Study of a Rock [verso]

c. 1895

Paul Cezanne

Associated Names
Paul Cezanne

Artist, French, 1839 - 1906

The image shows wispy, diagonal lines spreading from a cluster of soft, muted colors at the bottom right corner. The background is mostly empty with a faint horizontal division separating the top and bottom sections.

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Artwork overview

Associated Artworks

The image shows a sketch of a man's head and upper body in a three-quarter view. The man is bald with hair on the sides. He has pronounced facial features, including eyebrows and a nose, along with a beard or mustache. The sketch includes shadows and contours for depth. He appears to be wearing a jacket or coat, and the background is plain.

Self-Portrait [recto]

Paul Cezanne

1897

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Ambroise Vollard [1866-1939], Paris); Dr. Otto Wertheimer, Paris; Robert von Hirsch [1883-1977], Basel; (his estate sale, London, Sotheby's, 27 June 1978, no. 832); Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, Upperville, VA; gift to NGA, 1995.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1936

  • Paul Cézanne. Kunsthalle, Basel, 1936: no. 132.

1978

  • Paul Cézanne Zeichnungen. Exh. cat. Künsthalle Tübingen, 1978, no. 67.

Inscriptions

by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: de 1/2; by later hand, upper right in graphite: PH / 1950; lower right stamped in red: RECETTE PARTICULIERE / DE / HÉNDAYE / PONT / DOUANES

Watermarks

CANSON & MONGOLIERE NIDALON-LE (cut off)

Wikidata ID

Q64618932

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