Lot 111
  • 111

Paul Cézanne

Estimate
18,000 - 25,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Paul Cézanne
  • AFTER LUCA SIGNORELLI, MALE NUDE - RECTOAFTER EUGÈNE DELACROIX: SARDANAPALUS - VERSO
  • pencil on paper - recto & verso
  • 24.2 by 17.7cm., 9 1/2 by 7in.

Provenance

Theodor Werner, Berlin 
Voty Werner, Munich (by descent from the above)
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1968

Exhibited

Paris, Galerie Quatre-Chemins, Dessins et aquarelles de Cézanne, 1936

Literature

Gertrude Berthold, Cézanne und die alten Meister, Stuttgart, 1958, nos. 242 & 248, illustrated n.p.
Theodore Reff, 'Cézanne and Hercules' in Art Bulletin, XLVIII, 1966, p. 40, note 74
Adrien Chappuis, The Drawings of Paul Cézanne, New York, 1973, vol. I, nos. 141 (verso) & 183 (recto), catalogued pp. 79 & 89; vol. II, nos. 141 & 183, recto and verso illustrated n.p.

Condition

Executed on cream wove paper not laid down, hinged to the mount in the top two corners, the edges remain visible when framed. There are some minor nicks to all four edges and one 0.5cm tear to the lower centre of the left edge. There are some light spots of studio dirt throughout. Apart from some remnants of tape to the edges of the reverse, this work is in good condition.
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