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FWN 3015-17a

Portrait de madame Cezanne

1893–96

Alternate titles: Madame Cézanne regardant en bas; Mme Cézanne, her head lowered; Portrait of Mme Cézanne

Chappuis (1073); Venturi (1304-14)

Graphite on wove paper, p. XVII from the CP III sketchbook

6 x 9 5/16 in. (15.2 x 23.7 cm)

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. (Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art)

Keywords

People
Family:
- Madame Cezanne / Hortense Fiquet »
Studies
Details:
- head or bust / tête ou buste »

Catalogue Entry
Additional Materials
Sketchbook

Provenance

Paul Cézanne fils, Paris

Paul Guillaume, Paris

Adrien Chappuis, Tresserve

Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, Upperville, Va.;

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Published References

Venturi 1936b

Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1304-14, as "Page XVII".

Chappuis 1938

Chappuis, Adrien. Dessins de Paul Cézanne. Paris: Editions des chroniques du jour, 1938, no. 36, ill., as Madame Cézanne regardant en bas.

Chappuis 1966

Chappuis, Adrien. Album de Paul Cézanne. Paris: Berggruen, 1966, vol. 1, p. 42, ill. vol. 2, 1891-95.

Andersen 1970

Andersen, Wayne V. Cézanne's Portrait Drawings. Cambridge, MA, London: MIT Press, 1970, no. 85, ill.

Chappuis 1973

Chappuis, Adrien. The Drawings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1973, no. 1073, ill., as Mme Cézanne, her head lowered.

This work is part of a sketchbook:

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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facing: Coussin sur un fauteuil, 1886–89 (3015-16b)

current: Portrait de madame Cezanne, 1893–96 (3015-17a)

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Record last updated September 29, 2020. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.

Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Portrait de madame Cezanne, 1893–96 (FWN 3015-17a), p. XVII 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=2762 (accessed on May 1, 2025).