and Pencil Drawings by Cézanne, September 19–November 4, 1973, no. 76, ill. in b/w, catalogue note: p. 165, as Copy after L'Amour en plâtre, lent by the Brooklyn Museum. Traveled to: Hayward Gallery, London, November 13–December 30, 1973.
Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, Cézanne i blickpunkten, October 17, 1997–January 11, 1998, no. 29, ill., pp. 90–91 (dated c. 1890).
Kunstforum, Vienna, Cézanne: Vollendet unvollendet, January 20–April 25, 2000, no. 43, ill., as D'après le "Cupido" - attribué à Puget, c. 1890, lent by Brooklyn Museum of Art. Traveled to: Kunsthaus, Zürich, May 5–August 13, 2000 (initially planned to end on July 30 the exhibition was extended until August 13).
High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Inspiring Impressionism: The Impressionists and the Art of the Past, October 16, 2007–January 13, 2008, no. 15, ill. p. 64, as The Plaster Cupid, 1890-95. Traveled to: Art Museum, Denver, February 23–May 25, 2008; Art Museum, Seattle, June 15–September 21, 2008.
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Cézanne Drawing, June 6–September 25, 2021, pl. 236, Brooklyn Museum of Art.
Published References
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1457, ill. vol. II, as L'Amour de Puget.
Berthold, Gertrude. Cézanne und die alten Meister. Stuttgart: W. Kohlhammer, 1958, p. 21, cat. no. 133, ill.
Neumeyer, Alfred. Cézanne's Drawings. New York and London: Thomas Yoseloff, 1958, no. 19, ill.
Murphy, Richard W. The World of Cézanne, 1839–1906. New York: Time-Life Books, 1968, p. 132, ill.
Chappuis, Adrien. The Drawings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1973, no. 990, ill., as After the Cupid attributed to Puget.
Dauberville, Guy-Patrice, and Floriane Dauberville. Paul Cezanne chez Bernheim-Jeune. Paris: Editions G-P.F. Dauberville & Archives Bernheim-Jeune, 2020, no. 434, ill., as L'Amour en plâtre (verso not mentioned).
Record last updated February 22, 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, c.1890 (FWN 2164)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=2678 (accessed on May 2, 2025).
