Dimensions:Sheet: 13 7/16 x 11 3/16 in. (34.1 x 28.4cm)
Classification:Drawings
Credit Line:Bequest of Walter C. Baker, 1971
Object Number:1972.118.198
Portrait de l'artiste (recto); Etude de paysage (verso)
Self-Portrait
Autoportrait
Ambroise Vollard (French), Paris; Galerie E. Bignou, Paris; Reid & Lefèvre, London; Walter C. Baker (American), New York (until 1971)
Philadelphia Museum of Art. "Diamond Jubilee Exhibition, Masterpieces of Drawing," November 4, 1950–February 11, 1951.
Art Institute of Chicago. "Cézanne: Paintings, Watercolors & Drawings," February 7–March 16, 1952.
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Pavillon de Vendôme. "Exposition pour commémorer le cinquantenaire de la mort de Cézanne," July 21, 1956–August 15, 1956.
Rotterdam. Museum Boymans. "Van Clouet tot Matisse, Tentoonstelling van franse tekeningen uit amerikaanse collecties," July 31–September 28, 1958.
Paris. Musée de l'Orangerie. "De Clouet à Matisse, dessins français des collections américaines," October–November 1958.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "French Drawings from American Collections: Clouet to Matisse," February 3–March 15, 1959.
Wildenstein & Co., Inc. "Loan Exhibition: Cézanne," November 1, 1959–December 31, 1959.
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John Rewald, Margaret H. Liebman The Ordeal of Paul Cézanne. Phoenix House, London, 1950, fig. no. 27, ill.
Cézanne: Paintings, Watercolors & Drawings A Loan Exhibition. Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, 1952, cat. no. 40, p. 41, ill.
Exposition pour commémorer le cinquantenaire de la mort de Cézanne. Pavillon de Vendôme, Aix-en-Provence, 1956, cat. no. 88, ill.
De Clouet à Matisse: Dessins français des collections américaines. Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris, 1958–1959, pl. 168, cat. no. 150, ill.
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Jacob Bean, Linda Boyer Gillies, Cynthia Lambros, Roseline Bacou, Réunion des Musées Nationaux Dessins français du Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York: de David à Picasso 54th Exposition de Cabinet des Dessins Musée du Louvre, 25 octobre 1973–7 janvier 1974. Paris, 1973, pl. 68, cat. no. 8, ill.
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