Paul Cézanne

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6,000 - 8,000 USD

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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

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.