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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)
Catalogue entry
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
Ambroise Vollard, Paris;
Estate of Ambroise Vollard, Paris;
Robert de Galéa, Paris;
Christian de Galéa, Paris
Heinz Berggruen, Paris
Private collection, San Francisco
Exhibition History
1971 Paris
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.1974 Tokyo and traveling
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, 1974.1982 Tübingen and traveling
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, 1982.2008–09 Yokohama and traveling
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, 2009.2012 Tokyo
National Art Center, Tokyo, Cézanne: Paris-Provence, March 28–May 11, 2012, no. 51, ill.Published References
Vollard 1914
Vollard, Ambroise. Paul Cézanne. Paris: Vollard, 1914, p. 63, ill.Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 878, ill. vol. II, as Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe.Adriani 1980
Adriani, Götz. Paul Cézanne: 'Der Liebeskampf'. Munich: Piper, 1980, pp. 54-55, pl. 7.Rewald 1983a
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, no. 47, ill. and color pl. 15.Lewis 1989
Lewis, Mary Tompkins. Cézanne's Early Imagery. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1989, p. 108, fig. 51.Lloyd 2015
Lloyd, Christopher. Paul Cézanne, Drawings and Watercolors. London and Los Angeles: Thames & Hudson and John Paul Getty Museum, 2015, p. 94, fig. 53.Dauberville 2020
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.Related
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Record last updated March 24, 2021. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
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. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1024 (accessed on April 26, 2024).
