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 1853
Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe
c.1875
Alternate titles: Le déjeuner sur l'herbe; Picknick im Grünen (Le déjeuner sur l'herbe)
Rewald (W47); Venturi revised: 1872–74; Venturi (878): 1872–77
Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on paper
3 3/4 x 5 1/8 in. (9.5 x 13 cm)
Private collection, San Francisco
Provenance
Private collection, San Francisco
Exhibition History
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Aquarelles de Cézanne: au profit de la fondation des journalistes, January 12–March 13, 1971, no. 3, as Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe, 1875-82, coll. Centemporary Art Establishment, Zurich.
National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, Cézanne, March 30–May 19, 1974, no. 64, ill., as Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe, c. 1875, lent by Contemporary Art Establishment, Zürich. Traveled to: Municipal Museum, Kyoto, Japan, June 1–July 17, 1974; Cultural Center, Fukuoka, Japan, July 24–August 18, 1974.
Kunsthalle Tübingen, Tübingen, Paul Cézanne Aquarelle, January 16–March 21, 1982, no. 11, ill., as Picknick im Grünen (Le déjeuner sur l'herbe), 1873-75, lent by Private collection, Switzerland. Traveled to: Kunsthaus, Zürich, April 2–May 31, 1982.
Yokohama Museum of Art, Yokohama, Japan, Homage to Cézanne: His Influence on the Development of Twentieth Century Painting, November 15, 2008–January 25, 2009, no. 65, ill., as Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe, lent by Private collection. Traveled to: Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Hokkaido, Japan, February 7–April 12, 2009.
National Art Center, Tokyo, Cézanne: Paris-Provence, March 28–May 11, 2012, no. 51, ill.
Published References
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 878, ill. vol. II, as Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe.
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, no. 47, ill. and color pl. 15.
Lewis, Mary Tompkins. Cézanne's Early Imagery. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1989, p. 108, fig. 51.
Lloyd, Christopher. Paul Cézanne, Drawings and Watercolors. London and Los Angeles: Thames & Hudson and John Paul Getty Museum, 2015, p. 94, fig. 53.
Dauberville, Guy-Patrice, and Floriane Dauberville. Paul Cezanne chez Bernheim-Jeune. Paris: Editions G-P.F. Dauberville & Archives Bernheim-Jeune, 2020, no. 410, ill., as Le déjeuner sur l'herbe, Collection Contemporary Art Establishment.
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Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe, c.1875 (FWN 1853)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. https://www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1024 (accessed on November 30, 2023).
