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Catalogue entry

FWN 403
Portrait de l'artiste
c.1866
Alternate titles: Bildnis Cézannes; Head of a Bearded Man (self-portrait); Portrait d'homme barbu; Portrait de Cézanne; Portrait présumé de Zola; Selbstbildnis; Selbstporträt; Self-portrait; Self-Portrait (Portrait de l'artiste); Tête d'homme
Rewald (116): c.1866; Venturi revised: c.1865; Venturi (81): 1865–66; Rivière: 1864 and c.1868; Vollard: 1864; Cooper: c.1864–65; Gowing: (London) c.1866
Oil on canvas
17 11/16 x 16 1/8 in. (45 x 41 cm)
Signed lower right in red: P. CEZANNE
Vollard archives: photo no. 315, Annotated by Cezanne's son: circa 1865
Private collection, New York

Keywords

Provenance
Émile Zola, Médan
Zola Collection, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, Mar. 9–13, 1903, no. 116
Auguste Pellerin, Paris;
M. et Mme René Lecomte, Paris;
Private collection;
Pellerin Collection, Christie's, London, Nov. 30, 1992, no. 12, ill.
Acquavella Galleries, New York
Private collection, New York
Exhibition History
1936c Paris
Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris, Cézanne, May 20–October 11, 1936, no. 2, as Tête d'homme, lent by M/M René Lecomte; shown for the first time.
1954 Paris
Orangerie, Paris, Hommage à Cézanne, July 2–October 17, 1954, no. 4, lent by private collection, Paris.
1988–89a London and traveling
Royal Academy of Arts, London, Cézanne: The Early Years 1859–1872, April 22–August 21, 1988, no. 15, ill. shown in Paris only. 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.
Published References
Rochefort 1903
Rochefort, Henri. "L'Amour du Laid." L'Intransigeant, March 9, 1903, p. 1, described.
Burger 1913
Burger, Fritz. Cézanne und Hodler. Munich: Delphin Verlag, 1913, pl. 66, as Selbstporträt.
Vollard 1914
Vollard, Ambroise. Paul Cézanne. Paris: Vollard, 1914, pl. 3, as Portrait de Cézanne.
Gregg 1915
Gregg, Frederick James. "Paul Cézanne: At Last." Vanity Fair (December 1915), p. 58, ill.
Westheim 1918a
Westheim, Paul. Die Welt als Vorstellung. Potsdam–Berlin: Gustav Kiepenheuer Verlag, 1918, p. 121, ill.
Burger 1919
Burger, Fritz. Cézanne und Hodler. Munich: Delphin Verlag, 1919, p. 67.
Vollard 1921
Vollard, Ambroise. Paul Cézanne. Munich: Kurt Wolfe Verlag, 1921, ill. opp. p. 25, as Bildnis Cézannes, dated 1864.
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. 82, as Selbstbildnis, 1864.
Rivière 1923
Rivière, Georges. Le Maître Paul Cézanne. Paris: Librairie Floury, 1923, pp. 196, 198, listed.
Meier-Graefe 1924
Meier-Graefe, Julius. "Cézanne." In Entwicklungsgeschichte der modernen Kunst vol. 3. Munich: R. Piper & Co., [1924] (copyright 1915), pl. 486, as Selbstbildnis, 1864.
Arishima 1925
Arishima, Ikuma. Sezannu [Cézanne]. Tokyo: Ars, 1925, pl. 6.
Ruckstull 1925
Ruckstull, Fred Wellington. Great Works of Art and What Makes Them Great. New York: Garden City Publishing Co., 1925, pp. 23–25, fig. 14.
Fry 1926
Fry, Roger. "Le développement de Cézanne." L'Amour de l'art 7, no. 12 (December 1926), ill. p. 393, as Tête d'homme.
Pfister 1927
Pfister, Kurt. Cézanne: Gestalt, Werk, Mythos. Potsdam: Gustav Kiepenheuer Verlag, 1927, fig. 16, as Self-portrait, 1864.
Fry 1927a
Fry, Roger. Cézanne: A Study of His Development. New York: Macmillan, 1927, pp. 21 and 56, fig. 6, pl. I.
Iavorskaia 1935a
Iavorskaia, Nina. Cézanne. Moscow: Ogiz-Izogiz, 1935, pl. 1.
Laprade 1936
Laprade, Jacques de. "L'exposition Cézanne à l'Orangerie." Beaux-arts: Chronique des arts et de la curiosité, no. 177 (May 22, 1936), ill. p. 2, as Portrait de Cézanne.
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 81, ill. vol. II, as Portrait de Cézanne.
Rewald 1936e
Rewald, John. Cézanne et Zola. Paris: Editions A. Sedrowski, 1936, fig. 5.
Barnes and de Mazia 1939
Barnes, Albert C., and Violette de Mazia. The Art of Cézanne. New York: Harcourt Brace, 1939, p. 149, no. 6, ill.
Rewald 1939c
Rewald, John. Cézanne, sa vie, son œuvre, son amitié pour Zola. Paris: Albin Michel, 1939, fig. 11.
Rewald 1946
Rewald, John. The History of Impressionism. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1946, p. 125, ill.
Schildt 1946
Schildt, Göran. Cézanne. Stockholm: Wahlström & Widstrand, 1946, fig. 20.
Dorival 1948
Dorival, Bernard. Cézanne. Paris: Pierre Tisné, 1948, pl. 6, listed p. 142.
Jedlicka 1948
Jedlicka, Gotthard. Cézanne. Berne: Alfred Scherz Verlag, 1948, fig. 1, as Portrait de l'artiste.
Rewald 1948b
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: A Biography. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1948, fig. 18.
Rewald 1950a
Rewald, John. Cézanne. London: Phoenix House, 1950, fig. 17.
Adhémar 1952
Adhémar, Jean. Emile Zola. Paris: Bibliothèque Nationale, 1952. Exhibition catalogue, no. 51, as Portrait présumé de Zola, dated 1863–65; phototograph shown in exhibition.
Fry 1952
Fry, Roger. Cézanne: A Study of his Developement. London: Hogarth Press, 1952, p. 21, pl. I fig. 6, as Head of a Bearded Man (self-portrait).
Adhémar 1960
Adhémar, Jean. "Le cabinet de travail de Zola." Gazette des beaux-arts, vol. 56, periode 6 (November 1960), pp. 293 et 294 (no. 132).
Rewald 1961
Rewald, John. The History of Impressionism. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1961, p. 146, ill.
Beucken 1962
Beucken, Jean de. Cézanne. New York: Viking Press, 1962, p. 28, ill.
Leonhard 1966
Leonhard, Kurt. Paul Cézanne in Selbstzeugnissen und Bilddokumenten. Rheinbek bei Hamburg: Rowohlt, 1966, p. 101, ill.
Gordon 1978
Gordon, Donald E. "The Expressionist Cézanne." Artforum 16, no. 7 (March 1978), p. 37, ill.
Rewald 1986b
Rewald, John. Cézanne: A Biography. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1986, p. 56, ill.
Verdi 1992
Verdi, Richard. Cézanne. London and New York: Thames & Hudson, 1992, p. 28, fig. 15.
Bonafoux 1995
Bonafoux, Pascal. Cézanne: portrait. Paris: Editions Hazan, 1995, p. 38, ill.
Cahn 1995b
Cahn, Isabelle. Paul Cézanne. Paris: Somogy Editions d'Art, 1995, p. 12, ill.
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. 116, ill. vol. 2, as Portrait de l'artiste.
Coutagne 1997
Coutagne, Denis. "Approche contradictoire d'un thème: Le Jas de Bouffan chez Cézanne." In Cézanne aujourd'hui. Paris: Editions de la Réunion des Musées Nationaux, 1997, p. 79.
Kitschen 1998
Kitschen, Friederike. "Cézannes Hüte - zu einigen Selbstporträts von Paul Cézanne." Pantheon, Internationale Jahreszeitschrift für Kunst 66 (1998), ill., p. 121.
Lewis 2000
Lewis, Mary Tompkins. Cézanne. London: Phaidon, 2000, p. 55, fig. 28.
Platzman 2001
Platzman, Steven. Cézanne: The Self-Portraits. Berkeley: University of California, 2001, pp. 46-47, 195, fig. 3, as Portrait de l'artiste.
Athanassoglou-Kallmyer 2003
Athanassoglou-Kallmyer, Nina M. Cézanne and Provence: The Painter in His Culture. Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, 2003, p. 170, fig. 1.2, as Portrait de l'artiste.
Rubin 2013
Rubin, James. "Amitiés et théories: Courbet/Proudhon, Cézanne/Zola ou comment Cézanne connu Courbet." In Courbet/Cézanne, La vérité en peinture. Lyon: Fage éditions, 2013. Exhibition catalogue, p. 57, fig. 8.
Athanassoglou-Kallmyer 2014
Athanassoglou-Kallmyer, Nina M. "Cézanne in the Studio." In The World Is an Apple: The Still Lifes of Paul Cézanne. Hamilton, Ontario: Art Gallery of Hamilton, 2014. Exhibition catalogue, p. 229, fig. 20, as Self-Portrait (Portrait de l'artiste).
Elderfield, Morton, Rey 2017
Elderfield, John, Mary Morton, Xavier Rey. Cézanne Portraits. Paris: Musée d'Orsay and Editions Gallimard, 2017. Exhibition catalogue, p. 53, fig. 22.
Nagaï 2017
Nagaï, Takanori. "How Paul Cézanne Rejected the Fini Concept." Kyoto Studies in Art History vol. 2 (2017), p. 143, fig. 10.
Dauberville 2020
Dauberville, Guy-Patrice, and Floriane Dauberville. Paul Cezanne chez Bernheim-Jeune. Paris: Editions G-P.F. Dauberville & Archives Bernheim-Jeune, 2020, no. 221, ill., as Portrait de l'artiste.
Record last updated September 7, 2022. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Portrait de l'artiste, c.1866 (FWN 403)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=127 (accessed on April 25, 2024).