Catalogue entry

FWN 399

Portrait d'Antony Valabrègue

1866, Spring

Alternate titles: Antony Valabrègue; Homme assis (Antony Valabrègue); Portrait; Portrait de Antoine Valabrègue; Portrait de M. Albin Valabrègue; Portrait de Valabrègue; Portrait of a Man; Portrait: Valabrègue; Porträt des Herrn Valabrègue; Porträt Valabrègue

Rewald (94): 1866, Spring; Venturi revised: 1865–66; Venturi (126): c.1868; Rivière: 1870; Cooper: 1865–66; Gowing: c.1866; Ratcliffe: probably 1866

Oil on canvas

45 11/16 x 38 5/8 in. (116 x 98 cm)

Signed lower right in red, overlaid in black: P. Cezanne

Vollard A stockbook: no. 4164, portrait de Valabrègue, 115 x 95 cm

Vollard B stockbook: no. 4062, Portrait de Valabrègue, 115 x 95 cm (2200 frs)

Vollard archives: photo no. 380

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. (Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon)

Keywords

People
Other:
- Valabrègue »
Technique and Condition:
- palette knife »
- signed work »

Provenance

Ambroise Vollard, Paris

Breysse (Mar. 26, 1901)

Ambroise Vollard, Paris (1904)

Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris (Feb. 4, 1911)

Auguste Pellerin, Paris (Feb. 4, 1911);

Jean-Victor Pellerin, Paris

Wildenstein Galleries, Paris, London, and New York

Private collection, Switzerland

Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, Upperville, Va.;

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. (1970)

Exhibition History

1904 Berlin

Paul Cassirer, Berlin, Sonderausstellung Paul Cézanne, April 22–June 15, 1904, no number, as Porträt Valabrègue.

1907 Vienna

Galerie Miethke, Dorotheergasse 11 and Graben 17, Vienna, [Französische Kunst der Gegenwart (Gauguin-Ausstellung)], March 15–April 28, 1907, no. 93, as Portrait, lent by Vollard.

1907b Budapest

Nemzeti Salon, Budapest, Hungary, Gauguin, Cézanne, et al, May 1907, no. 78, as Portrait of a Man, lent by Vollard.

1907 Prague

S.V.U. Mánes, Pavillon Mánes, Prague, Francouzští impressionisté [French Impressionists], September 27–November 30, 1907, no. 53.

1909 Munich

Munich, Frühjahr-Ausstellung der Münchener Sezession, Spring 1909, no. 19, as Porträt des Herrn Valabrègue, lent by Vollard.

1909b Berlin

Paul Cassirer, Berlin, XII. Jahrgang, III. Ausstellung, November 17–December 12, 1909, no. 9, as Portrait: Valabrègue, lent by Vollard; tentative identification.

1910 Brighton

Public Art Galleries, Brighton, United Kingdom, Modern French Artists, June 10–August 31, 1910, no. 184, as Portrait de M. Albin Valabrègue, lent by Vollard, valued at 15,000 Fr.

1938b Amsterdam

Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Honderd jaar Fransche kunst, July 2–September 25, 1938, no. 3, as Portrait d'Antony Valabrègue, lent by Pellerin.

1939 Lyon

Musée de Lyon, Palais Saint-Pierre, Lyon, France, Centenaire de Paul Cézanne, May 7–June 18, 1939, no. 7, lent by Pellerin.

1939d London

Wildenstein Galleries, London, Homage to Paul Cézanne, July 1939, no. 6, lent by Pellerin.

1947b New York

Wildenstein Galleries, New York, Cézanne, March 27–April 26, 1947, no. 2, ill. lent by Wildenstein.

1952 Chicago and traveling

The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Cézanne: Paintings, Watercolors & Drawings, A Loan Exhibition, February 7–March 16, 1952, no. 7, lent by Wildenstein. Traveled to: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, April 1–May 16, 1952.

1964 Lausanne

Palais de Beaulieu, Lausanne, Switzerland, Chefs-d'œuvre des collections suisses: de Manet à Picasso, May 1–October 25, 1964, no. 85, ill., as Portrait d'Antony Valabrègue, c. 1871, lent by Private collection, Zurich.

1984 Madrid

Museo Español de Arte Contemporáneo, Madrid, Paul Cézanne, March 9–April 1984, no. 3, ill.

1986 Washington, D.C.

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Gifts to the Nation: Selected Acquisitions from the Collections of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, July 20–October 17, 1986.

1988–89a London and traveling

Royal Academy of Arts, London, Cézanne: The Early Years 1859–1872, April 22–August 21, 1988, no. 16, ill. Traveled to: Musée d'Orsay, Cézanne: les années de jeunesse 1859-1872, Paris, September 19, 1988–January 1, 1989; National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., January 29–April 30, 1989.

1999–2000 Baltimore and traveling

The Baltimore Museum, Baltimore, Faces of Impressionism, Portraits from American Collections, October 10, 1999–January 30, 2000, no. 13, ill. Traveled to: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, March 25–May 7, 2000; Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, May 28–July 30, 2000.

2006 Washington, D.C. and traveling

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Cézanne in Provence, January 29–May 7, 2006, no. 10, ill. Traveled to: Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, June 9–September 17, 2006.

2017 Paris

Musée d'Orsay, Paris, Cézanne Portraits, June 13–September 24, 2017, no. 12, ill.

2017–18 Paris and traveling

Musée d'Orsay, Paris, Cézanne Portraits, June 13–September 24, 2017, no. 3.1, ill. Traveled to: National Portrait Gallery, London, October 26, 2017–February 11, 2018; National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C, March 25–July 1, 2018.

2024 Cologne

Wallraf-Riichartz Museum, Cologne, Paris 1863–1874, Revolution in der Kunst, Vom Salon zum Impressionismus, March 15–July 28, 2024, no. 45, ill., p. 209, catalogue comments by Peter Kropmanns.

Published References

Rivière 1923

Rivière, Georges. Le Maître Paul Cézanne. Paris: Librairie Floury, 1923, p. 199, listed.

Venturi 1936b

Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 126, ill. vol. II, as Portrait de Valabrègue.

Barr 1937

Barr, Jr., Alfred H. "Cézanne, d'après les lettres de Marion à Morstatt (1865-1868)." Gazette des beaux-arts, vol. 17, periode 6 (January 1937), fig. 3 p. 43, as Portrait de Valabrègue, collection J.-V. Pellerin.

Rewald 1937a

Rewald, John. "A propos du catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre de Paul Cézanne et de la chronologie de cette œuvre." La Renaissance (Paris), vol. 20, nos. 3-4 (March–April 1937), p. 54, as ...c'est grandeur du cadre du Valabrégue ...

Scolari and Barr 1938

Scholari, Margaret, and Alfred Barr. "Cézanne in the Letters of Marion to Morstatt, 1865–68." Magazine of Art 31, no. 2 (February 1938), pp. 84–89; no. 4 (April 1938), p. 220, fig. 8.

Vollard 1938

Vollard, Ambroise. En écoutant Cézanne, Degas, Renoir. Paris: B. Grasset, 1938, p. 20, as Portrait de Valabrègue.

Barnes and de Mazia 1939

Barnes, Albert C., and Violette de Mazia. The Art of Cézanne. New York: Harcourt Brace, 1939, no. 10, ill. p. 152 (analysis pp. 311–12).

Cogniat 1939a

Cogniat, Raymond. Cézanne. Paris: Pierre Tisné, 1939, pl. 9.

Beaux-arts 1939b

"Le centenaire de Cézanne à Lyon." Beaux-arts: Chronique des arts et de la curiosité, no. 331 (May 5, 1939), ill. p. 3, as Portrait de Valabrègue.

Rewald 1946

Rewald, John. The History of Impressionism. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1946, p. 120, ill.

Dorival 1948

Dorival, Bernard. Cézanne. Paris: Pierre Tisné, 1948, pl. 22, listed p. 145.

Rewald 1948b

Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: A Biography. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1948, fig. 22.

Rewald 1950a

Rewald, John. Cézanne. London: Phoenix House, 1950, fig. 10.

Rewald 1961

Rewald, John. The History of Impressionism. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1961, p. 138, ill. (with a detailed account of the jury's refusal).

Beucken 1962

Beucken, Jean de. Cézanne. New York: Viking Press, 1962, p. 35, ill.

Ramuz 1968

Ramuz, Charles Ferdinand. Cézanne Formes. Lausanne: International Art Book, 1968, pl. 4.

Andersen 1970

Andersen, Wayne V. Cézanne's Portrait Drawings. Cambridge, MA, London: MIT Press, 1970, p. 5, fig. 5.

Brion 1971

Brion, Marcel. Cézanne. Milan: Fratelli Fabbri, 1971, ill. p. 26.

Elgar 1975

Elgar, Frank. Cézanne. New York: Praeger, 1975, fig. 22.

National Gallery of Art 1975

European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 1975, no. 2542, p. 63, ill., as Antony Valabrègue.

Venturi 1978

Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne. Geneva: Skira, 1978, p. 12, ill.

Monneret 1978b

Monneret, Sophie. L'Impressionnisme et son époque: dictionnaire international illustré. Paris: Denoël, 1978, vol. 3, ill. p.10.

Plazy 1981

Plazy, Gilles. Cézanne. Fribourg: Editions Medea, 1981, p. 38.

Rewald 1986a

Rewald, John. "Paintings by Paul Cézanne in the Mellon Collection." In Essays in Honor of Paul Mellon, Collector and Benefactor, edited by John Wilmerding. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 1986, pp. 290–94, fig. 1.

Verdi 1992

Verdi, Richard. Cézanne. London and New York: Thames & Hudson, 1992, p. 33, fig. 19.

Cachin and Rishel 1995

Cachin, Françoise, and Joseph Rishel. Cézanne. Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux, 1995. Exhibition catalogue, p. 92, fig. 1.

Rewald 1996

Rewald, John. The Paintings of Paul Cézanne, A Catalogue Raisonné, 2 vols. In Collaboration with Walter Feilchenfeldt and Jayne Warman. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1996, no. 94, ill. vol. 2 and p. 42, ill. col, vol. 1, as Portrait d'Antony Valabrègue.

Lewis 2000

Lewis, Mary Tompkins. Cézanne. London: Phaidon, 2000, p. 53, fig. 27.

Platzman 2001

Platzman, Steven. Cézanne: The Self-Portraits. Berkeley: University of California, 2001, p. 43, ill., as Portrait d'Antony Valabrègue.

Pissarro 2005

Pissarro, Joachim. Pioneering Modern Painting: Cézanne & Pissarro 1865–85. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 2005. Exhibition catalogue, p. 37, fig. 25.

Feilchenfeldt 2005e

Feilchenfeldt, Walter. "Cézannes Gemälde: Formate und Themen, Echtheitsfragen." In "By Appointment Only": Schriften zu Kunst und Kunsthandel, Cézanne und Van Gogh. Wädenswil: Nimbus, 2005, p. 234, ill.

Riley 2006

Riley, Bridget. "Cézanne in Provence." The Burlington Magazine 148, no. 1242 (September 2006), pp. 622-23, fig. 46, as Antony Valabrègue.

Machotka 2008

Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: The Eye and the Mind, 2 vols. Marseille: Editions Crès, 2008, vol. 1, fig. 53; vol. 2, p. 55, as Portrait d'Antony Valabrègue.

Simms 2008

Simms, Matthew. Cézanne's watercolors: between drawing and painting. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2008, p. 12, fig. 3.

Feilchenfeldt 2011

Feilchenfeldt, Walter. "Les portraits de grand format." In Cézanne et Paris. Paris: Éditions de la Rmn-Grand Palais, 2011. Exhibition catalogue, p. 127, fig. 60, as Portrait de Antoine Valabrègue.

Echte and Feilchenfeldt 2011b

Echte, Bernhard and Feilchenfeldt, Walter. "Paul Cézanne, 22. April bis 15. Juni 1904." Kunstsalon Paul Cassirer: Die Ausstellungen 1901-1905. vol. 2, "Man steht da und staunt". Wädenswil: Nimbus, 2011, p. 503, ill.

Dombrowski 2013

Dombrowski, André. Cézanne, Murder, and Modern Life. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2013, p. 104, fig. 41.

Echte and Feilchenfeldt 2013d

Echte, Bernhard and Feilchenfeldt, Walter. "Kollektion Paul Cézanne: 17. November bis 12. Dezember 1909." Kunstsalon Cassirer: Die Ausstellungen 1908-1910. vol. 4, "Ganz eigenartige neue Werte". Wädenswil: Nimbus, 2013, p. 297, ill.

Guégan 2017

Guégan, Stéphane. "Bienheureux Cézanne, Retour sur les années 1860." In Paul Cezanne, Le chant de la terre. Martigny: Fondation Pierre Gianadda, 2017. Exhibition catalogue, p. 51, fig. 4.

Armstrong 2018

Armstrong, Carol. Cézanne's Gravity. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2018, fig. 52.

Dauberville 2020

Dauberville, Guy-Patrice, and Floriane Dauberville. Paul Cezanne chez Bernheim-Jeune. Paris: Editions G-P.F. Dauberville & Archives Bernheim-Jeune, 2020, no. 212, ill., as Homme assis (Antony Valabrègue).

Smith 2020

Smith, Paul. "Vermilion, or why Cézanne took the shine off things." Word & Image 36, nio. 1 (2020), p. 65, fig. 1.

Notes

Cézanne submitted this portrait of his friend to the Salon of 1866 where it was rejected.

Antony Valabrègue, date unknown

Record last updated July 6, 2022. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.

Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Portrait d'Antony Valabrègue, 1866, Spring (FWN 399)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=107 (accessed on April 19, 2024).