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)
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© The Art Institute of Chicago
FWN 3006-00
Brouillon de lettre
n.d.
Alternate title: Carnet II
Graphite and ink on wove paper, front endpaper from the AIC sketchbook
4 7/8 x 8 9/16 in. (12.4 x 21.7 cm)
The letter (with many strikeouts) reads in part: Vous nous avez fait l'honneur de nous apprendre votre mariage avec Mlle la comtesse Gilette [?]....". Also a list of expenses.
This work is part of a sketchbook:
Sketchbook Chicago, c.1875–86 (3006)
Sketchbook Chicago, c.1875–86 (3006)
The sketchbook is currently bound and contains 50 sheets, indicated by the notation "Lx2" on the back endpaper. Several pages were removed and sold separately.
The page numbers are written in Roman numerals on the 'a" side of the sheet at the bottom right.
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current: Brouillon de lettre, n.d. (3006-00)
Record last updated November 13, 2019. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Brouillon de lettre, n.d. (FWN 3006-00), front endpaper from the AIC sketchbook." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. https://www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=3096 (accessed on December 6, 2023).
