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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 1100
Maisonnettes
1880–85
Alternate titles: Etude de maisons; Häuser; Häuserreihe (Maisonnettes); Houses; Houses in Provence; Maisons de village; The Houses
Rewald (W159); Venturi revised: 1872–77; Venturi (836): 1879–82; Rivière: 1892
Graphite, watercolor, and gouache on paper
12 7/8 x 19 5/8 in. (32.7 x 49.9 cm)
Provenance
Paul Cézanne fils, Paris
Valentine [Dudensing] Gallery, New York
Charles C. Cunningham, Hartford, Chicago and Williamstown, Massachusetts (Jan. 1937);
Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, Massachusetts (1980)
Exhibition History
1907d Paris
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Les aquarelles de Cézanne, June 17–29, 1907, no. 2, as Etude de maisons, lent by Cezanne fils.1908 Dresden
Kunstsalon Emil Richter, Dresden, Germany, Vincent van Gogh, Paul Cézanne, April–May 1908, no. 37, as Häuser, tentative identification.1933c New York
Jacques Seligmann Gallery, New York, Water Colors by Cezanne, November 16–December 7, 1933, no. 17?, as The Houses, lent from a French Collection.1935b Paris
Galerie Renou et Colle, Paris, Aquarelles et baignades de Cézanne, June 3–17, 1935.1936c Paris
Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris, Cézanne, May 20–October 11, 1936, no. 121, as Maisonnettes, c. 1885–90, lent by Paul Cézanne fils, Paris.1937 Boston
Institute of Modern Art, Boston, Modern Paintings from Boston Collections, 1937.1937 New York
Valentine [Dudensing] Gallery, New York, Cézanne watercolors, Renoir drawings, January 4–30, 1937, no. 9, as Maisons de village.1937 San Francisco
San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, Paul Cézanne: Exhibition of Paintings, Water-colors, Drawings and Prints, September 1–October 4, 1937, no. 39, ill., as Maisonnettes, 1879-82, lent anonymously.1939 Boston
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Paintings Drawings Prints from Private Collections in New England, June 9–September 10, 1939, no. 146.1939–40 Columbus
Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts, Columbus, Ohio, Watercolors by Paul Cézanne, December 19, 1939–January 8, 1940, no. 1, as Houses in Provence.1948 Northampton
Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, Massachusetts, Some Paintings from Alumni Collections, 1948.1950 Northampton
Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, Massachusetts, Works of Art Belonging to Alumni, 1950, no. 7.1952 Chicago and traveling
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Cézanne: Paintings, Watercolors & Drawings, A Loan Exhibition, February 7–March 16, 1952, no. 32, as Houses, 1879-82, lent by Private collection. Traveled to: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, April 1–May 16, 1952.1957 Hartford
Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut, Connecticut Collects, 1957, no. 60.1959 New York and traveling
Knoedler Galleries, New York, Great Master Drawings of Seven Centuries, 1959, no. 74, ill.1963f New York
Knoedler Galleries, New York, Cézanne Watercolors, April 2–20, 1963, no. 12, pl. IX, as Maisonnettes, 1879-82, lent by Private Collection, Hartford.1982 Tübingen and traveling
Kunsthalle Tübingen, Tübingen, Paul Cézanne Aquarelle, January 16–March 21, 1982, no. 21, ill., as Häuserreihe (Maisonnettes), 1879-82, lent by Smith College Museum of Art, Northhamptom, MA - Bequest of Charles C. Cunningham in Memory of Eleanor Lamont Cunningham (Inv.-No. 32, 1980). Traveled to: Kunsthaus, Zürich, April 2–May 31, 1982.1995–96 Paris and traveling
Grand Palais, Paris, Cézanne, September 26, 1995–January 14, 1996, no. 74, ill. in color, p. 227, as Maisonnettes, 1880-1885, lent by Smith College MA, Northampton, shown in Philadelphia only. Traveled to: Tate Gallery, London, February 8–April 28, 1996; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, May 26–September 1, 1996.2009 Philadelphia
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Cézanne and Beyond, February 26–May 17, 2009, ill., pl. 127, p. 374.2021a New York
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Cézanne Drawing, June 6–September 25, 2021, pl. 132, Smith College Museum of Art.Published References
Rivière 1923
Rivière, Georges. Le Maître Paul Cézanne. Paris: Librairie Floury, 1923, ill. opp. p. 58.Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 836, ill. vol. II, as Maisonnettes.Venturi 1943
Venturi, Lionello. Paul Cézanne: Water-colours. Oxford: B. Cassirer, 1943, p. 10, no. 4, ill (dated 1879–82), Paul Cézanne fils, Paris.Rewald 1983a
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, no. 159, ill.Smith College Museum of Art 2000
Master Drawings from the Smith College Museum of Art. New York: Hudson Hills Press, 2000, no. 40.Simms 2008
Simms, Matthew. Cézanne's watercolors: between drawing and painting. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2008, p. 78, fig. 55.Prat 2011
Prat, Louis-Antoine. Le Dessin français au XIXe siècle. Paris: Somogy Editions d'Art, 2011, p. 607, 1452, ill. in color, as Maisonnettes, 1879-1882.Lloyd 2015
Lloyd, Christopher. Paul Cézanne, Drawings and Watercolors. London and Los Angeles: Thames & Hudson and John Paul Getty Museum, 2015, p. 100, fig. 59, dated 1876–82.Record last updated October 24, 2022. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Maisonnettes, 1880–85 (FWN 1100)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1137 (accessed on April 19, 2024).
