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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 1800
Cicéron foudroyant Catilina
1858
Alternate titles: Lettre de Cézanne à Zola; Lettres de Cézanne à Zola ( datée du 29 1858); Lettres illustrées; Sept lettres illustrées de Paul Cézanne à Emile Zola et un croquis au crayon
Rewald (W1)
Pen and ink with watercolor on paper
8 1/2 x 5 in. (21.6 x 12.7 cm) (dimension approximate)
Inscribed at top: "SENTUS CURIA" and "Quo usque tandem Catilina, abuteris patientia nostra?
Private collection
Provenance
Émile Zola, Médan, France;
Mme Alexandrine-Emile Zola, Paris;
Eugène Fasquelle, Paris;
M. J. Le Blond, Paris;
Private collection
Exhibition History
1936c Paris
Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris, Cézanne, May 20–October 11, 1936, no. 173, ill. in b/w, as Lettres illustrées, lent by Eugène Fasquelle.1939 Lyon
Musée de Lyon, Palais Saint-Pierre, Lyon, France, Centenaire de Paul Cézanne, May 7–June 18, 1939, no. 79, as Lettres de Cézanne à Zola ( datée du 29 1858), lent by Eugène Fasquelle.1939b Paris
Société des artistes indépendants, Grand Palais, Paris, 50e exposition - Centenaire du peintre indépendant Paul Cézanne, March 17–April 10, 1939, no. 67, as Sept lettres illustrées de Paul Cézanne à Emile Zola et un croquis au crayon, lent by E. Fasquelle.1939d London
Wildenstein Galleries, London, Homage to Paul Cézanne, July 1939, Autograph letters: no. 02, lent by Eugène Fasquelle.1952–53 Paris
Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, Emile Zola: exposition organisée pour le cinquantième anniversaire de sa mort, December 12, 1952–March 1, 1953, no. 40, as Lettre de Cézanne à Zola, vers et image à propos de Cicéron foudroyant Catilina, 1858, lent by M. J. Le Blond.Published References
Cézanne 1937
Cézanne, Paul. Correspondance. Edited by John Rewald. Paris: Bernard Grasset, 1937, pp. 29-32, fig. 4.Le Blond-Zola 1939
Le Blond-Zola, Denise. "Jeunesse de deux hommes de génie: la vérité sur l'amitié de Cézanne et de Zola." Ce soir (Paris), May 17, 1939, ill. p. 4, as Cicéron foudroyant Catilina, 1858.Lindsay 1969b
Lindsay, Jack. Cézanne: His Life and Work. London: Evelyn, Adams & Mackay, 1969, fig. 21.Rewald 1983a
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, no. 1, ill.Athanassoglou-Kallmyer 2003
Athanassoglou-Kallmyer, Nina M. Cézanne and Provence: The Painter in His Culture. Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, 2003, p. 73, fig. 2.21.Simms 2008
Simms, Matthew. Cézanne's watercolors: between drawing and painting. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2008, p. 9, fig. 2.Cézanne 2013
Cézanne, Paul. The Letters of Paul Cézanne. Edited and translated by Alex Danchev. London and Los Angeles: Thames & Hudson; Getty Publications, 2013, p. 65, ill.Mitterand 2016
Mitterand, Henri. Paul Cézanne, Émile Zola, Lettres croisées, 1858–1887. Paris: Gallimard, 2016, fig. 5.Notes
The drawing accompanied a letter to Emile Zola, dated 29 ... [May-June] 1858.
Record last updated January 6, 2021. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Cicéron foudroyant Catilina, 1858 (FWN 1800)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=963 (accessed on May 5, 2024).