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)
FWN 670
Arlequin
1888–90
Alternate titles: Harlekin; Harlequin; L'Arlequin
Rewald (621): 1888–90; Venturi revised: 1888; Venturi (553): 1888–90; Cooper: probably 1888–89, after No. 618; Gowing: c.1889 (Edinburgh)
Oil on canvas
36 3/16 x 25 5/8 in. (92 x 65 cm)
Vollard B stockbook: no. 4299, Arlequin, 92 x 65 cm (2400 frs)
Vollard archives: photo no. 281 and [195], Annotated by Cezanne's son: 1889
Private collection, Argentina
Provenance
Private collection, Argentina
Exhibition History
Bruno and Paul Cassirer, Berlin, III. Jahrgang der Kunst-Austellungen, Winter 1900/1901, November 2 - beginning of December 1900, no. 13, as Harlekin, recently bought from Vollard by Emil Heilbut.
Salon d'Automne, Grand Palais, Paris, Rétrospective d'oeuvres de Cézanne, October 1–22, 1907, no. 38, as L'Arlequin, lent by Gangnat.
Paul Rosenberg, Paris, Art français du XIXe siècle au profit de l'Association Générale des mutilés de la guerre, June 25–July 13, 1917, no. 10, as Arlequin, lent by Rosenberg.
Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich, Französische Kunst des XIX. und XX. Jahrhunderts, October 5–November 14, 1917, no. 40, ill., as Arlequin, lent by S[tang].
Paul Rosenberg, Paris, L'art français au XIXe siècle, 1919.
Nationalmuseum, Oslo, Norway, De David à Courbet, March–August 1928.
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, The museum's first loan exhibition: Cézanne, Gauguin, Seurat, van Gogh, November 8–December 7, 1929, no. 10, ill., (dated 1885–90), as Harlequin, lent by Private collection, Paris.
Wildenstein Galleries, London, Nineteenth Century Masterpieces, May 9–June 15, 1935, no. 5, ill.
New Burlington Galleries, London, Exhibition of Masters of French 19th Century Painting, October 1–31, 1936, no. 91, as Harlequin, lent by Rothschild.
Rosenberg & Helft, London, Exhibition Cézanne (1839-1906) to celebrate his centenary, April 19–May 20, 1939, no. 16, ill. lent by Rothschild.
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Cézanne: Paintings, Watercolors & Drawings, A Loan Exhibition, February 7–March 16, 1952, no. 71, ill. lent by Rothschild. Traveled to: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, April 1–May 16, 1952.
Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Paintings by Cézanne, August 20–September 18, 1954, no. 44, pl. VI, as Arlequin, c. 1889, lent by Lord Rothschild. Traveled to: Tate Gallery, London, September 29–October 27, 1954.
Carnegie Art Institute, Pittsburgh, Celebration: Inaugural Exhibition of the Sarah Scaife Gallery of the Museum of Art, October 26, 1974–January 5, 1975, no. 14, ill., as Harlequin, c. 1888, Private collection.
Published References
Coquiot, Gustave. "Paul Cézanne." Le Carnet des artistes: art ancien, art moderne, arts appliqués, no. 9 (1917), ill. p. 8.
Jamot, Paul. "L'art français en Norvège." La Renaissance (Paris; New York), vol. 12, no. 2 (February 1929), p. 95, ill. p. 75, as Arlequin, J.-B. Stang collection.
Di San Lazzaro, Gualtieri. Paul Cézanne. Paris: Chroniques du Jour, 1936, fig. 11.
Ors, Eugenio d.' "Crise de Cézanne." Gazette des beaux-arts, vol. 15, periode 6 (June 1936), p. 365, fig. 3, as L'Arlequin, Note: added strip on bottom of canvas in illustration.
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 553, ill. vol. II, as Arlequin.
Rewald, John. "A propos du catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre de Paul Cézanne et de la chronologie de cette œuvre." La Renaissance (Paris), vol. 20, nos. 3-4 (March–April 1937), p. 55, as Arlequin.
Loran, Erle. Cézanne's Composition. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1943, p. 58, ill.
Guerry, Liliane. "Le Problème de l'équilibre spatial dans les portraits cézanniens de la période constructive." Etudes d'Art, no. 2 (1946), fig. 3.
Loran, Erle. "Cézanne in 1952." Quarterly (Art Institute of Chicago) 46, no. 1 (February 1, 1952), p. 6, ill. (detail).
Murphy, Richard W. The World of Cézanne, 1839–1906. New York: Time-Life Books, 1968, p. 109.
Harris, Nathaniel. The Art of Cézanne. London: Optimum Books, 1982, p. 69, ill. in color.
Barskaya, Anna and Evgenia Georgievskaia. Paul Cézanne: Bilder aus Museen der Sowjetunion. Leningrad: Aurora Art Publishers, 1983, ill. p. 137.
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, p. 156, ill.
Rewald, John. "Paintings by Paul Cézanne in the Mellon Collection." In Essays in Honor of Paul Mellon, Collector and Benefactor, edited by John Wilmerding. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 1986, p. 156, ill.
Düchting, Hajo. Paul Cézanne: Natur wird Kunst. Cologne: Benedict Taschen Verlag, 1989, p. 156, ill.
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. 621, ill. vol. 2, as Arlequin.
Bernstein, Roberta. "Cézanne and Johns: 'At Every Point in Nature There Is Something to See.'" In Cézanne and Beyond. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art; New Haven: In association with Yale University Press, 2009. Exhibition catalogue, p. 488, pl. 194, as Harlequin.
Echte, Bernhard and Feilchenfeldt, Walter. "Sammlungen Paul Cézanne, Louis Corinth, […], 2. November bis Anfang Dezember 1900." Kunstsalon Bruno & Paul Cassirer: Die Ausstellungen 1898-1901. vol. 1, «Das Beste aus aller Welt zeigen». Wädenswil: Nimbus, 2011, p. 347, ill.
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Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Arlequin, 1888–90 (FWN 670)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=603 (accessed on April 16, 2024).
