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 549
Le Jardinier Vallier
1906
Alternate titles: Bildnis des Gärtners Vallier; Bildnis Vallier; Portrait de Vallier; Portrait du jardinier Vallier; The artist's gardener, Vallier
Rewald (954): 1906; Venturi revised: 1906; Venturi (718): 1906; Rivière: 1906; Gowing: 1906 (Burlington); Reff: 1906 (MoMA)
Oil on canvas
25 5/8 x 21 1/4 in. (65 x 54 cm)
Private collection, New York
Provenance
Private collection, New York
Exhibition History
Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne, August 30–October 12, 1936, no. 56, as Bildnis des Gärtners Vallier, c. 1905, lent by Private collection.
Paul Rosenberg, Paris, Exposition Cézanne (1839-1906), organisée à l'occasion de son centenaire au profit de l’œuvre de l'allaitement maternel, February 21–April 1, 1939, no. 35, ill., as Portrait de Vallier, 1906, lent by P. L.
Rosenberg & Helft, London, Exhibition Cézanne (1839-1906) to celebrate his centenary, April 19–May 20, 1939, no. 23, (dated 1906), lent by P.L.
Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon, Eight Masterpieces of Painting, 1944.
Wildenstein Galleries, New York, Cézanne, March 27–April 26, 1947, no. 68, ill. lent by Block.
Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, The Art of Cézanne, January 7–February 5, 1950, as Portrait de Vallier, lent by Block.
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Cézanne: Paintings, Watercolors & Drawings, A Loan Exhibition, February 7–March 16, 1952, no. 127, ill. lent by Block. Traveled to: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, April 1–May 16, 1952.
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 100 European Paintings and Drawings from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Leigh B. Block, May 4–June 11, 1967, no. 9, ill., as The artist's gardener, Vallier, 1906. Traveled to: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, September 21–November 2, 1967.
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, One Hundred European Paintings & Drawings from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Leigh B. Block, February 2–April 14, 1968, no. 11, ill.
Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C., Cézanne: An Exhibition in Honor of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Phillips Collection, February 27–March 28, 1971, no. 35. Traveled to: The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, April 17–May 16, 1971; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, June 1–July 3, 1971.
Grand Palais, Paris, Cézanne: Les dernières années (1895–1906), April 20–July 23, 1978, no. 15, ill.
Galerie Beyeler, Basel, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne: Peintures, Aquarelles, Dessins, June–September 1983, no. 31, ill., as Le Jardinier Vallier, lent by Private collection.
Fondation de l'Hermitage, Lausanne, Switzerland, L'Impressionnisme dans les collections romandes, June 17–October 21, 1984, no. 107.
Musée d'Orsay, Paris, Cézanne Portraits, June 13–September 24, 2017, no. 69, ill.
Musée d'Orsay, Paris, Cézanne Portraits, June 13–September 24, 2017, no. 26.3, ill. shown in Washington only. Traveled to: National Portrait Gallery, London, October 26, 2017–February 11, 2018; National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C, March 25–July 1, 2018.
Published References
Rivière, Georges. Le Maître Paul Cézanne. Paris: Librairie Floury, 1923, p. 225, listed, as Portrait de Vallier.
Venturi, Lionello. "Paul Cézanne." L'Arte 6, nos. 4 and 5 (July 1935), p. 405, fig. 24.
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 718, ill. vol. II, as Portrait de Vallier.
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 Portrait du jardinier Vallier.
Brunon-Guardia, G.[eorges]. "Lettres et Arts: L’œuvre de Paul Cézanne en un merveilleux raccourci." L'Intransigeant (Paris), February 25, 1939, ill. p. 2, as Portrait du jardinier Vallier.
Novotny, Fritz. Cézanne. London: Phaidon Press, 1947, pl. 85, as Portrait du jardinier Vallier, 1906.
Novotny, Fritz. "Cézanne als Zeichner." Wiener Jahrbuch für Kunstgeschichte 14 (1950), pp. 232, 236, fig. 120.
Murphy, Richard W. The World of Cézanne, 1839–1906. New York: Time-Life Books, 1968, p. 140.
Novotny, Fritz. Über das "Elementare" in der Kunstgeschichte und andere Aufsätze. Vienna: Verlag Brüder Rosenbaum, 1968, pp. 84, 87, fig. 51 p. 170.
Schapiro, Meyer. Paul Cézanne. Translated by Louis-Marie Ollivier. Paris: Nouvelles Editions Françaises, 1973, pl. 48, with comments.
Weber, Jürgen. Gestalt, Bewegung, Farbe: Kunst und anschauliches Denken. Berlin: Henschelverlag, 1976, p. 199, fig. 336, as Bildnis Vallier.
Rubin, William, ed. Cézanne: The Late Work. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1977. Exhibition catalogue, pl. 26.
Düchting, Hajo. Paul Cézanne: Natur wird Kunst. Cologne: Benedict Taschen Verlag, 1989, p. 170, ill.
Cachin, Françoise, and Joseph Rishel. Cézanne. Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux, 1995. Exhibition catalogue, p. 515, fig. 2.
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. 954, ill. vol. 2, as Le Jardinier Vallier.
Tuma, Kathryn A. "Cézanne and Lucretius at the Red Rock." Representations vol. 78, no. 1 (Spring 2002), p. 79, fig. 6.
Pissarro, Joachim. Pioneering Modern Painting: Cézanne & Pissarro 1865–85. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 2005. Exhibition catalogue, p.49, fig. 41.
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: The Eye and the Mind, 2 vols. Marseille: Editions Crès, 2008, vol. 1, fig. 380; vol. 2, p. 239, as Le Jardinier Vallier.
Machotka, Pavel. "I ritratti di Cézanne: il volto umano della grande pitura." In Cézanne: les ateliers du midi. Milan: Skira, 2011. Exhibition catalogue, p. 92, fig. 58.
Cézanne, Paul. The Letters of Paul Cézanne. Edited and translated by Alex Danchev. London and Los Angeles: Thames & Hudson; Getty Publications, 2013, p. 384, ill.
Staatliche Museen zu Berlin–Preussischer Kulturbesitz. Picasso und seine Zeit: Die Sammlung Berggruen. Berlin: Nicolai, 2013. Exhibition catalogue, p. 28, ill.
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Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Le Jardinier Vallier, 1906 (FWN 549)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=927 (accessed on April 16, 2024).
