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Catalogue entry

FWN 449
Portrait de l'artiste
c.1877
Alternate titles: Portrait de l'artiste par lui-même; Portrait de l'auteur par lui-même, nu tête; Selbstbildnis; Selbstporträt; Self Portrait; Self-Portrait
Rewald (383): 1878–80; Venturi revised: c.1877; Venturi (290): c.1877; Rivière: c.1880
Oil on canvas
24 x 18 1/5 in. (61 x 47 cm)
Vollard A stockbook: no. 4162, portrait de l'artiste par lui-même, 59 x 45 cm
Vollard archives: photo no. 523, Annotated: 1875–80

Keywords

Provenance
Ambroise Vollard, Paris
Romanelli, Florence (Jan. 23, 1911)
Theodor Behrens, Hamburg;
Leo von Koenig, Berlin
Paul Rosenberg, Paris
Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C. (1928)
Exhibition History
1904 Berlin
Paul Cassirer, Berlin, Sonderausstellung Paul Cézanne, April 22–June 15, 1904, no number, as Selbstporträt.
1904b Paris
Salon d'Automne, Grand Palais, Paris, Salle Cézanne, October 15–November 15, 1904, no. 6, as Portrait de l'auteur par lui-même, nu tête, lent by Vollard.
1909b Berlin possibly
Paul Cassirer, Berlin, XII. Jahrgang, III. Ausstellung, November 17–December 12, 1909, no. 29, as Selbstbildnis.
1912 St. Petersburg
Institut français, Mansion of Yusupova (42 Liteiny Avenue), St. Petersburg, Russian Federation, [Exposition centennale de l'art français, 1812-1912], opening January 15, no. 591, ill., as Portrait de l'artiste, lent by Theo. Behrens.
1921 Berlin
Paul Cassirer, Berlin, Cézanne-Ausstellung: Cézannes Werke in deutschem Privatbesitz: Gemälde, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, November–December 11, 1921, no. 16, ill., as Selbstbildnis, lent by Th. Behrens.
1925 Vienna
Secession, Vienna, 82. Ausstellung der Secession: Die führenden Meister der französischen Kunst im neunzehnten Jahrhundert., March 6–April 26, 1925, no. 81, as Selbstbildnis, lent by Baron Leo Koenig.
1929 New York
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, The museum's first loan exhibition: Cézanne, Gauguin, Seurat, van Gogh, November 8–December 7, 1929, no. 3, ill., as Self Portrait, lent by Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.
1932e New York
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, The Taste of Today in Masterpieces of Painting before 1900, July 10–October 2, 1932.
1932 Buffalo
Albright Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York, The Nineteenth Century: French Art in Retrospect (1800–1900), November 1–30, 1932, no. 5.
1934 Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Cézanne, November–December 1934, no. 8, ill., (dated c. 1880), as Self-Portrait, lent by Phillips Gallery.
1938b New York
Wildenstein Galleries, New York, Great Portraits from Impressionism to Modernism, March 1–29, 1938, no. 1.
1940a New York
Galerie Durand-Ruel, New York, The four Great Impressionists: Cézanne, Degas, Renoir, Manet, March 27–April 13, 1940, no. 5, ill.
1940 San Francisco
Palace of Fine Arts, Treasure Island, San Francisco, Golden Gate International Exposition, May 25–September 29, 1940, no. 242, ill., as Self-Portrait, lent by the Phillips Memorial Gallery, Washington D.C.
1952 Chicago and traveling
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Cézanne: Paintings, Watercolors & Drawings, A Loan Exhibition, February 7–March 16, 1952, no. 38, ill. lent by Phillips. Traveled to: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, April 1–May 16, 1952.
1956 Aix-en-Provence
Pavillon de Vendôme, Aix-en-Provence, France, Exposition pour commémorer le cinquantenaire de la mort de Cézanne, July 21–August 15, 1956, no. 15, lent by Phillips Gallery.
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. 8. Traveled to: The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, April 17–May 16, 1971; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, June 1–July 3, 1971.
1972b New York
Wildenstein Galleries, New York, Faces from the World of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism, November 2–December 9, 1972, no. 16, ill., as Self-Portrait, c. 1878-80.
1984 Madrid
Museo Español de Arte Contemporáneo, Madrid, Paul Cézanne, March 9–April 1984, no. 20.
1988–89b London and traveling
The Hayward Gallery, London, Master Paintings from the Phillips Collection, Washington, May 19–August 14, 1988, no. 19, ill., as Self-Portrait, 1878-80. Traveled to: Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, Germany, August 27–November 6, 1988 (Meisterwerke aus der Phillips Collection, Washington); Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, November 30–February 15, 1988 (Obras maestras de la Colección Phillips de Washington).
1995–96 Paris and traveling
Grand Palais, Paris, Cézanne, September 26, 1995–January 14, 1996, no. 36. Traveled to: Tate Gallery, London, February 8–April 28, 1996; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, May 26–September 1, 1996.
1999–2000 Baltimore and traveling
The Baltimore Museum, Baltimore, Faces of Impressionism, Portraits from American Collections, October 10, 1999–January 30, 2000, no. 15, ill. shown in Cleveland and Houston only. Traveled to: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, March 25–May 7, 2000; Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, May 28–July 30, 2000.
2022–23 Raleigh
North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, A Modern Vision: European Masterworks from the Phillips Collection, October 8, 2022–January 22, 2023, as Self-Portrait.
Published References
Duret 1907
Duret, Théodore. "Paul Cézanne." Kunst und Künstler 5, no. 3 (1907), ill. p. 97, as Selbstporträt.
Meier-Graefe 1907
Meier-Graefe, Julius. "Paul Cézanne." In Impressionisten: Guys, Manet, van Gogh, Pissarro, Cézanne. Munich and Leipzig: R. Piper & Co., 1907, ill. p. 209, as Selbstbildnis.
Meier-Graefe 1910
Meier-Graefe, Julius. Paul Cézanne. Munich: R. Piper & Co., 1910, ill. p. 55.
Meier-Graefe 1913
Meier-Graefe, Julius. Paul Cézanne. Munich: R. Piper & Co., 1913, ill. p. 49.
Vollard 1914
Vollard, Ambroise. Paul Cézanne. Paris: Vollard, 1914, pl. 45.
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. 5.
Deri 1919
Deri, Max. Die Malerei im XIX. Jahrhundert: entwicklungsgeschichtliche Darstellung auf psychologischer Grundlage. Berlin: Paul Cassirer, 1919, pp. 199–200, pl. 43.
Salmon 1921
Salmon, André. "La Captivité de Cézanne." Der Querschnitt 11, no. 7 (Christmas 1921), p. l, ill., as Selbstbildnis.
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. 138.
Meier-Graefe 1922a
Meier-Graefe, Julius. "Zur Berliner Cézanne-Ausstellung 1921." In Ganymed: Jahrbuch für Kunst 4. Munich: R. Piper & Co., Verlag der Marées-Gesellschaft, 1922, ill. between pp. 272-273, as Selbstbildnis.
Meier-Graefe 1923
Meier-Graefe, Julius. Paul Cézanne. Munich: R. Piper, 1923, ill. p. 47.
Rivière 1923
Rivière, Georges. Le Maître Paul Cézanne. Paris: Librairie Floury, 1923, p. 209, listed.
Meier-Graefe 1924
Meier-Graefe, Julius. "Cézanne." In Entwicklungsgeschichte der modernen Kunst vol. 3. Munich: R. Piper & Co., [1924] (copyright 1915), pl. 494, as Selbstbildnis, c. 1880.
Pfister 1927
Pfister, Kurt. Cézanne: Gestalt, Werk, Mythos. Potsdam: Gustav Kiepenheuer Verlag, 1927, fig. 42, as Selbstbildnis, c. 1880.
Waldmann 1927
Waldmann, Emil. Die Kunst des Realismus und des Impressionismus. Berlin: Propyläen-Verlag, 1927, p. 492, ill.
Phillips 1929a
Phillips, Duncan. "El Greco, Cézanne, Picasso." Art and Understanding 1 (November 1929), p. 98, ill., as Self Portrait.
Phillips 1929b
Phillips, Duncan. "The Palette Knife: A Collection Still in the Making." Creative Art 4 (May 1929), p. xv, ill.
Gasquet 1930b
Gasquet, Joachim. Cézanne. Berlin: B. Cassirer, 1930, ill. opp. p. 84.
Phillips 1931
Phillips, Duncan. The Artist Sees Differently. New York: E. Weyhe, 1931, pp. 121–22.
Matthews 1933
Matthews, Herbert L. "Canny Columbus of Modern Art: Ambroise Vollard." New York Times, October 29, 1933, p. 10, ill.
D'Ors 1936b
Ors, Eugenio d.' "Crise de Cézanne." Gazette des beaux-arts, vol. 15, periode 6 (June 1936), p. 372, fig. 9, as Portrait de l'artiste par lui-même.
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 290, ill. vol. II, as Portrait de l'artiste.
Novotny 1937
Novotny, Fritz. Cézanne. Vienna: Phaidon, 1937, pl. 24.
Cogniat 1939a
Cogniat, Raymond. Cézanne. Paris: Pierre Tisné, 1939, pl. 48.
Frankfurter 1940a
Frankfurter, Alfred M. "The Four Great Impressionists: Unfamiliar Works by Manet, Degas, Cézanne, Renoir at Durand-Ruel Galleries." Art News 38, no. 25 (March 23, 1940), p. 8, ill.
Laporte 1944
Laporte, Paul M. "Cézanne and Whitman." Magazine of Art 37, no. 6 (October 1944), p. 223, ill.
Jewell 1944a
Jewell, Edward Alden. Paul Cézanne. New York: Hyperion Press, 1944, p. 41, ill.
Goldwater 1945
Goldwater, Robert J. "Art and Nature in the 19th Century." Magazine of Art 38 (March 1945), p. 107, ill.
Novotny 1947
Novotny, Fritz. Cézanne. London: Phaidon Press, 1947, pl. 20, as Portrait de l'artiste, c. 1877.
Rewald 1948b
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: A Biography. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1948, fig. 62.
Rewald 1950a
Rewald, John. Cézanne. London: Phoenix House, 1950, fig. 46.
Louchheim 1952
Louchheim, Aline Bernstein. "Cezanne: Link in Art." The New York Times (New York) (April 6, 1952), p. 22, ill., as Self-Portrait.
Phillips Collection 1952
Catalogue: A Museum of Modern Art and Its Sources. Washington, D.C.: Phillips Collection, 1952, pl. 68.
Raynal 1954
Raynal, Maurice. Cézanne. Geneva: Skira, 1954, p. 12.
Badt 1956
Badt, Kurt. Die Kunst Cézannes. Munich: Prestel, 1956, frontispiece and pp. 143–44.
Badt 1965
Badt, Kurt. The Art of Cézanne. Translated by Sheila Ann Ogilvie. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1965, p. 185.
Leonhard 1966
Leonhard, Kurt. Paul Cézanne in Selbstzeugnissen und Bilddokumenten. Rheinbek bei Hamburg: Rowohlt, 1966, p. 81, ill. (detail).
Murphy 1968
Murphy, Richard W. The World of Cézanne, 1839–1906. New York: Time-Life Books, 1968, p. 107.
Phillips 1970
Phillips, Marjorie. Duncan Phillips and His Collection. Boston: Little, Brown, 1970, p. 169, ill. opp. p. 167.
Bernard, B. 1986
Bernard, Bruce. The Impressionist Revolution. London: Orbis, 1986, p. 109, ill.
Kirsch 1986
Kirsch, Robert. "A Cézanne Self-Portrait." Issues: A Journal for Artists (Spring 1986), pp. 33–35, ill.
Arnold 1986b
Arnold, Matthias. "Cézanne und van Gogh: Die beiden grossen Postimpressionisten: Ein Vergleich, II." Weltkunst 56, no. 2 (January 15, 1986), p. 135, fig. 45.
Rewald 1986b
Rewald, John. Cézanne: A Biography. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1986, p. 124, ill.
Kendall 1988
Kendall, Richard, ed. Cézanne: By Himself. London: Macdonald, 1988, p. 80, ill.
Stewart 1988
Stewart, Angus. "Master Paintings from the Phillips Collection, Washington." RSA Journal Vol. 136, No. 5384 (July 1988), p. 585, as Cézanne's self-portrait.
Rewald 1989
Rewald, John. Cézanne and America: Dealers, Collectors, Artists and Critics, 1891–1921. Princeton: Princeton University Press; London: Thames & Hudson, 1989, p. 121, fig. 67.
Bonafoux 1995
Bonafoux, Pascal. Cézanne: portrait. Paris: Editions Hazan, 1995, p. 98, 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. 383, ill. vol. 2, as Portrait de l'artiste.
Helin 2001
Helin, Saskia. "Cézanne in Hamburg." In Private Schätze: über das Sammeln von Kunst in Hamburg bis 1933. Hamburg: Christians, 2001, pp. 44-45, ill., as Selbstporträt, 1878-80.
Luckhardt 2001
Luckhardt, Ulrich. "Eduard L. Behrens und Theodor E. Behrens: Sammeln moderner Kunst in zwei Generationen." In Private Schätze: über das Sammeln von Kunst in Hamburg bis 1933. Hamburg: Christians, 2001, p. 39, ill. p. 40.
Platzman 2001
Platzman, Steven. Cézanne: The Self-Portraits. Berkeley: University of California, 2001, pp. 98–99, 196, fig. 9, as Portrait de l'artiste.
Machotka 2008
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: The Eye and the Mind, 2 vols. Marseille: Editions Crès, 2008, vol. 1, fig. 120; vol. 2, p. 93, as Portrait de l'artiste.
Echte and Feilchenfeldt 2011b
Echte, Bernhard and Feilchenfeldt, Walter. "Paul Cézanne, 22. April bis 15. Juni 1904." Kunstsalon Paul Cassirer: Die Ausstellungen 1901-1905. vol. 2, "Man steht da und staunt". Wädenswil: Nimbus, 2011, p. 508, ill.
Coutagne 2011d
Coutagne, Denis. Cézanne abstraction faite. Paris: Les Editions du Cerf, 2011, p. 249, fig. 179.
Echte and Feilchenfeldt 2013d
Echte, Bernhard and Feilchenfeldt, Walter. "Kollektion Paul Cézanne: 17. November bis 12. Dezember 1909." Kunstsalon Cassirer: Die Ausstellungen 1908-1910. vol. 4, "Ganz eigenartige neue Werte". Wädenswil: Nimbus, 2013, p. 290, ill. there is no evidence in the Cassirer Archive that this work was shown.
Lloyd 2015
Lloyd, Christopher. Paul Cézanne, Drawings and Watercolors. London and Los Angeles: Thames & Hudson and John Paul Getty Museum, 2015, frontispiece.
Elderfield, Morton, Rey 2017
Elderfield, John, Mary Morton, Xavier Rey. Cézanne Portraits. Paris: Musée d'Orsay and Editions Gallimard, 2017. Exhibition catalogue, p. 91, fig. 33.
Kitschen 2017
Kitschen, Friederike. "Das Papierne Museum: Julius Meier-Graefe und die Vergegenwärtigung Paul Cézannes in Bild und Wort." In Julius Meier-Graefe: Grenzgänger der Künste, Becker, Ingeborg and Stephanie Marchal (editors). Berlin: Deutscher Kunstverlag, 2017, p. 189, fig. 6 p. 189 (reproduction of ill. in Meier-Graefe 1918), as Selbstbildnis.
Elderfield, Morton, Rey 2017a
Elderfield, John, Mary Morton, Xavier Rey. Cézanne Portraits. London and Princeton, N,J.: National Portrait Gallery Publications and Princeton University Press, 2017. Exhibition catalogue, fig. 34.
Lobstein 2017b
Lobstein, Dominique. "'La portée d'une révélation' La réception critique de l'exposition Cézanne au Salon d'automne de 1904." In Paul Cezanne, Le chant de la terre. Martigny: Fondation Pierre Gianadda, 2017. Exhibition catalogue, p. 82, fig. 1.
Notes

Rewald (1996, p. 251) noted: "No precise date of execution can be established for this canvas; it may have been painted in either Paris or Aix. Its unusual monochromaticism does not link it to any other picture, but the small brushstrokes in the beard and other areas to which Cézanne devoted special attention seem to relate it to such landscapes as La Maison abandonnée, 1878–79 (113), Cour de ferme, c.1879 (129), Au fond du ravin, l'Estaque, 1878–79 (123), La Baie de l'Estaque vue de l'est, c.1876–79 (97), and particularly to the views of L'Estaque of circa 1879."

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Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Portrait de l'artiste, c.1877 (FWN 449)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=379 (accessed on March 29, 2024).