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 3015-14b
Femme penchée en avant
1890–94
Alternate titles: Madame Cézanne regardant en bas; Portrait of Madame Cézanne; Woman leaning forward
Chappuis (1015); Venturi (1304-09)
Graphite on wove paper, p. XIV verso from the CP III sketchbook
6 x 9 5/16 in. (15.2 x 23.7 cm)
Provenance
Exhibition History
Pavillon de Vendôme, Aix-en-Provence, France, Exposition Cézanne: Tableaux, Aquarelles, Dessins, July 1–August 15, 1961, no. 53, as Femme penchée en avant, lent by Adrien Chappuis.
Published References
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1304-09, as "Page XIV v."
Chappuis, Adrien. Dessins de Paul Cézanne. Paris: Editions des chroniques du jour, 1938, no. 34, ill., as Madame Cézanne regardant en bas.
Chappuis, Adrien. Album de Paul Cézanne. Paris: Berggruen, 1966, vol. 1, p. 37, ill. vol. 2, c. 1894.
Andersen, Wayne V. Cézanne's Portrait Drawings. Cambridge, MA, London: MIT Press, 1970, no. 78, ill., as Portrait of Madame Cézanne.
Chappuis, Adrien. The Drawings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1973, no. 1015, ill., as Woman leaning forward.
Shelley, Marjorie. "Cézanne as Draftsman." In Madame Cézanne. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2014. Exhibition catalogue, fig. 54.
This work is part of a sketchbook:
Sketchbook Washington, c.1877–1900 (3015)
Sketchbook Washington, c.1877–1900 (3015)
This sketchbook is bound and the page numbers are written in Roman numerals on the "a" (recto) side of the sheet at bottom right. The notation "LIIIIx2" on the inside back cover indicates that the sketchbook originally contained fifty-four sheets. However, pages XLI to XLVIII have since been removed.
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Record last updated December 10, 2018. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Femme penchée en avant, 1890–94 (FWN 3015-14b), p. XIV verso from the CP III sketchbook." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=2704&sketchbook=3015 (accessed on May 1, 2025).
