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Paul Cézanne

Self-Portrait [recto], c. 1880/1882

Not on View

Medium

graphite on wove paper (sketchbook page)

Dimensions

overall: 22 x 12.5 cm (8 11/16 x 4 15/16 in.)

Credit Line

Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon

Catalogue Raisonné

Chappuis 1973, no. 614

Accession Number

1985.64.85.a

Artists / Makers

Paul Cézanne (artist) French, 1839 - 1906

Image Use

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Inscription

upper right in graphite: XL; lower left in graphite: A (circled)

Provenance

Cézanne fils, Paris. (Paul Guillaume [1891-1934], Paris). A. Chappuis, Tresserve; acquired 1966 by Paul Mellon [1907-1999]; gift 1985 to NGA

Associated Names

Guillaume, Paul
Mellon, Paul

Exhibition History

1936: Cézanne, Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris, France, 1936, no. 157.

1986: Gifts to the Nation: Selected Acquisitions from the Collections of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1986, unnumbered checklist.

1999: An Enduring Legacy: Masterpieces from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, NGA, 1999-2000.

2016: In Celebration of Paul Mellon, NGA, 2016.

2021: Cézanne Drawing, Museum of Modern Art, NY, 2021, plate 25.

Bibliography

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

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