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 3009
Sketchbook New York
1875–85
Alternate titles: Carnet de la collection Thaw; Carnet Leigh Block (LB); Sketchbook
Graphite, with watercolor on one leaf only, on wove paper, four sheets of blue interleaved
Watermark: MONTGOLFIER S.A.
4 15/16 x 8 1/2 in. (12.6 x 21.6 cm)
The sketchbook is currently bound and originally contained 50 sheets as indicated by the annotation "Lx2" on the inside back cover. The pages were assigned Arabic numerals on the "a" side of the sheet at top right. Pages 17-20 are on tinted paper and blank.
Provenance
Exhibition History
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Cézanne: Paintings, Watercolors & Drawings, A Loan Exhibition, February 7–March 16, 1952, no. 91, as Sketchbook, c. 1875-85, lent by Mr. and Mrs. Leigh B. Block, Chicago. Traveled to: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, April 1–May 16, 1952.
Morgan Library & Museum, New York, Drawings from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Victor Thaw, Part II, September 3–November 10, 1985, no. 47, as Sketchbook, pages possibly shown on a rotating basis; FWN3009-11b, -12a, -13b and -15a were illustrated in the catalogue. Traveled to: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Virginia, February 17–April 13, 1985.
Grand Palais, Paris, Cézanne, September 26, 1995–January 14, 1996, n.n., pp. 520–21, as Carnet de la collection Thaw, lent by Pierpont Morgan Library, New York; shown in Philadelphia only. Traveled to: Tate Gallery, London, February 8–April 28, 1996; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, May 26–September 1, 1996.
Royal Academy of Arts, London, From Mantegna to Picasso: Drawings from the Thaw Collection at the Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, November 9, 1996–January 23, 1997, no. 77, as Sketchbook, pages possibly shown on a rotating basis; FWN3009-11b, -12a, -13b and -15a were illustrated in the catalogue.
The Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, David to Cézanne: Nineteenth-Century French Drawings, June 6–September 8, 2002, no. 98, as Sketchbook.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Madame Cézanne, November 19, 2014–March 15, 2015.
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Cezanne, May 15–September 5, 2022, no. 42, (several spreads illustrated), shown in Chicago only. Traveled to: Tate Modern, London, October 6, 2022–March 12, 2023.
Published References
Rewald, John. Cézanne: Carnets de Dessins, 2 vols. Paris: Quatre Chemins-Editart, 1951, Cinquième Carnet, pp. 50–56.
Rewald, John. Paul Cezanne Sketchbook, 1875–1885. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich (Johnson Reprint Corporation), 1982.
Tonkovich, Jennifer et Giada Damen. "Catalogue Raisonné." In Drawn to Greatness: Master Drawings from the Thaw Collection, Tonkovich, Jennifer, ed. New York: The Morgan Library & Museum, 2017. Exhibition catalogue, no. 41, as Sketchbook.
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Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Sketchbook New York, 1875–85 (FWN 3009), four sheets of blue interleaved." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=2997 (accessed on March 16, 2025).
