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Catalogue entry

FWN 636
La Femme étranglée
1875–76
Alternate titles: Combat de femmes; Die gewürgte Frau; La femme étranglée; The Strangeled Woman
Rewald (247): 1875–76; Venturi revised: c.1871; Cézanne fils: 1875; Venturi (123): 1870–72
Oil on canvas
12 3/16 x 9 13/16 in. (31 x 25 cm)
Vollard B stockbook: no. 3731, L'assassinat, 31 x 25 cm (125 frs)
Vollard archives: photo no. 326, Annotated by Cezanne's son: 1875
Musée d'Orsay, Paris (RF 1973 11)

Keywords

Provenance
Ambroise Vollard, Paris
Auguste Pellerin, Paris (1904)
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris (February 16, 1911)
Ambroise Vollard, Paris (February 18, 1911)
Paul Rosenberg, Paris
Émile Roche, Paris
Galerie Charpentier, Paris, February 25, 1954, no. 54, pl, XIV
Max Kaganovitch, Paris;
Musée du Louvre, Paris (1973, Gift of Max and Rosy Kaganovitch);
Musée du Louvre, galerie du Jeu de Paume, Paris (1973-1986);
Musée d'Orsay, Paris (1986)
Exhibition History
1956 The Hague
Haags Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, the Netherlands, Paul Cézanne, June 1–August 1, 1956, no. 6.
1956 Zurich
Kunsthaus, Zurich, Paul Cézanne, August 22–October 7, 1956, no. 11, lent by Private collection, France.
1956 Munich
Haus der Kunst, Munich, Paul Cézanne, October 12–November 18, 1956, no. 7, ill. lent by Private collection, France.
1974b Paris
Orangerie, Paris, Cézanne dans les musées nationaux, July 19–October 14, 1974, extended until October 28, no. 5, ill. in b/w, as La femme étranglée.
1978 Moscow and traveling
Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, [Collection of Marc Kaganovitch], Summer 1978, no. 39, c. 1870-72. Traveled to: Hermitage Museum, Leningrad, Russian Federation, Summer 1978.
1982 Prague and traveling
National Gallery - Waldstein Riding School, Prague, Od Courbeta k Cézannovi: obrazy z let 1848-1886 ze sbírek francouzských muzeí [From Courbet to Cézanne: paintings from 1848-1886, from the collections of French museums], September–October 1982, no. 16, ill. c. 1870-72. Traveled to: Nationalgalerie - Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Berlin, December 10, 1982–February 20, 1983.
1982–83 Berlin
Nationalgalerie - Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Berlin, Von Courbet bis Cézanne: Französische Malerei 1848-1886, December 10, 1982–February 20, 1983, no. 16, ill. in b/w, as La Femme étranglée, c. 1870-72.
1986 Brooklyn and traveling
Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York, From Courbet to Cézanne: A New 19th Century Preview of the Musée d'Orsay, March 13–May 5, 1986, no. 32, p. 87, ill. p. 86, as The Strangeled Woman. Traveled to: Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, June 1–August 3, 1986.
1989b Paris
Musée Jacquemart-André, Paris, L'Europe des grands maitres quand ils étaient jeunes ... 1870-1970, September 21–November 12, 1989, no no., ill., as La Femme étranglée, c. 1870/72.
1999–2000 Riehen/Basel
Fondation Beyeler, Riehen/Basel, Switzerland, Cézanne und die Moderne, October 10, 1999–January 9, 2000, no. 6, ill., p. 106, as La Femme étranglée.
2005 Tübingen
Kunsthalle Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany, Bordell und Boudoir. Schauplätze der Moderne: Cézanne, Degas, Toulouse-Lautrec, Picasso, January 22–May 22, 2005, no. 17, ill. 81, as Die gewürgte Frau, 1875-76.
2008 Humlebæk
Louisiana Museum of Art, Humlebæk, Denmark, Cézanne & Giacometti: Paths of Doubt, February 20–June 29, 2008, no. 4, ill. p. 17, as La Femme étranglée, lent by Musée d'Orsay.
2014–15a Paris
Musée d'Orsay, Paris, Sade: attaquer le soleil, September 14, 2014–January 25, 2015, no. 60, ill., listed p. 326, as La Femme étranglée.
2017 Basel
Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel, Switzerland, The Hidden Cézanne: From Sketchbook to Canvas, June 10–September 24, 2017, no. 51, ill.
2018–219 Paris and traveling
Musée d'Orsay, Paris, Orsay par Julian Schabel, October 10, 2018–January 13, 2021, no. 13, ill., as La Femme étranglée.
2020 Paris
Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris, Cezanne et les Maîtres, rêve d'Italie, February 27–July 5, 2020, no. 7, ill. lent by Musée d'Orsay.
Published References
Vollard 1935
Vollard, Ambroise. "Souvenirs sur Cézanne." Minotaure 2, no. 6 (1935), p. 15, ill.
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 123, ill. vol. II, as La Femme étranglée.
Rewald 1936e
Rewald, John. Cézanne et Zola. Paris: Editions A. Sedrowski, 1936, fig. 23.
Rewald 1939c
Rewald, John. Cézanne, sa vie, son œuvre, son amitié pour Zola. Paris: Albin Michel, 1939, fig. 26.
Schildt 1946
Schildt, Göran. Cézanne. Stockholm: Wahlström & Widstrand, 1946, fig. 19.
Dorival 1948
Dorival, Bernard. Cézanne. Paris: Pierre Tisné, 1948, p. 27.
Rewald 1948b
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: A Biography. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1948, fig. 28.
Rewald 1950a
Rewald, John. Cézanne. London: Phoenix House, 1950, fig. 16.
Beucken 1955
Beucken, Jean de. Un portrait de Cézanne. Paris: Gallimard, [1955], p. 112.
Badt 1956
Badt, Kurt. Die Kunst Cézannes. Munich: Prestel, 1956, pp. 215–33.
Beucken 1962
Beucken, Jean de. Cézanne. New York: Viking Press, 1962, p. 53, ill.
Chappuis 1962
Chappuis, Adrien. Les dessins de Paul Cézanne au cabinet des estampes du Musée des beaux-arts de Bâle. Olten and Lausanne: Urs Graf, 1962, vol. 1, p. 52, fig. 22.
Adhémar 1973
Adhémar, Hélène. "Galerie du Jeu de Paume: Dernières acquisitions: Donation Max et Rosy Kaganovitch." La Revue du Louvre et des musées de France, nos. 4-5 (1973), p. 290, fig. 5, as La femme étranglée, 1870-72.
Adhémar et al. 1973
Adhémar, Hélène, and Anne Dayez. Musée du Jeu de Paume. Paris: Editions des Musées Nationaux, 1973, listed p. 162, ill. p. 125, as La femme étranglée, c. 1870-72.
Schapiro 1973
Schapiro, Meyer. Paul Cézanne. Translated by Louis-Marie Ollivier. Paris: Nouvelles Editions Françaises, 1973, p. 32, ill.
Adriani 1980
Adriani, Götz. Paul Cézanne: 'Der Liebeskampf'. Munich: Piper, 1980, p. 57, pl. 13.
Ely 1984
Ely, Bruno. "Cézanne, L'Ecole de dessin et le Musée d'Aix." In Cézanne au Musée d'Aix. Aix-en-Provence: Musée Granet, 1984. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 186 (fig. 2).
Compin et al. 1986
Compin, Isabelle et Anne Roquebert. Catalogue sommaire illustré des peintures du musée du Louvre et du musée d'Orsay. 3, École Française, A-K. Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux, 1986, p. 115, ill., as La femme étranglée, c. 1870-72.
Patin 1988
Patin, Sylvie. "The Collectors of Cézanne's Early Works." In Cézanne: The Early Years 1859-1872. London: Royal Academy of Arts, 1988. Exhibition catalogue, fig. 34.
Plazy 1988
Plazy, Gilles. Cézanne ou la peinture absolue. Paris: Editions Liana Levi, 1988, p. 47, ill. in color.
Düchting 1989
Düchting, Hajo. Paul Cézanne: Natur wird Kunst. Cologne: Benedict Taschen Verlag, 1989, p. 36, ill.
Lewis 1989
Lewis, Mary Tompkins. Cézanne's Early Imagery. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1989, p. 151, fig. 85.
Krumrine 1989b
Krumrine, Mary Louise. "Paul Cézanne: The Bathers." In Paul Cézanne: The Bathers. Basel: Museum of Fine Arts, 1989. Exhibition catalogue, ill. 20 p. 42.
Cachin and Rishel 1995
Cachin, Françoise, and Joseph Rishel. Cézanne. Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux, 1995. Exhibition catalogue, p. 108, fig. 1.
Cahn 1995b
Cahn, Isabelle. Paul Cézanne. Paris: Somogy Editions d'Art, 1995, p. 20, ill.
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. 247, ill. vol. 2, as La Femme étranglée.
Maloon 1998
Maloon, Terence. "Classic Cézanne." In Classic Cézanne. Sydney: Art Gallery of New South Wales, 1998. Exhibition catalogue, p. 31, fig. 13.
Platzman 2001
Platzman, Steven. Cézanne: The Self-Portraits. Berkeley: University of California, 2001, p. 54, ill., as La Femme étranglée.
Machotka 2008
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: The Eye and the Mind, 2 vols. Marseille: Editions Crès, 2008, vol. 1, fig. 74; vol. 2, p. 71, as La Femme étranglée.
Dombrowski 2011
Dombrowski, André. "Cézanne peignant le meurtre." In Cézanne et Paris. Paris: Éditions de la Rmn-Grand Palais, 2011. Exhibition catalogue, p. 106, fig. 49, as La Femme étranglée.
Colrat 2013
Colrat, Jean. Cézanne: Joindre les mains errantes de la nature. Paris-Sorbonne: PUPS, 2013, p. 258, pl. 118.
Dombrowski 2013
Dombrowski, André. Cézanne, Murder, and Modern Life. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2013, pl. 1.
Dauberville 2020
Dauberville, Guy-Patrice, and Floriane Dauberville. Paul Cezanne chez Bernheim-Jeune. Paris: Editions G-P.F. Dauberville & Archives Bernheim-Jeune, 2020, no. 172, ill., as Combat de femmes.

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Record last updated May 16, 2023. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "La Femme étranglée, 1875–76 (FWN 636)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=250 (accessed on April 29, 2024).