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Catalogue entry

FWN 597
La Toilette funéraire; L'Autopsie
1869
Alternate titles: Autopsie; Autopsy; Grablegung Christi; L'Autopsie; La Toilette funéraire; La toilette funéraire (l'autopsie); La Toilette funéraire (or L’Autopsie); Pieta; Saint Sébastien; The Autopsy; The Autopsy (Preparation for the Funeral)
Rewald (142): 1869; Venturi revised: c.1868; Venturi (105): 1867–69; Rivière: 1864; Cooper: 1865–66; Gowing: 1867 or 1868 (Burlington) and c.1868 (London)
Oil on canvas
19 5/16 x 31 1/2 in. (49 x 80 cm)
Vollard A stockbook: no. 3306, Christ au tombeau. Groupe de trois personnages; à côté du Christ à moitié étendu se tiennent un homme en manches de chemise et une femme au corsage rouge, 50 x 80 cm (150 frs)
Vollard archives: photo no. 98, Annotated by Cezanne's son: 1865
Private collection, U.K.

Keywords

Provenance
Ambroise Vollard, Paris
Auguste Pellerin, Paris (Feb. 27, 1907);
M. et Mme René Lecomte, Paris;
Private collection;
Pellerin Collection, Sotheby's, New York, Nov. 13, 1997, no. 113, ill.
Pym's Gallery, London
Private collection, U.K.
Exhibition History
1953c Paris
Orangerie, Paris, Monticelli et le baroque provençal, June 19–September 15, 1953, no. 7, as L'Autopsie, c. 1867-1869, lent by Private collection, Paris.
1954 Paris
Orangerie, Paris, Hommage à Cézanne, July 2–October 17, 1954, no. 14, lent by private collection, Paris.
1983 Basel
Galerie Beyeler, Basel, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne: Peintures, Aquarelles, Dessins, June–September 1983, no. 5, ill., as La toilette funéraire (l'autopsie).
1988–89a London and traveling
Royal Academy of Arts, London, Cézanne: The Early Years 1859–1872, April 22–August 21, 1988, no. 35, ill. Traveled to: Musée d'Orsay, Cézanne: les années de jeunesse 1859-1872, Paris, September 19, 1988–January 1, 1989; National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., January 29–April 30, 1989.
2006–07 London
National Gallery, London, Cézanne in Britain, October 4, 2006–January 7, 2007, no. 8, ill., as The Autopsy (Preparation for the Funeral), c. 1869, Private collection, London.
2012–13 Budapest
Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, Hungary, Cézanne and the Past: Tradition and Creativity, October 25, 2012–February 17, 2013, no. 39, ill.
2020 Paris
Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris, Cezanne et les Maîtres, rêve d'Italie, February 27–July 5, 2020, no. 15, ill. lent Courtesy Pyms Gallery, London.
2022–23 Chicago and traveling
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Cezanne, May 15–September 5, 2022, no. 22, ill. Private collection; catalogued but not shown. Traveled to: Tate Moderrn, London, October 6, 2022–March 12, 2023.
Published References
Borgmeyer 1913
Borgmeyer, Charles Louis. The Master Impressionists. Chicago: The Fine Arts Press, 1913, p. 272, ill., as Autopsy, Collection Pellerin.
Vollard 1914
Vollard, Ambroise. Paul Cézanne. Paris: Vollard, 1914, pl. 48.
Stuart 1917
Stuart, Evelyn Marie. "Cézanne and His Place in Impressionism." Fine Arts Journal 35, no. 5 (May 1917), p. 338, ill., as Autopsy, "Collection Pellerin".
Meier-Graefe 1918a
Meier-Graefe, Julius. Cézanne und sein Kreis: ein Beitrag zur Entwicklungsgeschichte: mit 127 Tonätzungen und fünfzehn Heliogravüren. Munich: R. Piper, 1918, ill. p. 87.
Coquiot 1919
Coquiot, Gustave. Paul Cézanne. Paris: Ollendorf, 1919, p. 213, as Autopsie.
Meier-Graefe 1922
Meier-Graefe, Julius. Cézanne und sein Kreis: ein Beitrag zur Entwicklungsgeschichte: mit 171 Tonätzungen und einem Lichtdruck. Munich: R. Piper, 1922, ill. p. 98, as Pieta, c. 1869.
Wedderkop 1922b
Wedderkop, Harro von. Paul Cézanne. Leipzig: Klinkhardt und Biermann, 1922, ill.
Rivière 1923
Rivière, Georges. Le Maître Paul Cézanne. Paris: Librairie Floury, 1923, p. 196, listed, p. 67, ill.
Fry 1926
Fry, Roger. "Le développement de Cézanne." L'Amour de l'art 7, no. 12 (December 1926), ill. p. 389, as Autopsie.
Pfister 1927
Pfister, Kurt. Cézanne: Gestalt, Werk, Mythos. Potsdam: Gustav Kiepenheuer Verlag, 1927, fig. 20, as Grablegung Christi.
Fry 1927a
Fry, Roger. Cézanne: A Study of His Development. New York: Macmillan, 1927, pp. 15–16, fig. 2, pl. II.
Meier-Graefe 1927a
Meier-Graefe, Julius. Cézanne. translated by J. Holroyd-Reece. London: Ernest Benn, 1927, pl. IV.
Fry 1929
Fry, Roger. "Cézannes Udvikling." Samleren 6 (July, August, September 1929), p. 101, ill.
D'Ors 1930
Ors, Eugenio d.' Paul Cézanne. Paris: Editions des Chroniques du Jour, 1930, p. 13, ill.
Rivière 1933
Rivière, Georges. Cézanne: Le Peintre solitaire. Paris: Librairie Floury, 1933, p. 5, ill.
Peschcke-Koedt 1934a
Peschcke-Koedt, Matthias. "Det syvende Bud." Samleren 11 (January 1934), p. 6, ill.
Di San Lazzaro 1936
Di San Lazzaro, Gualtieri. Paul Cézanne. Paris: Chroniques du Jour, 1936, fig. 37.
Raynal 1936
Raynal, Maurice. Cézanne. Paris: Editions de Cluny, 1936, pl. V p. 32.
D'Ors 1936a
Ors, Eugenio d.' Paul Cézanne. New York: E. Weyhe, 1936, pl. 37.
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 105, ill. vol. II, as La Toilette funéraire.
Novotny 1937
Novotny, Fritz. Cézanne. Vienna: Phaidon, 1937, pl. 8.
Barnes and de Mazia 1939
Barnes, Albert C., and Violette de Mazia. The Art of Cézanne. New York: Harcourt Brace, 1939, no. 15, p. 156, ill.
Cogniat 1939a
Cogniat, Raymond. Cézanne. Paris: Pierre Tisné, 1939, pl. 5.
Rivière 1942
Rivière, Georges. Cézanne: Le Peintre solitaire. Paris: Librairie Floury, 1942, p. 7, ill.
Novotny 1947
Novotny, Fritz. Cézanne. London: Phaidon Press, 1947, pl. 8, as La Toilette funéraire, 1867-69.
Dorival 1948
Dorival, Bernard. Cézanne. Paris: Pierre Tisné, 1948, pl. 12, listed p. 143.
Jedlicka 1948
Jedlicka, Gotthard. Cézanne. Berne: Alfred Scherz Verlag, 1948, fig. 5.
Jourdain 1950
Jourdain, Francis. Cézanne. Paris: Braun, 1950, ill.
Fry 1952
Fry, Roger. Cézanne: A Study of his Developement. London: Hogarth Press, 1952, p. 15, pl. II fig. 2, as The Autopsy.
Guerry 1966
Guerry, Liliane. Cézanne et l'expression de l'espace. Paris: Albin-Michel, 1966, pl. 3.
Elgar 1975
Elgar, Frank. Cézanne. New York: Praeger, 1975, fig. 10.
Ballas 1981
Ballas, Guila. "Paul Cézanne et la revue 'L'Artiste.'" Gazette des beaux-arts, vol. 98, periode 6 (December 1981), pp. 224 and 231, fig. 12 p. 228, as L'Autopsie, 1867-1869.
Rewald 1986b
Rewald, John. Cézanne: A Biography. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1986, p. 51, ill.
Düchting 1989
Düchting, Hajo. Paul Cézanne: Natur wird Kunst. Cologne: Benedict Taschen Verlag, 1989, p. 44, ill.
Lewis 1989
Lewis, Mary Tompkins. Cézanne's Early Imagery. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1989, pp. 68, 121–29, pl. VII.
Krumrine 1989b
Krumrine, Mary Louise. "Paul Cézanne: The Bathers." In Paul Cézanne: The Bathers. Basel: Museum of Fine Arts, 1989. Exhibition catalogue, ill. 22 p. 45.
Verdi 1992
Verdi, Richard. Cézanne. London and New York: Thames & Hudson, 1992, p. 36, fig. 22.
Rewald 1996
Rewald, John. The Paintings of Paul Cézanne, A Catalogue Raisonné, 2 vols. In Collaboration with Walter Feilchenfeldt and Jayne Warman. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1996, no. 142, ill., vol. 2, as La Toilette funéraire (or L’Autopsie).
Reff 1997a
Reff, Theodore. Review of The Paintings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné, by John Rewald, in collaboration with Walter Feilchenfeldt and Jayne Warman. The Burlington Magazine 139, no. 1136 (November 1997), p. 800, Rewald's date of 1869 cannot be certain.
Tosini 2005
Tosini, Aurora Scotti. "Paul Cézanne (1839–1906)." In Cézanne, Renoir. Milan: Skira, 2005. Exhibition catalogue, p. 47, ill.
Lebensztejn 2006
Lebensztejn, Jean-Claude. Études cézanniennes. Paris: Flammarion, 2006, p. 11, fig. 2, as L'Autopsie, dated c. 1868.
Bray 2007
Bray, Xavier. "Sketches of Spain: The Spanish Masters, Old Masters and the French Impressionists." In Inspiring Impressionism: The Impressionists and the Art of the Past, Ann Dumas, ed. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2007. Exhibition catalogue, pp. 123 and 127, fig. 54 p. 126, as The Autopsy (Preparation for the Funeral), Private collection, courtesy of Pyms Gallery, London.
Machotka 2008
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: The Eye and the Mind, 2 vols. Marseille: Editions Crès, 2008, vol. 1, fig. 22; vol. 2, p. 39, as La Toilette funéraire.
Lewis 2011a
Lewis, Mary Tompkins. "La montée de Cézanne à Paris." In Cézanne et Paris. Paris: Éditions de la Rmn-Grand Palais, 2011. Exhibition catalogue, p. 49, fig. 17, as La Toilette funéraire.
Colrat 2013
Colrat, Jean. Cézanne: Joindre les mains errantes de la nature. Paris-Sorbonne: PUPS, 2013, p. 255, pl. 115.
Dombrowski 2013
Dombrowski, André. Cézanne, Murder, and Modern Life. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2013, p. 42, fig. 19.
Dauberville 2020
Dauberville, Guy-Patrice, and Floriane Dauberville. Paul Cezanne chez Bernheim-Jeune. Paris: Editions G-P.F. Dauberville & Archives Bernheim-Jeune, 2020, no. 169, ill., as Saint Sébastien.
Notes

This work reveals the influence of Manet and the Spanish masters:  possibly Ribera's Mise au tombeau (Louvre, acquired 1858) or his Christ au tombeau (exhibited at the Louvre from the beginning of January 1869), the latter being the more plausible because of a caricature of people copying it in Paris-Caprice, 1869 (see Rewald, 1996, p. 121). See also FWN 3017-17A, which is a copy of a drawing for an Entombment by Fra Bartolommeo and FWN 2111, which is a charcoal study for this work.

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Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "La Toilette funéraire; L'Autopsie, 1869 (FWN 597)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=12 (accessed on April 28, 2024).