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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

Keywords

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).