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 47
Mur de jardin
1867–68
Alternate titles: Le Mur Blanc; Mauer einer Vorortvilla; The White Wall
Rewald (88): 1867–68; Venturi revised: c.1876; Venturi (1513): 1871–72
Oil on canvas
8 11/16 x 14 5/8 in. (22 x 37 cm)
Vollard B stockbook: no. 3447, Paysage. Arbre[s] contre un mur, 23 x 38 cm (350 frs)
Vollard W stockbook: no. 3884, paysage; huile, 23 x 38 (2,000)
Provenance
Private collection, Rhode Island;
Exhibition History
Paul Cassirer, Berlin, Sonderausstellung Paul Cézanne, April 22–June 15, 1904, no number, as Mauer einer Vorortvilla.
McLellan Galleries, Glasgow, United Kingdom, French Art of the 19th and 20th Centuries, 1937, no. 11.
Alex Reid & Lefevre, London, Cézanne, June 1937, no. 6, ill., as Le Mur Blanc, dated 1871–72.
Bignou Gallery, New York, The Post-Impressionists, October–November 1940, no. 2, as Le Mur Blanc.
Bignou Gallery, New York, English and French Landscapes by 19th Century French Painters, January–February 1941, no. 2.
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island, French Art of the 19th and 20th Centuries, November 1942, no. 6, (dated 1871–72), lent by Bignou Gallery.
Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, Paintings by Paul Cézanne, February 5–March 9, 1947, no. 1, ill. lent by Mrs. Danforth.
Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island, Cézanne, September 23–October 24, 1954, no. 12, lent by anon.
Published References
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1513, ill. vol. II, as Mur de jardin.
Fell, Herbert Granville. "Cézannes at Lefevre Gallery." Connoisseur 100 (July 1937), p. 39, ill.
"By a Great French 'Modern' – Cézanne." Illustrated London News (June 19, 1937), p. 1147, ill.
Adhémar, Jean. "Le cabinet de travail de Zola." Gazette des beaux-arts, vol. 56, periode 6 (November 1960), p. 294 (no. 135).
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. 88, ill. vol. 2, as Mur de jardin.
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. 506, ill.
Record last updated May 18, 2023. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Mur de jardin, 1867–68 (FWN 47)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=101 (accessed on January 16, 2025).
