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Catalogue entry

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)
Philadelphia Museum of Art (Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Walter H. Annenberg)

Keywords

Provenance
Paul Cézanne fils, Paris
Maurice Renou, Paris
Jean Poyet, Lyon
Maurice Renou, Paris
Sam Salz, New York
Enid Haupt, New York
Mr. and Mrs. Walter H. Annenberg, Palm Springs;
Philadelphia Museum of Art (1987)
Published References
Rewald 1951
Rewald, John. Cézanne: Carnets de Dessins, 2 vols. Paris: Quatre Chemins-Editart, 1951, C IV, p. XVII, pl. 36, ill.
Hofmann 1953
Hofmann, Werner. Paul Cézanne (1839-1906). Munich, Vienna, Basel: Kurt Desch, 1953, pl. 29, as Der Mäher, 1875-76.
Rousseau 1953
Rousseau, Théodore, Jr. Paul Cézanne, 1839–1906. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1953, pl. 29, ill.
Berthold 1958
Berthold, Gertrude. Cézanne und die alten Meister. Stuttgart: W. Kohlhammer, 1958, cat. no. 246, ill.
Erpel 1958
Erpel, Fritz. Paul Cézanne. Berlin: Henschelverlag, 1958, p. 35, ill.
Chappuis 1973
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 and Reff 1989
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)

D'après J.-F. Millet: Le faucheur, c.1900 (FWN 3010-17a). Jean-François Millet, Faucheur, vu par derrière, charcoal drawing, Musée du Louvre, Paris.
Jean-François Millet, Faucheur, vu par derrière, charcoal drawing, Musée du Louvre, Paris.
Photo: T. Le Mage; © RMN-Grand Palais
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 16, 2024).