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 459
Portrait du fils de l'artiste
1881–82
Alternate titles: Portrait de son fils Paul; Tête du petit Paul
Rewald (467): 1881–82; Venturi revised: c.1883; Venturi (1522): 1879–82
Oil on canvas
11 3/8 x 12 5/8 in. (29 x 32 cm)
Vollard A stockbook: no. 3784, huile; esquisse de tete d'enfant, 29 x 32 cm (25 frs)
Private collection
Provenance
Private collection, France
Private collection, Germany
Private collection
Exhibition History
Galerie Charpentier, Paris, L'Enfance, September 1949, no. 48, ill., as Portrait de son fils Paul, lent by Katia Granoff.
Musée d'Orsay, Paris, Cézanne Portraits, June 13–September 24, 2017, hors catalogue, exhibited in London only. Traveled to: National Portrait Gallery, London, October 26, 2017–February 11, 2018; National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C, March 25–July 1, 2018.
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Cezanne, May 15–September 5, 2022, no. 38, ill. Private collection, Derbyshire, UK; shown in London only. Traveled to: Tate Moderrn, London, October 6, 2022–March 12, 2023.
Published References
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1522, ill. vol. II, as Tête du petit Paul.
Rewald, John. The Paintings of Paul Cézanne, A Catalogue Raisonné, 2 vols. In Collaboration with Walter Feilchenfeldt and Jayne Warman. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1996, no. 467, ill. vol. 2, as Portrait du fils de l'artiste.
Hauptman, Jodi, and Samantha Friedman (eds.). Cézanne Drawing. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 2021. Exhibition catalogue, pl. 246 (see p. 199 for proposed reconstruction of canvas with FWN 747 and 775).
Record last updated June 6, 2021. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Portrait du fils de l'artiste, 1881–82 (FWN 459)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=457 (accessed on April 16, 2024).
