Paul Guillaume

French, 1891 - 1934

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This tan-colored, fabric-covered sketchbook cover is marked with a few smudges of dark gray and white paint. The binding is to the left in this photograph. The cover is wide and has a cream-colored rope wrapped around the narrower end to our right. The weave of the fabric is visible. A few swipes of gray paint are spaced along the binding, to our left, and there are tiny touches of white, lavender purple, and brick red marking the cover.
Paul Cezanne, Cezanne Sketchbook, c. 1877/1900, sketchbook with 71 drawings in graphite, pen and brown ink, and watercolor; the sketchbook contains 46 sheets, several which are blank; the end papers, the recto of the first page, and half the verso of the final page were used for notes, lists, and arithmetical figuring; a draft of a letter to the critic Octave Mirbeau is on page II (recto), Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art, 1992.51.9.a-zz

Cezanne Sketchbook

Paul Cezanne · c. 1877/1900 · sketchbook with 71 drawings in graphite, pen and brown ink, and watercolor; the sketchbook contains 46 sheets, several which are blank; the end papers, the recto of the first page, and half the verso of the final page were used for notes, lists, and arithmetical figuring; a draft of a letter to the critic Octave Mirbeau is on page II (recto) ·  Accession ID  1992.51.9.a-zz

Paul Cezanne, Study of "The Roman Orator (Germanicus)", 1883/1886, graphite on wove paper, Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art, 1992.51.9.lll

Study of "The Roman Orator (Germanicus)"

Paul Cezanne · 1883/1886 · graphite on wove paper ·  Accession ID  1992.51.9.lll

Paul Cezanne, Fireplace Tongs and Poker, 1887/1892, graphite on wove paper, Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art, 1992.51.9.x

Fireplace Tongs and Poker

Paul Cezanne · 1887/1892 · graphite on wove paper ·  Accession ID  1992.51.9.x

Paul Cezanne, The Artist's Son Writing, c. 1887, graphite on wove paper, Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art, 1992.51.9.aa

The Artist's Son Writing

Paul Cezanne · c. 1887 · graphite on wove paper ·  Accession ID  1992.51.9.aa

Paul Cezanne, Head of the Artist's Son, 1888/1889, graphite on wove paper, Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art, 1992.51.9.gg

Head of the Artist's Son

Paul Cezanne · 1888/1889 · graphite on wove paper ·  Accession ID  1992.51.9.gg

Paul Cezanne, Three Heads, One of Madame Cezanne, 1882/1885, graphite on wove paper, Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art, 1992.51.9.zz

Three Heads, One of Madame Cezanne

Paul Cezanne · 1882/1885 · graphite on wove paper ·  Accession ID  1992.51.9.zz

Paul Cezanne, Carnival Scene, 1885/1888, graphite on wove paper, Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art, 1992.51.9.ee

Carnival Scene

Paul Cezanne · 1885/1888 · graphite on wove paper ·  Accession ID  1992.51.9.ee

Paul Cezanne, Wash Basin and Scent Bottle [recto], 1877/1881, graphite, Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, 1985.64.84.a

Wash Basin and Scent Bottle [recto]

Paul Cezanne · 1877/1881 · graphite ·  Accession ID  1985.64.84.a

Paul Cezanne, Seated Bather [verso], 1882/1885, graphite, Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, 1985.64.84.b

Seated Bather [verso]

Paul Cezanne · 1882/1885 · graphite ·  Accession ID  1985.64.84.b

A nude woman with long, dark brown hair and peach-colored skin reclines against a denim-blue cushion in this stylized, horizontal painting. The painting is done mostly with areas of mottled color outlined in delicate black lines. Shown from the knees up, the woman lies with her legs to our right, and her hips tipped forward so her body faces us. She looks at us with dark, almond-shaped eyes under thin, arched brows. Bangs gather across her forehead, and her dark hair seems to be pulled back. Her head is tipped to our right, and she has an upturned nose, smooth cheeks, a pointed chin, and her smiling coral-red lips are closed. She holds the back of her left hand to her cheek and props herself up on her other elbow. Her rounded breasts have rust orange-colored nipples, and the contours of her body are smooth. There is a patch of dark hair at her groin, and her legs are pressed together. The blue pillow she rests on overlaps a white cloth or second pillow. The rest of the background is painted a terracotta brown with loose brushstrokes, so the setting is undefined. The artist signed the painting in dark letters in the upper right corner: “modigliani.”
Amedeo Modigliani, Nude on a Blue Cushion, 1917, oil on linen, Chester Dale Collection, 1963.10.46

Nude on a Blue Cushion

Amedeo Modigliani · 1917 · oil on linen ·  Accession ID  1963.10.46

Bibliography

1929

  • George, Waldemar. La grand peinture contemporaine à la collection Paul Guillaume. Paris, c. 1929.

1969

  • Cabanne, P., ed. L'Avant-garde au XXe siècle. Paris, 1969.

1984

  • Catalogue de la collection de Jean Walter et Paul Guillaume. Paris, Musée de l'Orangerie, 1984.

1986

  • Hahnloser-Ingold, Margrit. "Collecting Matisses of the 1920s in the 1920s," in Matisse: The Early Years in Nice. Exh. cat., National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1986: 239-241.

1992

  • Giraudon, Colette. Paul Guillaume et les peintres du XXe siècle. Paris, 1992.