Hercules Resting
Page XXVI bis (verso) from Sketchbook II
Paul Cézanne, French, 1839 - 1906. After a sculpture by Pierre Puget, French, 1620 - 1694.
Geography:
Made in France, Europe
Date:
1885-1900Medium:
Graphite pencil; traces of watercolor; graphite offset from page XXVII recto; on wove paperDimensions:
Sheet: 8 1/2 x 5 inches (21.6 x 12.7 cm)Curatorial Department:
Prints, Drawings, and PhotographsObject Location:
1987-53-56bCredit Line:
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Walter H. Annenberg, 1987
Made in France, Europe
Date:
1885-1900Medium:
Graphite pencil; traces of watercolor; graphite offset from page XXVII recto; on wove paperDimensions:
Sheet: 8 1/2 x 5 inches (21.6 x 12.7 cm)Curatorial Department:
Prints, Drawings, and PhotographsObject Location:
Currently not on view
Accession Number:1987-53-56bCredit Line:
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Walter H. Annenberg, 1987
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Paul CA copy showing the same rear view of Puget's statue in the Louvre as the more fully developed copies on pages XVIII recto and XLIV verso in this sketchbook (see Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1987-53-52a, 1987-53-73b). Although slight, this sketch is interesting as a revelation of the way Cézanne proceeded, beginning with the head and working down; two other copies after the Hercules (Chappuis, Adrien. The Drawings of Paul Cézanne. 2 vols. Greenwich, Conn., 1973, nos. 1002, 1005) are likewise of the head alone. Theodore Reff, from Paul Cézanne: Two Sketchbooks (1989), p. 186.
