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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 2152
D'après Puget: Hercule au repos
1884–87
Alternate titles: After Pierre Puget, Hercules Resting; After Puget: Hercules resting; Etude d'après l'Hercule de Puget; Hercule au repos de Puget; Hercule de Puget; Hercule gaulois d'après Puget; Herkules in der Rast; Herkules, nach der Skulptur von Pierre Puget; Puget's Statue of Hercules - Hercule de Puget, au Musée du Louvre; Studie nach Puget: Ruhender Herkules; Study after 'Hercules resting' by Pierre Puget
Chappuis (1000); Venturi (1437): 1888–95
Graphite on laid paper
18 1/2 x 11 13/16 in. (47 x 30 cm)
Provenance
Ambroise Vollard, Paris
Galerie Zak, Paris
Simon Meller, Budapest, Paris and Munich
Private collection, London
Walter Feilchenfeldt, Zurich (1977)
Städtische Galerie im Städelschen Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt am Main (1977);
Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main
Exhibition History
1978 Tübingen
Kunsthalle, Tübingen, Germany, Paul Cézanne - Das zeichnerische Werk, October 21–December 31, 1978, no. 175, ill. p. 277, as Studie nach Puget: Ruhender Herkules, 1884-1887, lent by Städel, Frankfurt.1993b Paris
Musée du Louvre, Paris, Copier Créer: de Turner à Picasso: 300 œuvres inspirées par les maîtres du Louvre, April 26–July 26, 1993, no. 59, ill., as Hercule gaulois d'après Puget, lent by Städel, Frankfurt.2001–02 Frankfurt am Main
Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main, Von Linie und Farbe: Französische Zeichnungen des 19. Jahrhunderts aus der Graphischen Sammlung im Städel und aus Frankfurter Privatbesitz, January 9, 2001–February 17, 2002, no. 43, ill., as Herkules, nach der Skulptur von Pierre Puget.2005–06 Frankfurt am Main
Städelsches Kunstinstitut und Städtische Galerie, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, Mit Bleistift: Zeichnungen aus dem Städel, November 3, 2005–February 5, 2006, listed p. 29, as Herkules, nach der Skulptur von Pierre Puget.2008 Humlebæk
Louisiana Museum of Art, Humlebæk, Denmark, Cézanne & Giacometti: Paths of Doubt, February 20–June 29, 2008, no. 21, ill. p. 237, as D'après Puget: Hercule au repos, lent by Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main.2017 Basel
Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel, Switzerland, The Hidden Cézanne: From Sketchbook to Canvas, June 10–September 24, 2017, no. 148, ill.2017–18 Karlsruhe
Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe, Germany, Cézanne - Metamorphosen, October 28, 2017–February 11, 2018, no. 34, ill.2021a New York
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Cézanne Drawing, June 6–September 25, 2021, pl. 109, Städel Museum, Graphische Sammlung, Frankfurt am Main.Published References
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1437, ill. vol. II, as Hercule de Puget.Novotny 1937
Novotny, Fritz. Cézanne. Vienna: Phaidon, 1937, pl. 124.Novotny 1947
Novotny, Fritz. Cézanne. London: Phaidon Press, 1947, pl. 112, as Puget's Statue of Hercules - Hercule de Puget, au Musée du Louvre, 1890-95, Prof. S. Meller, Budapest.Berthold 1958
Berthold, Gertrude. Cézanne und die alten Meister. Stuttgart: W. Kohlhammer, 1958, pp. 21, 50, cat. no. 108, fig. 102.Reff 1966
Reff, Theodore. "Cézanne and Hercules." The Art Bulletin, vol. 48, no. 1 (March 1966), pp. 41-44, fig. 13.Chappuis 1973
Chappuis, Adrien. The Drawings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1973, no. 1000, ill., as After Puget: Hercules resting.Venturi 1978
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne. Geneva: Skira, 1978, p. 130, no. 08, ill. p. 134, as Hercule au repos de Puget, 1884-87.Stuffmann 1979
"Graphische Sammlung: Zeichnungen." In Städel-Jahrbuch Neue Folge, Band 7, Klaus Gallwitz and Herbert Beck. München: Prestel, 1979, p. 308, fig. 4, as Herkules in der Rast.Mráz 1987
Mráz, Bohumír. Aquarelles et dessins impressinnistes. [Gennevilliers]: Ars Mundi, 1987, pl. 87, listed p. 204, as Etude d'après l'Hercule de Puget, 1890-1895, Privat collection, London.Feilchenfeldt 1998
Feilchenfeldt, Walter. "Cézanne's Works on Paper: Towards a Reclassification." In Classic Cézanne. Sydney: Art Gallery of New South Wales, 1988. Exhibition catalogue, p. 54, fig. 22.Feilchenfeldt 2005d
Feilchenfeldt, Walter. "Die Zeichnungen Cézannes: Kleine Formate: Skizzen. Grosse Formate: Aquarelle ohne Farbe." In "By Appointment Only": Schriften zu Kunst und Kunsthandel, Cézanne und Van Gogh. Wädenswil: Nimbus, 2005, p. 226, ill.Herding 2012
Herding, Klaus. "A Dramatic Interplay in Form and Expression: Cézanne and Puget." In Cézanne and the Past: Tradition and Creativity. Budapest: Museum of Fine Arts, 2012. Exhibition catalogue, p. 87, fig. 46, as After Pierre Puget, Hercules Resting.Eiling 2017
Eiling, Alexander. "Cézanne's Metamorphoses." In Cézanne Metamorphoses. Munich and Karlsruhe: Prestel and Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, 2017. Exhibition catalogue, fig. 3.Schubert 2017
Schubert, Karsten. Review of Cézanne drawings. The Burlington Magazine 154, no. 1375 (October 2017), fig. 84, as Study after 'Hercules resting' by Pierre Puget.
Pierre Puget, Hercule au repos dit aussi Hercule gaulois, marble, Musée du Louvre, Paris.
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Record last updated September 24, 2020. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "D'après Puget: Hercule au repos, 1884–87 (FWN 2152)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=2689 (accessed on April 19, 2024).
