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FWN 1857
Vénus couchée, also known as Nu dans un paysage
c.1875
Alternate titles: A Reclining Nude (Nude in the Landscape); Femme nue couchée; Nu; Vénus couchée; Venus et l'amour
Rewald (W58); Venturi revised: 1876–77; Venturi (864): 1872–77
Graphite and watercolor on paper (fragment)
4 1/8 x 4 3/4 in. (10.5 x 12 cm)
National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo (Matsukata Collection)

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Provenance
Georges Bernheim, Paris
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris (October 6, 1919)
Baron Kojiro Matsukata, Kobe and Paris
sequestered by the French Government (1944); returned to the Japanese Government (1959)
Exhibition History
1953 Aix-en-Provence and traveling
Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, Cézanne: Peintures, Aquarelles, Dessins, July 4–August 4, 1953, no. 29, as Venus et l'amour, 1872-75, lent by Private collection, Paris. Traveled to: Musée Masséna, Nice, France, August 8–September 12, 1953; Musée des Beaux-Arts, Grenoble, France, September 15–October 18, 1953.
1958 Paris
Musée National d'Art Moderne, Paris, De l'Impressionnisme à nos jours, opening June 27, 1958, no. 27, as Femme nue couchée, lent by the French State.
1962–79 Kobe and traveling
The Hakutsuru Museum, Kobe, Japan, The Matsukata Collection of the National Museum of Western Art, October 20–November 5, 1962. Traveled to: The Art Gallery of Aichi Prefecture, Nagoya, November 17–December 9, 1962; The Shimane Prefectural Museum, Matsue, October 5–20, 1963; The Ishibashi Museum, Kurume, October 26–November 10, 1963; The Nakajima Sports Center of Hokkaido, Hokkaida, Japan, August 22–September 13, 1964; The Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Art, Kanazawa, September 22–October 10, 1965; The Cultural Center of Okayama Prefecture, Okayama, October 20–November 7, 1965; The Wakayama Prefectural Museum of Art, Wakayama, October 15–November 4, 1966; The Cultural Center of Oita Prefecture, Oita, November 12–27, 1966; Nagasaki Prefectural Museum, Nagasaki, October 18–November 15, 1970; The Toyama Prefectural Center Museum of Art, Toyama, Japan, October 2–24, 1971; The Yamagata Museum, Yamagata, November 1–30, 1975; The Tottori Prefectural Museum, Tottori, Japan, October 9–November 7, 1976; The Nara Prefectural Museum, Nara, Japan, October 15–November 13, 1977; The Art Center of Oita Prefecture, Oita, Japan, December 20, 1978–January 31, 1979.
1965–66 Kanazawa and traveling
The Ishizuka Prefectural Museum of Art, Kanazawa, Japan, The Matsukata Collection of the National Museum of Western Art, September 22–October 10, 1965, no. 16, Kanazawa and Okayama; no. 13 in Wakayama and Oita. Traveled to: The Cultural Center of Okayama Prefecture, Okayama, Japan, October 20–November 7, 1965; The Wakayama Prefectural Museum of Art, Wakayama, Japan, October 15–November 4, 1966; The Cultural Center of Oita Prefecture, Oita, Japan, November 12–27, 1966.
1999–2000 Yokohama and traveling
Yokohama Museum of Art, Yokohama, Japan, Cézanne and Japan, September 11–December 19, 1999, no. 66, ill., as Vénus couchée, also known as Nu dans un paysage. Traveled to: Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, Nagoya, Japan, January 5–March 12, 2000.
2009a Tokyo
The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, Iconomorphosis: Selected Graphics from the NMWA Collection, July 7–August 16, 2009, no. 64.
Published References
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 864, ill. vol. II, as Vénus couchée.
Anonymous 1940a
Anonymous. P. Cézanne. Tokyo: Tahamizawa-Mokuhansha, 1940, no. 385.
Dorival 1948
Dorival, Bernard. Cézanne. Paris: Pierre Tisné, 1948, pl. XVII, listed p. 180.
La Collection Matsukata 1955
Tokyo, 1955, pl. 60.
Reff 1960a
Reff, Theodore. "Cézanne and Poussin." Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes 23, nos. 1–2 (January–June 1960), p. 172.
Musée National d'Art Occidental/Kokuritsu Seiyō Bijutsukan 1961
Musée National d'Art Occidental. Kokuritsu Seiyō Bijutsukan sōmokuroku (Catalogue du Musée National d'Art Occidental). Tokyo: Kokuritsu Seiyō Bijutsukan, 1961, no. P-46, ill.
Rewald 1983a
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, no. 58, ill.
Kendall 1988
Kendall, Richard, ed. Cézanne: By Himself. London: Macdonald, 1988, p. 111, ill.
Akihiko and Masaharu 1990
Akihiko, Inoue, and Ono Masaharu. Cézanne Aquarelle (in Japanese). Kyoto: Korinsha, 1990, no. 2.
Kobe City Museum 1990
Kobe City Museum. The Old Matsukata Collection, Matsukata Korekushon Ten. Kobe: Jikkoiinkai, 1990, no. 378.
National Museum of Western Art 2018b
The Matsukata Collection: Complete Catalogue of the European Art. 2, Sculpture, Drawings, Prints and Decorative Arts and Other Works. Tokyo: National Museum of Western Art, 2018, p. 120, no. 1488r, ill., as A Reclining Nude (Nude in the Landscape).
Dauberville 2020
Dauberville, Guy-Patrice, and Floriane Dauberville. Paul Cezanne chez Bernheim-Jeune. Paris: Editions G-P.F. Dauberville & Archives Bernheim-Jeune, 2020, no. 421, ill., as Nu, sheet cropped to image.

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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. "Vénus couchée, also known as Nu dans un paysage, c.1875 (FWN 1857), (fragment)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1035 (accessed on May 14, 2024).