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 3005-08b
Feuille d'études avec crâne et figure de Bellone
c.1900
Alternate titles: Bellone d'après Rubens et Etude de crâne; Page of studies, including a skull; Skizzenblatt mit Totenschädel; Studienblatt mit Totenschädel
Chappuis (1215); Venturi (1366)
Graphite on wove paper, p. VIII verso from the BS II sketchbook
4 3/4 x 7 11/16 in. (12.1 x 19.5 cm)
Provenance
Exhibition History
Kunstverein, Hamburg, Germany, Wegbereiter der modernen Malerei: Cézanne, Gauguin, van Gogh, Seurat, May 4–July 14, 1963, no. 34, pl. 83, as Studienblatt mit Totenschädel, c. 1900, lent by Kunstmuseum, Basel.
Kunsthalle, Tübingen, Germany, Paul Cézanne - Das zeichnerische Werk, October 21–December 31, 1978, no. 122, ill. p. 218, as Skizzenblatt mit Totenschädel, c. 1900, lent by Kunstmuseum Basel.
Palazzo Braschi, Rome, Disegni di Cézanne, February 13–March 30, 1979, no. 138, ill., p. 128.
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Paul Cézanne: The Basel Sketchbooks, March 10–June 5, 1988, listed p. 149, ill. p. 141.
Musée du Louvre, Paris, Copier Créer: de Turner à Picasso: 300 œuvres inspirées par les maîtres du Louvre, April 26–July 26, 1993, no. 58, ill., as Bellone d'après Rubens et Etude de crâne, lent by Kunstmuseum Basel.
Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel, Switzerland, The Hidden Cézanne: From Sketchbook to Canvas, June 10–September 24, 2017, no. 155, ill.
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Cézanne Drawing, June 6–September 25, 2021, pl. 73, Kunstmuseum Basel, Kupferstichkabinett.
Published References
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1366, ill. vol. II, as "Page VII".
Berthold, Gertrude. Cézanne und die alten Meister. Stuttgart: W. Kohlhammer, 1958, p. 14, cat. no. 210, ill.
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. 207, ill.
Chappuis, Adrien. The Drawings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1973, no. 1215, ill., as Page of studies, including a skull.
Koepplin, Dieter. Paul Cézanne: Die Basler Zeichnungen. Basel: Kunstmuseum, 1988, no. 118, ill.
This work is part of a sketchbook:
Sketchbook Basel II, 1880–83, after 1900 (3005)
Sketchbook Basel II, 1880–83, after 1900 (3005)
This sketchbook originally contained at least fifty-two sheets, but was disbanded and dispersed in the 1930s. The Kunstmuseum Basel holds the largest group.
The sheets are numbered in Roman numerals at lower right on the "a" side.
Record last updated June 5, 2019. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Feuille d'études avec crâne et figure de Bellone, c.1900 (FWN 3005-08b), p. VIII verso from the BS II sketchbook." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=2911 (accessed on November 8, 2024).