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 3010-17a
D'après J.-F. Millet: Le faucheur
c.1900
Alternate titles: After J.-F. Millet: The Reaper; Der Mäher; Millet's Reaper
Chappuis (1213)
Graphite on wove paper, p. XVII from the EH II sketchbook
5 x 8 1/2 in. (12.7 x 21.6 cm)
Provenance
Published References
Rewald, John. Cézanne: Carnets de Dessins, 2 vols. Paris: Quatre Chemins-Editart, 1951, C IV, p. XVII, pl. 36, ill.
Hofmann, Werner. Paul Cézanne (1839-1906). Munich, Vienna, Basel: Kurt Desch, 1953, pl. 29, as Der Mäher, 1875-76.
Rousseau, Théodore, Jr. Paul Cézanne, 1839–1906. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1953, pl. 29, ill.
Berthold, Gertrude. Cézanne und die alten Meister. Stuttgart: W. Kohlhammer, 1958, cat. no. 246, ill.
Chappuis, Adrien. The Drawings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1973, no. 1213, ill., as After J.-F. Millet: The Reaper.
Shoemaker, Innis, and Theodore Reff. Paul Cézanne: Two Sketchbooks. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1989. Exhibition catalogue, p. 165 (Sketchbook II; page XVII recto), ill., as Millet's Reaper.
Notes
The Millet was acquired in 1875 by the Louvre. Shoemaker and Reff suggest that the "actual model was ...H.E. Lessore's drypoint reproduction in J.F. Millet, Les Travaux des champs (Paris, 1879)" (p. 165)
Jean-François Millet, Faucheur, vu par derrière, charcoal drawing, Musée du Louvre, Paris.
Photo: T. Le Mage; © RMN-Grand Palais
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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Record last updated January 7, 2019. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "D'après J.-F. Millet: Le faucheur, c.1900 (FWN 3010-17a), p. XVII from the EH II sketchbook." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=2909 (accessed on April 25, 2024).
