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Catalogue entry

FWN 1870
La Lutte d'amour
1875–76
Alternate titles: Der Liebeskampf; Der Liebeskampf (La lutte d'amour); Jeux d'amour; La lotta d'amore; La Lutte; Landscape and Bacchanales
Rewald (W60); Venturi revised: 1880–81; Venturi (897): 1875–76; Rivière: 1883; also 1894
Graphite, watercolor, and gouache on laid paper
7 1/2 x 9 5/8 in. (19 x 24.5 cm)
Vollard archives: photo no. 178
Private collection

Keywords

Provenance
Octave Mirbeau, Paris;
Mirbeau Collection, Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris, Feb. 24, 1919, no. 12, ill. (as Les nymphes attaquées par les faunes)
Jos. Hessel, Paris
Gottlieb Friedrich Reber, Lausanne
Walter and Marianne Feilchenfeldt, Zurich (1943)
Private collection
Exhibition History
1927e Berlin
Galerie Flechtheim, Berlin, Cézanne, Aquarelle und Zeichnungen; Bronzen von Edgar Degas, May 19–June 16, 1927, no. 1, ill., as Der Liebeskampf, lent by Dr. Reber, Lugano.
1929 Berlin and traveling
Galerie Flechtheim, Berlin, Seit Cézanne in Paris, November 23–December 24, 1929, no. 23. Traveled to: Galerie Flechtheim, Düsseldorf, Germany, January 12 – end February 1930.
1939 Lyon
Musée de Lyon, Palais Saint-Pierre, Lyon, France, Centenaire de Paul Cézanne, May 7–June 18, 1939, no. 41, as La Lutte d'amour, 1875-1876, lent by Dr. Reber, Paris.
1961 Vienna
Österreichische Galerie, Belvedere, Vienna, Paul Cézanne, April 14–June 18, 1961, no. 46, pl. 30, 1875-1876.
1961 Aix-en-Provence
Pavillon de Vendôme, Aix-en-Provence, France, Exposition Cézanne: Tableaux, Aquarelles, Dessins, July 1–August 15, 1961, no. 20, ill. in b/w, pl. 15, as La Lutte d'amour, 1875-76, lent by Private collection, Switzerland.
1963f New York
Knoedler Galleries, New York, Cézanne Watercolors, April 2–20, 1963, no. 2, pl. III, as La Lutte d'amour, lent by Mrs. Walter Feilchenfeldt, Zürich.
1971 Paris
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Aquarelles de Cézanne: au profit de la fondation des journalistes, January 12–March 13, 1971, no. 2, as La Lutte d'amour, 1875-76, coll. Marianne Feilchenfeldt, Zurich.
1973 Newcastle upon Tyne and traveling
Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, Watercolour and Pencil Drawings by Cézanne, September 19–November 4, 1973, no. 26, ill. in b/w, and ill. in color on cover, catalogue note: p. 155, as La Lutte d'amour, lent by W. Feilchenfeldt, Zurich. Traveled to: Hayward Gallery, London, November 13–December 30, 1973.
1982 Tübingen and traveling
Kunsthalle Tübingen, Tübingen, Paul Cézanne Aquarelle, January 16–March 21, 1982, no. 10, ill., as Der Liebeskampf (La lutte d'amour), 1875-76, lent by Walter Feilchenfeldt, Zürich. Traveled to: Kunsthaus, Zürich, April 2–May 31, 1982.
1986 Tokyo and traveling
Isetan Museum of Art, Tokyo, Cézanne, September 18–October 7, 1986, no. 42, ill. lent by Walter Feilchenfeldt, Zürich. Traveled to: Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Modern Art, Kobe, Japan, October 10–November 9, 1986; Aichi Prefectural Art Gallery, Nagoya, Japan, November 15–December 4, 1986.
1989 Basel
Kunstmuseum, Basel, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne: Die Badenden, September 10–December 10, 1989, no. 79, pl. 34.
1995–96 Paris and traveling
Grand Palais, Paris, Cézanne, September 26, 1995–January 14, 1996, no. 65, ill. in color, p. 207, as La Lutte d'amour, 1875-1876, lent by Private collection. Traveled to: Tate Gallery, London, February 8–April 28, 1996; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, May 26–September 1, 1996.
1999a New York
Acquavella Galleries, New York, Cézanne Watercolors, October 18–November 24, 1999, no. 35, ill.
2000 Aix-en-Provence
Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, Au fil de l'eau: Cézanne, June 17–September 15, 2000, no. 19, ill. p. 25, as La Lutte d'amour, 1875-76, lent by Private collection, Zurich.
2002 Rome
Complesso del Vittoriano, Rome, Cézanne: Il padre dei moderni, March 7–July 7, 2002, listed p. 120, ill., as La lotta d'amore, lent by Private collection.
2006–07 Zurich
Kunsthaus, Zurich, Hommage à Cézanne, November 30, 2006–February 11, 2007, no no., as La Lutte d'amour, C. 1875/76, lent by Walter and Maria Feilchenfeldt.
2012 Vienna
Albertina, Vienna, Impressionismus: Pastelle, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, October 14, 2011–January 8, 2012, no. 14, ill., as Der Liebeskampf, c. 1880, lent by Walter Feilchenfeldt, Zurich.
Published References
Weisbach 1911
Weisbach, Werner. Impressionismus: Ein Problem der Malerei in der Antike und Neuzeit ,vol. II. Berlin: G. Grote'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1911, ill. p. 159.
Vollard 1914
Vollard, Ambroise. Paul Cézanne. Paris: Vollard, 1914, p. 85, ill.
Meier-Graefe 1918a
Meier-Graefe, Julius. Cézanne und sein Kreis: ein Beitrag zur Entwicklungsgeschichte: mit 127 Tonätzungen und fünfzehn Heliogravüren. Munich: R. Piper, 1918, ill. p. 160.
Marées-Gesellschaft 1921
Meier-Graefe, Julius. Cézanne und seine Ahnen: Faksimiles nach Aquarellen, Feder- und anderen Zeichnungen von Tintoretto, Greco, Poussin, Corot, Delacroix, Cézanne. Munich: R. Piper & Co., 1921, pl. XX.
Burlington 1921b
The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs 39, no. 225 (December 1921), ill. p. [252], as Landscape and Bacchanales.
Meier-Graefe 1922
Meier-Graefe, Julius. Cézanne und sein Kreis: ein Beitrag zur Entwicklungsgeschichte: mit 171 Tonätzungen und einem Lichtdruck. Munich: R. Piper, 1922, ill. p. 192.
Rivière 1923
Rivière, Georges. Le Maître Paul Cézanne. Paris: Librairie Floury, 1923, p. 211, listed, as La Lutte.
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 897, ill. vol. II, as La Lutte d'amour.
Nicodemi 1944
Nicodemi, Giogio. Cézanne: 76 Disegni. Milan: Görlich, 1944, no. 16, ill.
Schmidt 1952
Schmidt, Georg. Aquarelle von Paul Cézanne. Mit zweiundreissig vielfarbigen Tafeln. Basel: Holbein-Verlag, 1952, fig. 4.
Taillandier 1961
Taillander, Yvon. P. Cézanne. Milan: Antonio Vallardi, 1961, p. 43.
Faunce 1963
Faunce, Sarah C. "Cézanne Watercolor Exhibition." Art Quarterly 24, no. 1 (Spring 1963), p. 119, ill.
Feist 1963
Feist, Peter Heinz. Paul Cézanne. Leipzig: E.A. Seemann, 1963, p. 25, fig. 3.
Grünigen 1964
Grünigen, Berchtold von. Vom Impressionismus zum Tachismus. Basel: Birkhäuser, 1964, p. 27, fig. 39.
Lichtenstein 1964a
Lichtenstein, Sara. "Cézanne and Delacroix." The Art Bulletin 46, no. 1 (March 1964), p. 58, note 14.
Siblík 1969
Siblík, Jiří. Paul Cézanne: Kresby [Drawings]. Prague: Odeon, 1969, color pl. I.
Rawson 1974
Rawson, Philipp. "Intimate Scaffolding'/Cézanne's Drawings and Watercolors." International Studio (January 1974), p. 25, ill.
Monnier 1977
Monnier, G. "The Late Watercolors." In Cézanne: The Late Work, Rubin, William, ed. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1977. Exhibition catalogue, pp. 115-116, ill.
Adriani 1980
Adriani, Götz. Paul Cézanne: 'Der Liebeskampf'. Munich: Piper, 1980, p. 58, pl. 14.
Kunsthaus Zürich 1982
"Paul Cézanne - Aquarelle." Kunsthaus Zürich - Mitteilungsblatt der Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft (Zurich) 2.82 (1982), ill. p. 7.
Rewald 1983a
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, no. 60, ill.
Mráz 1987
Mráz, Bohumír. Aquarelles et dessins impressinnistes. [Gennevilliers]: Ars Mundi, 1987, pl. 81, listed p. 203, as Jeux d'amour.
Adriani 1988
Adriani, Götz. "La Lutte d'amour: Notes on Cézanne's Early Figure Scenes." In Cézanne: The Early Years 1859-1872. London: Royal Academy of Arts, 1988. Exhibition catalogue, fig. 28, as La Lutte d'amour.
Erpel 1988
Erpel, Fritz. Paul Cézanne. Berlin: Henschelverlag, 1988, no. 9.
Kendall 1988
Kendall, Richard, ed. Cézanne: By Himself. London: Macdonald, 1988, p. 114, ill.
Teboul 1988
Teboul, Jacques. Les Victoires de Cézanne. Paris: Adam Biro, 1988, no. 63, ill.
Düchting 1989
Düchting, Hajo. Paul Cézanne: Natur wird Kunst. Cologne: Benedict Taschen Verlag, 1989, p. 140, ill.
Sollers 1995
Sollers, Philippe. Le Paradis de Cézanne. Paris: Gallimard, 1995, p. 53, ill.
Terrasse 1995
Terrasse, Antoine. Les aquarelles de Cézanne. Paris: Flammarion, 1995, pp. 36-7, ill.
Coutagne 2000
Coutagne, Denis. "Cézanne au fil de l'eau." In Au fil de l'eau. Aix-en-Provence: Ville d'Aix-en-Provence, 2000. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 25, as La Lutte d'amour.
Kropmanns and Fleckner 2001
Kropmanns, Peter, and Uwe Fleckner. "Von kontinentaler Bedeutung: Gottlieb Friedrich Reber und seine Sammlungen." In Die Moderne und ihre Sammler: französische Kunst in deutschem Privatbesitz vom Kaiserreich zur Weimarer Republik, edited by Andrea Pophanken and Felix Billeter. Berlin: Akademie Verlag, 2001, listed p. 388.
Ballas 2002
Ballas, Guila. Cézanne: baigneuses et baigneurs: thème et composition. Paris: Adam Biro, 2002, p. 311, no. 273, ill.
Mori 2002
Mori, Gioia. "'La letteratura si esprime con astrazioni mentre il pittore concretizza.' Gli scrittori di Cézanne: Zola, Balzac e Flaubert." In Cézanne: Il padre dei moderni. Milan: Mazzotta, 2002. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 82.
Lloyd 2015
Lloyd, Christopher. Paul Cézanne, Drawings and Watercolors. London and Los Angeles: Thames & Hudson and John Paul Getty Museum, 2015, pp. 194–95, fig. 133.
Dauberville 2020
Dauberville, Guy-Patrice, and Floriane Dauberville. Paul Cezanne chez Bernheim-Jeune. Paris: Editions G-P.F. Dauberville & Archives Bernheim-Jeune, 2020, no. 431, ill. Collection Marianne Feilchenfeldt.
Notes

The inspiration for this scene has been attributed to Eugène Delacroix's Spartan Girls Wrestling (R. Ratcliffe) and to his Jacob Wrestling with the Angel, a mural in the Church of Saint-Sulpice, Paris (S. Lichtenstein).

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Record last updated April 26, 2021. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "La Lutte d'amour, 1875–76 (FWN 1870)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1037 (accessed on April 25, 2024).