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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
Martin P. Bühler; © Kunstmuseum Basel - Martin P. Bühler
FWN 3005-09a
D'après l'antique: Vénus accroupie
1894–97
Alternate title: After the antique: Crouching Venus
Chappuis (1099); Venturi (1367)
Graphite on wove paper, p. IX from the BS II sketchbook
4 13/16 x 8 1/4 in. (12.2 x 21 cm)
Provenance
Paul Cézanne fils, Paris
Paul Guillaume, Paris
Werner Feuz, Bern
Kunstmuseum Basel, Kupferstichkabinett (1935)
Exhibition History
1956 The Hague
Haags Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, the Netherlands, Paul Cézanne, June 1–August 1, 1956, no. 128, lent by Kunstmuseum Basel.1956 Zurich
Kunsthaus, Zurich, Paul Cézanne, August 22–October 7, 1956, no. 194.1979 Rome
Palazzo Braschi, Rome, Disegni di Cézanne, February 13–March 30, 1979, no. 77, ill., p. 84.1988d New York
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Paul Cézanne: The Basel Sketchbooks, March 10–June 5, 1988, listed p. 149, ill. p. 130.1994 Munich
Glyptothek, Munich, Skulpturenzeichnungen, July 19–September 18, 1994, no. 17, ill.2017 Basel
Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel, Switzerland, The Hidden Cézanne: From Sketchbook to Canvas, June 10–September 24, 2017, no. 123, ill.Published References
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1367, ill. vol. II, as "Page IX".Lullies 1954
Lullies, Reinhard. Die kauernde Aphrodite. München-Pasing: Filser, 1954, p. 11, fig. 3.Chappuis 1957
Chappuis, Adrien. Dessins de Cézanne. Lausanne: 1957, p. 94, no. 56, pl. 56.Berthold 1958
Berthold, Gertrude. Cézanne und die alten Meister. Stuttgart: W. Kohlhammer, 1958, pp. 34, 52, cat. no. 22, ill.Chappuis 1962
Chappuis, Adrien. Les dessins de Paul Cézanne au cabinet des estampes du Musée des beaux-arts de Bâle. Olten and Lausanne: Urs Graf, 1962, no. 126, ill.Chappuis 1973
Chappuis, Adrien. The Drawings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1973, no. 1099, ill., as After the antique: Crouching Venus.Koepplin 1988
Koepplin, Dieter. Paul Cézanne: Die Basler Zeichnungen. Basel: Kunstmuseum, 1988, no. 104, ill.Ballas 2002
Ballas, Guila. Cézanne: baigneuses et baigneurs: thème et composition. Paris: Adam Biro, 2002, p. 287, no. 93, ill.
Roman Imperial Periode (1st - 2nd century AD) after a Greek original, 3rd -2nd century BC, Aphrodite accroupie dit Vénus de Vienne, marble, Musée du Louvre, Paris.
Photo: Jastrow
Roman Imperial Periode (1st - 2nd century AD) after a Greek original, 3rd century BC, Aphrodite accroupie, marble, Musée du Louvre, Paris.
In Cezanne's day, the head and right arm of this statue had been restored and are copied here. The additions were later removed.
Photo: © Musée du Louvre
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Record last updated September 30, 2020. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "D'après l'antique: Vénus accroupie, 1894–97 (FWN 3005-09a), p. IX from the BS II sketchbook." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=2790&sketchbook=3005 (accessed on May 3, 2024).
