Catalogue entry

FWN 2173

Etude de "l'Ecorché"

1893–96

Alternate titles: After L'Ecorché; Etude d'après 'L'Ecorché'; Figure study; Study of the "L'Ecorché"

Chappuis (1087bis)

Graphite on wove paper

10 5/8 x 6 7/8 in. (27 x 17.5 cm)

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. (Armand Hammer Collection)

Keywords

Figure compositions
Historical and Allegorical:
- Flayed man / Ecorché »
Studies
After sculpture:
- Michelangelo »

Provenance

Paul Cézanne fils, Paris

Paul Guillaume, Paris

Sir Michael Sadler, Oxford

Leicester Galleries, London

Edward Le Bas, Brighton

Christie's, Geneva, Nov. 6, 1969, no. 154, ill., error in the indication recto/verso

Armand Hammer, Los Angeles;

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. (1991)

Exhibition History

1944a London

The Leicester Galleries, London, Selected Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture from the Collection of the late Sir Michael Sadler, January–February 1944, no. 9, as Figure study.

1963 London and traveling

Royal Academy of Arts, London, A Painter's collection: an exhibition of paintings, drawings and sculpture from the collection of Edward Le Bas, March 19–April 28, 1963, no. 233. Traveled to: Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh.

1968–77 New York and traveling

Hammer Galleries, New York, The Armand Hammer Collection, November 7–December 7, 1968, first exhibited II, not shown X.
Traveled to: II.- Brooks memorial Art Gallery, Memphis, Tennessee, October 2–December 30, 1969; III.- Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., March 20–May 17, 1970; IV.- William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art, Kansas City, Missouri, June 30–August 2, 1970; V.- Issac Delgado Museum of Art, New Orleans, August 15–September 20, 1970; VI.- Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts, Columbus, Ohio, October 9–November 1, 1970; VII.- Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, Arkansas, November 21, 1970–January 12, 1971; VIII.- California Palace of Legion of Honor, San Francisco, February 11–March 14, 1971; IX.- Oklahoma Art Center, Oklahoma City, June 15–July 11, 1971; X.- Fine Arts Gallery of San Diego, San Diego, July 23–September 5, 1971; XI.- Los Angles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, December 21, 1971–February 27, 1972; XII.- Royal Academy of Arts, London, June 24–July 24, 1972; XIII.- The National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, August 9–October 1, 1972; XIV.- The Hermitage Museum, Leningrad, Russian Federation, October 23–December 2, 1972; XIV.- The Pushkin Museum, Moscow, December 8, 1972–February 11, 1973; XIV.- State Museum of Fine Art of Ukraine Soviet Socialist Republic, Kiev, Russian Federation, March 6–31, 1973; XIV.- State Fine Art Museum, Minsk, Russian Federation, April 27–May 26, 1973; XIV.- State Museum of Foreign Fine Arts, Riga, Russian Federation, June 8–July 8, 1973; XIV.- Fine Arts Museum, Odessa, Russian Federation, July 25–August 25, 1973; XV.- Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, June 22–December 9, 1974; XVI.- Fine Arts Museum, Caracas, January 9–February 2, 1975; XVII.- Italian Art Museum, Lima, Peru, February 15–March 9, 1975; XVIII.- Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, April 3, 1975; XIX.- Ikebukuro-Seibu Museum, Tokyo, September 20–November 3, 1975; XX.- Fukouka Prefectural Culture Center Museum, Fukouka, Japan, January 4–February 1, 1976; XXI.- Aichi Prefectural Museum, Nagoya, Japan, February 11–March 20, 1976; XXII.- Tennessee Fine Arts Center at Checkwood, Nashville, Tennessee, June 12–August 15, 1976 (extended until September 12, 1976 (XXIII.)); XXIV.- Belles Artes, Mexico City, February 21–March 15, 1977; XXV.- Musée Jacquemart-André, Musée du Louvre-Cabinet des Dessins, Paris, March 30–July 25 1977 Musée Jacquemart-André, March 30–May 29 1977 Musée du Louvre (catalogue listed separately).

1977a Paris

Musée Jacquemart-André, Musée du Louvre-Cabinet des Dessins, Paris, La Collection Armand Hammer - The Armand Hammer collection, March 30–July 25 1977 Musée Jacquemart-André, March 30–May 29 1977 Musée du Louvre, no. 86 L-12, ill., as Etude d'après 'L'Ecorché'.

1982 Liège and traveling

Musée Saint-Georges, Liège, Belgium, Cézanne, March 12–May 9, 1982, no. 42, ill., as Etude de "l'Ecorché", lent by Armand Hammer Collection, Los Angeles. Traveled to: Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, June 12–August 31, 1982 (exhibition catalogue; preface by Denis Coutagne).

1982 Aix-en-Provence

Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, Cézanne, June 12–August 31, 1982, no. 42, ill., as Etude de "l'Ecorché", lent by Armand Hammer Collection, Los Angeles.

Published References

Chappuis 1973

Chappuis, Adrien. The Drawings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1973, no. 1087bis, as After L'Ecorché.

Anonymous after Michelango (attributed), Écorché, dit de Michel-Ange, 16th century, plaster cast, École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts, Paris. Cezanne had a modern reproduction in his Les Lauves studio.

Related work

Record last updated March 23, 2023. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.

Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Etude de "l'Ecorché", 1893–96 (FWN 2173)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=2778 (accessed on April 24, 2024).