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Catalogue entry

FWN 805-TA
Crâne
c.1885 (?)
Alternate titles: Skull; Tête de mort
Rewald (565): 1885 (?); Venturi revised: 1900–1904; Venturi (751): c.1900
Oil on canvas
13 1/16 x 17 11/16 in. (33.2 x 45 cm)
Vollard B stockbook: no. 3792, Tête de mort, 33 x 45 cm (50 frs)
Vollard archives: photo no. 238, Annotated 1888
White House Collection, Washington, D.C.

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Provenance
Ambroise Vollard, Paris
Charles A. Loeser, Florence;
Mrs. M. Loeser Calnan, Florence (1928);
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. (presented to the government of the United States in memory Charles A. Loeser);
White House Collection, Washington, D.C.
Exhibition History
1921 Basel
Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland, Cézanne, February 6–March 6, 1921, no. 26, as Tête de mort, lent by Loeser.
1952 Paris and traveling
Musée National d'Art Moderne, Paris, L'Œuvre du XXe siècle, May–June 1952, no. 12, as Crâne, 1900, lent by the Gouvernement of the USA. Traveled to: Tate Gallery, London, opening July 15, 1952.
1952d London
Tate Gallery, London, XXth century masterpieces : an exhibition of paintings and sculpture, July 15–August 17, 1952, no. 9, as Skull, lent by the United States Government.
2017 Paris
Musée d'Orsay, Paris, Cézanne Portraits, June 13–September 24, 2017, no. 70, ill. shown in Washington only.
2017–18 Paris and traveling
Musée d'Orsay, Paris, Cézanne Portraits, June 13–September 24, 2017, no. 26.4 Traveled to: National Portrait Gallery, London, October 26, 2017–February 11, 2018; National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C, March 25–July 1, 2018.
Published References
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 751, ill. vol. II, as Crâne.
Kloss 1992
Kloss, William. Art in the White House: A Nation's Pride. Washington, D.C.: White House Historical Association, 1992, p. 302, ill.
Rewald 1996
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. 565, ill. vol. 2, as Crâne.
Bardazzi 2007b
Bardazzi, Francesca, ed. Cézanne in Florence: Two Collectors and the 1910 Exhibition of Impressionism. Translated by John Venerella. Milan: Mondadori Electa, 2007. Exhibition catalogue, p. 268, fig. 42, as Skull.

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Record last updated January 15, 2019. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Crâne, c.1885 (?) (FWN 805-TA)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=552 (accessed on April 25, 2024).