A Lost Drawing by Paul Cézanne Resurfaces

Result EUR31,200

Published on 22 March 2022, by Philippe Dufour

Auction on 13 March 2022 - 10:00 (CET) - 25, rue du Temple - 51100 Reims

This is one of the very first works by the pioneer of modern art, when he was only 17, from a sketchbook subsequently broken up.

Paul Cézanne (1839-1906), Soldat et vieille femme (Soldier and Old Woman), c. 1856-1857,... A Lost Drawing by Paul Cézanne Resurfaces

Paul Cézanne (1839-1906), Soldat et vieille femme (Soldier and Old Woman), c. 1856-1857, verso: pen and brown ink on pencil lines, 22.4 x 16.9 cm/8.8 x 6.7 in.; recto: black pencil on paper by Marie Cézanne (1841-1921), Paysage au calvaire (Landscape with Calvary), and a handwritten inscription by Jean-Pierre Cézanne.
Result: €31,200

Soldat et vieille femme (Soldier and Old Woman) : this mysterious drawing in pen and brown ink on pencil lines, analyzed in the Gazette , fulfilled its promises, garnering €31,200…

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