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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
FWN 3018-11a
D'après Houdon: l'Ecorché
1894–98
Alternate titles: After Houdon: L'Ecorché; Anatomical Figure; Etude d'après l'"Ecorché" de Houdon; L'Écorché de Houdon; Study after Houdon's "Ecorché"
Chappuis (1111); Venturi (1452): 1888–95
Graphite on wove paper, p. XXI from the CP IV sketchbook
8 1/4 x 10 11/16 in. (21 x 27.2 cm)
Provenance
Georges Bernheim, Paris
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris (Oct. 6, 1919)
Montross Gallery, New York
Lillie P. Bliss, New York;
The Museum of Modern Art, New York (Lillie P. Bliss Bequest)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Exhibition History
1936e New York
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Cubism and Abstract Art, March 2–April 19, 1936, no. 39, fig. 28, as Anatomical Figure, dated c. 1900.1941 Grosse Pointe
Detroit Institute of Arts, The Russel A. Alger House, Grosse Pointe, Michigan, Masterpieces of 19th and 20th Century French Drawings: from the Fogg Museum of Art at Harvard University and the Museum of Modern Art of New York City, May 1–June 1, 1941, no. 1.1944 New York
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Modern Drawings, February 16–May 10, 1944, ill., p. 27, as Study after Houdon's "Ecorché", dated c. 1895, lent by Museum of Modern Art.2012–13 Budapest
Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, Hungary, Cézanne and the Past: Tradition and Creativity, October 25, 2012–February 17, 2013, no. 85, ill.Published References
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1452, ill. vol. II.Barr 1942
Barr, Jr., Alfred H. Painting and Sculpture in the Museum of Modern Art. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1942, p. 30, no. 99b, as Anatomical Figure.Rewald 1948b
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: A Biography. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1948, fig. 95.Shoolman and Slatkin 1950
Shoolman, Regina, and Charles Slatkin. Six Centuries of French Master Drawings in America. New York: Oxford University Press, 1950, p. 190, pl. 107, as Anatomical Figure, c. 1888-95.Rewald 1950c
Rewald, John. The Ordeal of Paul Cézanne. London, 1950, pl. 71.Berthold 1958
Berthold, Gertrude. Cézanne und die alten Meister. Stuttgart: W. Kohlhammer, 1958, cat. no. 167, ill.Neumeyer 1958
Neumeyer, Alfred. Cézanne's Drawings. New York and London: Thomas Yoseloff, 1958, no. 25, ill.Rewald 1959b
Rewald, John. Cézanne. London: Spring Books, 1959, pl. 71.Chappuis 1973
Chappuis, Adrien. The Drawings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1973, no. 1111, ill., as After Houdon: L'Ecorché.Ilatovskaya 1996
Ilatovskaya, Tatiana. Les dessins retrouvés: chefs-d’oeuvre de collections allemandes d’avant-guerre. Paris: La Martinière, 1996. Exhibition catalogue, p. 161, fig. 2, as Etude d'après l'"Ecorché" de Houdon.Ballas 2002
Ballas, Guila. Cézanne: baigneuses et baigneurs: thème et composition. Paris: Adam Biro, 2002, p. 304, no. 220, ill. 1892-94.
Modern study of Jean-Antoine Houdon's Ecorché by Avishek Banerjee.
Photo: © Avishek Banerjee
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Record last updated February 22, 2023. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "D'après Houdon: l'Ecorché, 1894–98 (FWN 3018-11a), p. XXI from the CP IV sketchbook." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=2802&sketchbook=3018 (accessed on May 8, 2024).
