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FWN 3008-46b
Feuille d'études avec tête et homme qui fume
1882–85
Alternate title: Page of studies, including a bather and a man smoking
Venturi (1295-03); Chappuis (1083): 1891–96
Graphite on wove paper, p. XLVI verso from the CP II sketchbook
4 7/8 x 8 7/16 in. (12.4 x 21.5 cm)
Private collection

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Provenance
Paul Cézanne fils, Paris
Paul Guillaume, Paris
Adrien Chappuis, Tresserve (1934)
Chappuis-Barut Collection, Christie's, London, June 26, 2003, no. 330, leaf 12, ill.
Christie's, London, Feb. 9, 2006, no. 549.
Private collection
Published References
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1295-03, as "Page XLVI v."
Reff 1962a
Reff, Theodore. "Cézanne's Bather with Outstretched Arms." Gazette des beaux-arts, vol. 59, periode 6 (March 1962), p. 179 and 182, fig. 9 p. 181 (detail) (possibly the head of Cezanne's son as a study for FWN 914).
Andersen 1970
Andersen, Wayne V. Cézanne's Portrait Drawings. Cambridge, MA, London: MIT Press, 1970, nos. 167 and no. 240, not illustrated, dates no. 167 1884–86; no. 240 1882–83.
Chappuis 1973
Chappuis, Adrien. The Drawings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1973, no. 1083, ill., as Page of studies, including a bather and a man smoking.
Notes

If indeed the portrait of the man smoking is Emile Zola, then the drawing must be dated no later than 1885, the last known meeting between the artist and the writer.

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. "Feuille d'études avec tête et homme qui fume, 1882–85 (FWN 3008-46b), p. XLVI verso from the CP II sketchbook." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=2773 (accessed on April 24, 2024).