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)
FWN 3010-23b
Ambroise Vollard, vu de dos
1896–99
Alternate titles: Ambroise Vollard mit Melone, halbfigurige Rückenstudie; Ambroise Vollard, seen from the back; Seated Man
Chappuis (1190)
Graphite on wove paper, p. XXIII verso from the EH II sketchbook (fragment)
5 x 7 1/4 in. (12.7 x 18.4 cm)
Provenance
Published References
Rewald, John. Cézanne: Carnets de Dessins, 2 vols. Paris: Quatre Chemins-Editart, 1951, C IV, p. XXIII verso.
Chappuis, Adrien. Dessins de Cézanne. Lausanne: 1957, pp. 79–80, no. 13, pl. 13, erroneously listed as Sketchbook I, p. 43 verso.
Chappuis, Adrien. The Drawings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1973, no. 1190, ill., as Ambroise Vollard, seen from the back.
Shoemaker, Innis, and Theodore Reff. Paul Cézanne: Two Sketchbooks. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1989. Exhibition catalogue, p 178 (Sketchbook II; page XXIII verso), ill., as Seated Man (Vollard identification unlikely).
Gloor, Lukas. "Verzeichnis der Porträts von Ambroise Vollard." In Renoir, Cézanne, Picasso und ihr Galerist Ambroise Vollard, Gloor, Lukas, Koella, Rudolf, Velhagen, Rudolf. Heidelberg: Edition Braus im Wachter Verlag, 2006. Exhibition catalogue, p. 105, as Ambroise Vollard mit Melone, halbfigurige Rückenstudie.
Shiff, Richard. "He Painted." In Cézanne's Card Players. London: Paul Holberton Publishing, 2010. Exhibition catalogue, p. 83, fig. 57.
This work is part of a sketchbook:
Sketchbook Philadelphia II, 1872–95 (3010)
Sketchbook Philadelphia II, 1872–95 (3010)
The front and back covers are of linen-covered board. Notation on back endpaper "LII x 2", indicating 52 recto and verso sheets. The pages are numbered in Roman numerals at the lower right corner of the recto ("a") in a soft blue-gray pencil. The sketchbook is unbound.
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current: Ambroise Vollard, vu de dos, 1896–99 (3010-23b)
Record last updated September 2, 2019. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Ambroise Vollard, vu de dos, 1896–99 (FWN 3010-23b), p. XXIII verso from the EH II sketchbook (fragment)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=2883 (accessed on May 23, 2025).
