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Catalogue entry

Bodil Beckman; © Nationalmuseum
FWN 2178
D'après l'antique: Hermaphrodite endormi
1895–98
Alternate titles: After the antique: Sleeping Hermaphrodite; Hermaphrodite
Chappuis (1129); Venturi (1456): 1879–82
Graphite on laid paper
10 7/16 x 14 9/16 in. (26.5 x 37 cm)

Keywords

Provenance
(Edgar Degas, Paris?);
(Degas Collection, Galerie G. Petit, Paris, March 26-27, 1918?)
Bollag, Zurich, April 3,1925 no. 33, pl. 15 (verso not mentioned);
Galerie Suzanne Bollag, Zurich
Christie's, London, June, 30, 1987, no. 320, ill.
Nationalmuseum, Stockholm (1987)
Exhibition History
1997–98 Stockholm
Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, Cézanne i blickpunkten, October 17, 1997–January 11, 1998, no. 31, ill., pp. 94– 95 (dated c. 1895–98).
Published References
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1456, ill. vol. II, as Hermaphrodite.
Berthold 1958
Berthold, Gertrude. Cézanne und die alten Meister. Stuttgart: W. Kohlhammer, 1958, cat. no. 42, ill.
Chappuis 1973
Chappuis, Adrien. The Drawings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1973, no. 1129, ill., as After the antique: Sleeping Hermaphrodite.
Krumrine 1989b
Krumrine, Mary Louise. "Paul Cézanne: The Bathers." In Paul Cézanne: The Bathers. Basel: Museum of Fine Arts, 1989. Exhibition catalogue, ill. 25 p. 49.
Vierneisel 1994
Vierneisel, Klaus. In Paul Cézanne: Skulpturenzeichnungen. Munich: Staatliche Antikenammlung und Glyptothek, 1994. Exhibition catalogue, p. 13, fig. 3, Private collection.
Ives et al 1997
Ives, Colta, Susan Stein, Julie Steiner with Ann Dumas, Rebecca Rabinow and Gary Tinterow. The Private Collection of Edgar Degas, A Summary Catalogue. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1997. Exhibition catalogue, p. 17, no. 117, ill.
Notes

Chappuis (1973) indicated that the work was owned by Edgar Degas and sold in his posthumous sale. However, the drawing cannot be identified with a specific lot number in the Degas sale.

D'après l'antique: Hermaphrodite endormi, 1895–98 (FWN 2178). Roman, 2nd century AD ?, after a Greek original, c. 150 BC, Hermaphrodite endormi, marble, Musée du Louvre, Paris.
Roman, 2nd century AD ?, after a Greek original, c. 150 BC, Hermaphrodite endormi, marble, Musée du Louvre, Paris.
Photo: Pierre-Yves Beaudouin
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Record last updated November 11, 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: Hermaphrodite endormi, 1895–98 (FWN 2178)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=2821 (accessed on March 29, 2024).