Victor Chocquet and an Angel for "The Apotheosis of Delacroix"

1878/1880

Paul Cezanne

Associated Names
Paul Cezanne

Artist, French, 1839 - 1906

This image shows two sketches of figures in reclining positions on a page in a sketchbook. The figure on the left is lying sideways with the head resting on an arm, drawn with loose lines and suggested clothing. The right figure is upside down, reclined with emphasis on the head and upper body, with features indicating closed eyes and wavy hair. Both figures are depicted with minimal details in shades indicating clothing. The background is the off-white paper of the sketchbook.

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The image shows a sketch of architectural structures and natural forms from a perspective view. The sketch is on a horizontal paper with elements extending towards the right and receding to the left. Varied pencil lines are used to depict the buildings, terrain, and foliage. The sketch is monochromatic, created with pencil on beige paper. Subtle shading and line weight variations add depth to the drawing.

The Plaster Mill (La Moulin à plâtre)

Paul Cezanne

1889

This tan-colored, fabric-covered sketchbook cover is marked with a few smudges of dark gray and white paint. The binding is to the left in this photograph. The cover is wide and has a cream-colored rope wrapped around the narrower end to our right. The weave of the fabric is visible. A few swipes of gray paint are spaced along the binding, to our left, and there are tiny touches of white, lavender purple, and brick red marking the cover.

Cezanne Sketchbook

Paul Cezanne

1877

Drawn with delicate, overlapping lines and bold, parallel lines for shading in graphite on beige-colored paper, a person hunches over a surface and writes with one hand. The person’s head, hulking shoulders, hands, and the paper on which he writes fill most of the composition. His face is close to the page, and his head tips to our right. Shading suggests eyelashes, nose, ear, and jawline. The background is blank, and the edges of the page and sketchbook are visible.

The Artist's Son Writing

Paul Cezanne

1887

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Paul Cézanne (the artist's son), Paris; Paul Guillaume, Paris; Adrien Chappuis, Tresserve, Switzerland, 1933; Paul Mellon, Upperville, VA, 1967; gift to NGA, 1991

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1991

  • NGA Anniversary 1991, 176.

1999

  • An Enduring Legacy: Masterpieces from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1999-2000.

2015

  • Victor Chocquet: Art Collector and Friend of the Impressionists Renoir, Cézanne, Monet, Manet. Sammlung Oskar Reinhart "Am Römerholz", Winterthur, 2015, 190-191, no. 32 (color)(entry by Jayne Warman).

Bibliography

1973

  • Chappuis, Adrien. The Drawings of Paul Cezanne. 2 vols. Greenwich: New York Graphic Society, 1973.

1983

  • Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors. Boston, 1983: no. 69.

Wikidata ID

Q64618902

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