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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)
Catalogue entry
FWN 872
Crâne
1900–04
Alternate title: Skull
Rewald (823): 1900–04; Venturi revised: 1900–1904
Oil on canvas
24 x 19 11/16 in. (61 x 50 cm)
Provenance
Ambroise Vollard, Paris;
Estate of Ambroise Vollard, Paris
Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart (1955)
Exhibition History
1956 Munich
Haus der Kunst, Munich, Paul Cézanne, October 12–November 18, 1956, no. 61, ill. lent by Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart.1977–78 New York and traveling
The Museum of Modern Art, New York and Reunion des Musees Nationaux, Paris, France, Cézanne: The Late Work, October 7, 1977–January 3, 1978, no. 31, pl. 154. Traveled to: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, January 26–March 19, 1978; Grand Palais, Paris, Cezanne: Les dernières années (1895–1906), April 20–July 23, 1978 (see Paris 1978a for a separate listing because the catalogue numbers are different from the two American venues).2000 Vienna and traveling
Kunstforum, Vienna, Cézanne: Vollendet unvollendet, January 20–April 25, 2000, no. 57, ill., as Crâne, shown in Zürich only. Traveled to: Kunsthaus, Zürich, May 5–August 13, 2000 (initially planned to end on July 30 the exhibition was extended until August 13).2001–02 Washington, D.C. and traveling
Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C., Impressionist Still Life, September 22, 2001–January 13, 2002, pp. 192, 195, pl. 92, as Skull, lent by Staatsgalerie Stuttgart. Traveled to: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, February 17–June 9, 2002.2004–05 Essen
Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany, Cézanne: Aufbruch in die Moderne, September 18, 2004–January 16, 2005, listed p. 233, ill. p. 109, as Crâne.2008 Humlebæk
Louisiana Museum of Art, Humlebæk, Denmark, Cézanne & Giacometti: Paths of Doubt, February 20–June 29, 2008, no. 49, ill. p. 197, as Crâne, 1900, lent by Staatsgalerie Stuttgart.2017–18 Karlsruhe
Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe, Germany, Cézanne - Metamorphosen, October 28, 2017–February 11, 2018, no. 64, ill.2020 Paris
Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris, Cezanne et les Maîtres, rêve d'Italie, February 27–July 5, 2020, no. 38, ill. lent by Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart.Published References
Bushart 1956
Bushart, Bruno. Meisterwerke der Stuttgarter Staatsgalerie. Honnef: Peters, 1956, no. 95, pl. 90.Elgar 1975
Elgar, Frank. Cézanne. New York: Praeger, 1975, fig. 105.Reff 1977c
Reff, Theodore. "Painting and Theory in the Final Decade." In Cézanne: The Late Work. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1977. Exhibition catalogue, p. 33, ill.Reff 1983
Reff, Theodore. "Cézanne: The Severed Head and the Skull." Arts Magazine 58, no. 2 (October 1983), p. 100, fig. 20.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. 823, ill. vol. 2, as Crâne.Conzen 2008
Bonzen, Ina. Staatsgalerie Stuttgart - Die Sammlung. Meisterwerke vom 14. bis zum 21. Jahrhundert. München / Stuttgart: Hirmer, 2008, p. 165, No. 106.Record last updated September 12, 2014. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Crâne, 1900–04 (FWN 872)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=799 (accessed on April 28, 2024).
