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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 1869
Les Moissonneurs
1875–78
Rewald (W53); Venturi revised: c.1877; Venturi (874): 1875–78
Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on paper
5 1/8 x 7 7/8 in. (13 x 20 cm)
Private collection, New York
Provenance
Auguste Pellerin, Paris;
Jean-Victor Pellerin, Paris
Private collection, Sweden (1947)
Sotheby's, London, April 5, 1989, no. 303, ill.
Loudmer, Paris, June 17, 1989, no. 28
Loudmer, Paris, France, June 19, 1997, no. 19; bought in
Private collection, Europe
Sotheby's, London, Dec. 8, 1997, no. 1, ill.; bought in
Private collection, Europe
Sotheby's, London, June 29, 1999, no. 232, ill.
Private collection, New York
Exhibition History
1939 Lyon
Musée de Lyon, Palais Saint-Pierre, Lyon, France, Centenaire de Paul Cézanne, May 7–June 18, 1939, no. 42, as Les Moissonneurs, 1875-1878, lent by Pellerin.Published References
Vollard 1914
Vollard, Ambroise. Paul Cézanne. Paris: Vollard, 1914, p. 55, ill.Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 874, ill. vol. II, as Les Moissonneurs.Rewald 1983a
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, no. 53, ill.Cachin and Rishel 1995
Cachin, Françoise, and Joseph Rishel. Cézanne. Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux, 1995. Exhibition catalogue, p. 162, fig. 2 p. 163, as Les Moissonneurs, 1875-1878.Colrat 2013
Colrat, Jean. Cézanne: Joindre les mains errantes de la nature. Paris-Sorbonne: PUPS, 2013, p. 234, fig. 111.Arrouye 2025
Arrouye, Jean. "La montagne et la maison." In Cezanne, Les Lauves. Lyon: Fage éditions; Société Paul Cezanne, 2025, p. 236, fig. 235.Related
Record last updated May 21, 2022. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Les Moissonneurs, 1875–78 (FWN 1869)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1030 (accessed on August 29, 2025).
