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The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne
An Online Catalogue Raisonné under the Direction of Société Paul Cezanne
(Formerly directed by Walter Feilchenfeldt, Jayne Warman and David Nash)
Catalogue entry
FWN 637
Au bord de l'étang
1876–77
Alternate titles: Bord de rivière; The Pond
Rewald (244): 1876–77; Venturi revised: 1872–74; Cézanne fils: circa 1875–80; Venturi (232): 1873–75
Oil on canvas
17 1/2 x 21 1/16 in. (44.5 x 53.5 cm)
Vollard archives: photo no. 173, Annotated by Cezanne's son: circa 1875–80
Provenance
(Julien-François (Père) Tanguy, Paris?)
Gustave Caillebotte, Paris;
Caillebotte Bequest (1894); withdrawn by the executors
Albert Chardeau, Paris
André Weil (Galerie Matignon), Paris
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (1948)
Exhibition History
1895 Paris
Galerie Vollard, Paris, Paul Cézanne, November 11–December 15, 1895.1905b Paris
Salon d'Automne, Grand Palais, Paris, 3e exposition, October 18–November 25, 1905, no. 319 (?), as Bord de rivière.1949 Manchester
Currier Gallery of Art, Manchester, New Hampshire, Monet and the Beginnings of Impressionism, October 8–November 6, 1949, no. 27.1956 The Hague
Haags Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, the Netherlands, Paul Cézanne, June 1–August 1, 1956, no. 11.1956 Zurich
Kunsthaus, Zurich, Paul Cézanne, August 22–October 7, 1956, no. 21.1956 Munich
Haus der Kunst, Munich, Paul Cézanne, October 12–November 18, 1956, no. 15, lent by Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.1956–57 Cologne
Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, (Kunsthaus Lempertz), Cologne, Cézanne, Ausstellung zum Gedenken an sein 50. Todesjahr, December 1956–January 1957, no. 6, ill. lent by Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.1970b New York
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 100 Paintings from the Boston Museum, May 29–July 26, 1970, no. 64, ill.1971 Washington, D.C. and traveling
Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C., Cézanne: An Exhibition in Honor of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Phillips Collection, February 27–March 28, 1971, no. 4. Traveled to: The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, April 17–May 16, 1971; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, June 1–July 3, 1971.1973 Boston
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Impressionism, June 15–October 14, 1973.1979–80 Atlanta and traveling
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Corot to Braque: French Paintings from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, April 21–June 17, 1979, no. 43, ill., as The Pond. Traveled to: Denver Museum of Art, Denver, February 13–April 20, 1980; Philbrook Art Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma, May 25–July 27, 1980; Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, September 20–November 23, 1980.1983–84 Tokyo and traveling
Isetan Museum of Art, Tokyo, Masterpieces of European Painting from The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, October 21–December 4, 1983. Traveled to: Fukuoka Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan, January 6–29, 1984; Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Kyoto, Japan, February 25–April 8, 1984.1997 Glasgow
Glasgow Art Museum, Glasgow, United Kingdom, The Birth of Impressionism, From Constable to Monet, May 23–September 7, 1997, listed p. 31, ill. p. 25.2012 Tokyo
National Art Center, Tokyo, Cézanne: Paris-Provence, March 28–May 11, 2012, no. 52, ill.2020–21 Boston
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Cézanne: In and Out of Time, November 11, 2020–February 8, 2021, MFA Boston Collection.Published References
Bernard 1925
Bernard, Emile. Souvenirs sur Paul Cézanne: une conversation avec Cézanne: la méthode de Cézanne. Paris: R.G. Michel, 1925, ill. opposite p. 21.Bernard 1926a
Bernard, Émile. Souvenirs sur Paul Cézanne, Une Conversation avec Cézanne. Paris: R.G. Michel, 1926, ill. opp. p. 32.Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 232, ill. vol. II, as Au bord de l'étang.Art News 1948
"The Pond Acquired by Boston Museum of Fine Arts." ARTNews (Sept. 1948), p. 31, ill.Edgell 1949
Edgell, George Harold. French Painters in the Museum of Fine Arts: Corot to Utrillo. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1949, p. 51, ill.Geist 1975
Geist, Sidney. "The Secret Life of Paul Cézanne." Art International 19, no. 9 (November 20, 1975), p. 9, ill.Shiff 1984
Shiff, Richard. Cézanne and the end of Impressionism: a study of the theory, technique, and a critical evaluation of modern art. Chicago; London: The Univesity of Chicago Press, 1984, p. 114, fig. 24, as The Pond, 1877-80.Kendall 1988
Kendall, Richard, ed. Cézanne: By Himself. London: Macdonald, 1988, p. 108, ill.Lewis 1989
Lewis, Mary Tompkins. Cézanne's Early Imagery. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1989, p. 109, fig. 52.Verdi 1992
Verdi, Richard. Cézanne. London and New York: Thames & Hudson, 1992, p. 68, fig. 55.Kendall 1993a
Kendall, Richard, ed. Cézanne & Poussin: A Symposium. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1993, pl. 29.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. 244, ill. vol. 2, as Au bord de l'étang.Cézanne 2013
Cézanne, Paul. The Letters of Paul Cézanne. Edited and translated by Alex Danchev. London and Los Angeles: Thames & Hudson; Getty Publications, 2013, p. 186, ill.Related
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Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Au bord de l'étang, 1876–77 (FWN 637)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=247 (accessed on April 20, 2024).
