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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE LONDON COLLECTION
PAUL CEZANNE (1839-1906)
Portrait de Monsieur Chocquet (recto); Étude d'homme (verso)
Details
PAUL CEZANNE (1839-1906)
Portrait de Monsieur Chocquet (recto); Étude d'homme (verso)
bears initials (recto; lower right)
pencil on paper
3 ½ x 3 ¼ in. (9 x 8.3 cm.)
Drawn circa 1877-1881 (recto)
Portrait de Monsieur Chocquet (recto); Étude d'homme (verso)
bears initials (recto; lower right)
pencil on paper
3 ½ x 3 ¼ in. (9 x 8.3 cm.)
Drawn circa 1877-1881 (recto)
Provenance
Paul Cezanne [the artist's son], Paris, by descent from the artist.
(Probably) Lucas Lichtenhan, Basel.
Private collection, Basel, by 1969.
Anonymous sale, Beurret & Bailly, Basel, 15 June 2013, lot 192.
Galerie B. Weil, London.
Karstern Schubert, London, by whom acquired from the above in 2019, and thence by descent; sale, Christie's, London, 4 March 2022, lot 427.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
(Probably) Lucas Lichtenhan, Basel.
Private collection, Basel, by 1969.
Anonymous sale, Beurret & Bailly, Basel, 15 June 2013, lot 192.
Galerie B. Weil, London.
Karstern Schubert, London, by whom acquired from the above in 2019, and thence by descent; sale, Christie's, London, 4 March 2022, lot 427.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
P. Cézanne, Correspondance, Paris, 1937 in J. Rewald, ed., Paris, 1978 no. 25, n.p. (illustrated; titled 'Portrait de Victor Chocquet' and dated '1877-1882').
W.V. Andersen, 'Cézanne, Tanguy, Choquet [sic]', in The Art Bulletin, London, vol. 49, no. 2, June 1967, no. 8, pp. 137-138 (recto illustrated p. 137; titled 'Portrait of Victor Chocquet').
J. Rewald, 'Chocquet et Cézanne', in Gazette des beaux-arts, vol. 74, Paris, July - August 1969, p. 68 (recto illustrated fig. 27; titled 'Portrait of Victor Chocquet' and dated '1879-1882').
W.V. Andersen, Cézanne's Portrait Drawings, Massachusetts, 1970, no. 211, p. 196 (recto illustrated; titled 'Portrait of Victor Chocquet').
A. Chappuis, The Drawings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné, vol. I, London, 1973, no. 395, p. 131 (recto illustrated vol. II, n.p.; titled 'Portrait of Victor Chocquet').
J. Rewald, 'Chocquet and Cézanne', in Studies in Impressionism, New York, 1986, p. 155 (recto illustrated fig. 85).
J. Rewald, The Paintings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné, vol. II, New York, 1996, p. 195 (recto illustrated; titled 'Portrait de Victor Chocquet' and dated '1879-1882').
W. Feilchenfeldt, J. Warman & D. Nash, The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne - An Online Catalogue Raisonné, nos. FWN 1727 & FWN 2129 (accessed 2025).
W.V. Andersen, 'Cézanne, Tanguy, Choquet [sic]', in The Art Bulletin, London, vol. 49, no. 2, June 1967, no. 8, pp. 137-138 (recto illustrated p. 137; titled 'Portrait of Victor Chocquet').
J. Rewald, 'Chocquet et Cézanne', in Gazette des beaux-arts, vol. 74, Paris, July - August 1969, p. 68 (recto illustrated fig. 27; titled 'Portrait of Victor Chocquet' and dated '1879-1882').
W.V. Andersen, Cézanne's Portrait Drawings, Massachusetts, 1970, no. 211, p. 196 (recto illustrated; titled 'Portrait of Victor Chocquet').
A. Chappuis, The Drawings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné, vol. I, London, 1973, no. 395, p. 131 (recto illustrated vol. II, n.p.; titled 'Portrait of Victor Chocquet').
J. Rewald, 'Chocquet and Cézanne', in Studies in Impressionism, New York, 1986, p. 155 (recto illustrated fig. 85).
J. Rewald, The Paintings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné, vol. II, New York, 1996, p. 195 (recto illustrated; titled 'Portrait de Victor Chocquet' and dated '1879-1882').
W. Feilchenfeldt, J. Warman & D. Nash, The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne - An Online Catalogue Raisonné, nos. FWN 1727 & FWN 2129 (accessed 2025).
Exhibited
Basel, Kunsthalle, Meisterzeichnungen französischer Künstler von Ingres bis Cézanne, June - August 1935, no. 174, p. 28 (titled 'Portrait M. Chocquet'; dated '1877').
Basel, Kunsthalle, Paul Cézanne, August - October 1936, no. 112, p. 19 (titled 'Bildnis des Dr. Choquet'; dated '1875').
San Francisco, San Francisco Museum of Art, Paul Cézanne: Exhibition of Paintings, Water-colors, Drawings and Prints, September - October 1937, no. 55.
Winterthur, Sammlung Oskar Reinhart, Victor Chocquet: Freund und Sammler der Impressionisten, Renoir, Cézanne, Monet, Manet, February - June 2015, no. 21, p. 164 (recto illustrated p. 165; titled 'Portrait de Victor Chocquet').
Manchester, The Whitworth Art Gallery, Cézanne at the Whitworth, August 2019 - March 2020, no. 10, p. 58 (recto illustrated p. 59; titled 'Victor Chocquet').
Basel, Kunsthalle, Paul Cézanne, August - October 1936, no. 112, p. 19 (titled 'Bildnis des Dr. Choquet'; dated '1875').
San Francisco, San Francisco Museum of Art, Paul Cézanne: Exhibition of Paintings, Water-colors, Drawings and Prints, September - October 1937, no. 55.
Winterthur, Sammlung Oskar Reinhart, Victor Chocquet: Freund und Sammler der Impressionisten, Renoir, Cézanne, Monet, Manet, February - June 2015, no. 21, p. 164 (recto illustrated p. 165; titled 'Portrait de Victor Chocquet').
Manchester, The Whitworth Art Gallery, Cézanne at the Whitworth, August 2019 - March 2020, no. 10, p. 58 (recto illustrated p. 59; titled 'Victor Chocquet').
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