The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne
An Online Catalogue Raisonné under the Direction of Société Paul Cezanne
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Martin P. Bühler; © Kunstmuseum Basel - Martin P. Bühler
FWN 3007-32b
Dossier de chaise et motif decoratif
1895–1900
Alternate titles: Back of a chair and decorative design; Stuhllehne mit ornamentalem Muster im Hintergrund
Venturi (1414); Chappuis (1135): 1896–99; Other: 1896–99
Graphite on wove paper, p. XXXII verso from the BS III sketchbook
4 15/16 x 7 15/16 in. (12.5 x 20.1 cm)
Provenance
Exhibition History
Haags Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, the Netherlands, Paul Cézanne, June 1–August 1, 1956, no. 133, lent by Kunstmuseum Basel.
Kunsthalle, Tübingen, Germany, Paul Cézanne - Das zeichnerische Werk, October 21–December 31, 1978, no. 121, ill. p. 217, as Stuhllehne mit ornamentalem Muster im Hintergrund, 1896-1899, lent by Kunstmuseum Basel.
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Paul Cézanne: The Basel Sketchbooks, March 10–June 5, 1988, listed p. 149, ill. p. 139.
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Classic Cézanne, November 28, 1998–February 28, 1999, no. 25, ill., as Dossier de chaise et motif decoratif, 1895-1900, lent by Öffentliche Kunstsammlung Basel.
Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel, Switzerland, The Hidden Cézanne: From Sketchbook to Canvas, June 10–September 24, 2017, no. 202, ill.
Published References
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1414, ill. vol. II, as "Page XII".
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. 174, ill.
Chappuis, Adrien. The Drawings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1973, no. 1135, ill., as Back of a chair and decorative design.
Koepplin, Dieter. Paul Cézanne: Die Basler Zeichnungen. Basel: Kunstmuseum, 1988, no. 117, ill.
This work is part of a sketchbook:
Sketchbook Basel III, 1878–1881 and 1897–1900 (3007)
Sketchbook Basel III, 1878–1881 and 1897–1900 (3007)
This sketchbook probably contained fifty-three or fifty-four sheets. The pages are numbered on the "a" side in Roman numerals at bottom right. Some sheets were sold separately in the 1930s and have been identified based on stains from an oil-binding agent or rust spots left when the sketchbook was unbound.
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current: Dossier de chaise et motif decoratif, 1895–1900 (3007-32b)
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facing: missing sheet (3007-33a)
Record last updated December 9, 2018. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Dossier de chaise et motif decoratif, 1895–1900 (FWN 3007-32b), p. XXXII verso from the BS III sketchbook." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=2827&sketchbook=3007 (accessed on May 1, 2025).
