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Paul Cézanne
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
Sold
9,375 USD
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Description
- Paul Cézanne
- Étude d'un figure, agenouillé et croquis caricaturaux
- Pencil and pen and ink on paper
- 5 1/4 by 8 1/4 in.
- 13.3 by 21 cm
Provenance
Sale: Kornfeld & Klipstein, Bern, June 13, 1968, lot 140
Private Collection, Basel
Emile Wolf, New York
Thence by descent
Private Collection, Basel
Emile Wolf, New York
Thence by descent
Literature
Adrien Chappuis, The Drawings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné, vol. I, London, 1973, no. 133; illustrated vol. II, n.p.
Catalogue Note
The present work is a study for the illustration for Molière's comedy Tartuffe and is accompanied by some sketches thought to be done by the artist's son. There are other examples of Paul Jr. working alongside his father in sketchbooks held in the collection of the Art Institue of Chicago.