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FWN 3003-36a
La Barrière à Chantilly
1888
Alternate titles: Barrier, Chantilly; Die Schranke in Chantilly (La barrière, Chantilly); House and Barrier; La barrière; La barrière, Chantilly; La maison derrière la barrière; The Barrier at Chantilly; The Gate, Chantilly; The House
Rewald (W308); Venturi revised: 1888; Venturi (924): 1888
Graphite, gouache, and watercolor on wove paper, p. XXXVI from the CP I sketchbook
4 5/8 x 7 11/16 in. (11.7 x 19.6 cm)
Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, Massachusetts (Gift of the Adele R. Levy Fund, Inc.)

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Provenance
Georges Bernheim, Paris
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris (October 6, 1919)
Montross Gallery, New York (April 20, 1920)
Lillie P. Bliss, New York;
The Museum of Modern Art, New York (1931)
Parke-Bernet, New York, May 11, 1944, no. 30, ill.
Dr. and Mrs. David M. Levy, New York;
Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, Massachusetts (1962)
Exhibition History
1909b Paris
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Aquarelles & pastels de Cézanne, H.E. Cross, Degas, Jongkind, Camille Pissarro, K.X. Roussel, Paul Signac, Vuillard, May 3–15, 1909, no. 20, as La barrière.
1910a Paris
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Paul Cézanne, January 10–22, 1910, no. 56, as La barrière.
1920a New York
Montross Gallery, New York, Cezanne Watercolors, February 10–21, 1920.
1926 Brooklyn
Brooklyn Academy of Arts and Sciences, Brooklyn, New York, Summer Exhibition of Modern French and American Painters, June 12–October 14, 1926, no no.
1931–32 New York and traveling
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Memorial Exhibition: The Collection of the Late Miss Lillie P. Bliss, May 17–September 27, 1931, no. 15, as The House. Traveled to: Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts, October 17–December 15, 1931; John Herron Art Institute, Indianapolis, January 1932.
1934c New York
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, The Lillie P. Bliss Collection, May 14–September 12, 1934, no. 14, ill., as House and Barrier.
1961c New York
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Adele R. Levy Collection: Memorial Exhibition, June 9–July 16, 1961, listed p. 14, ill., as Barrier, Chantilly.
1967 Pasadena
Pasadena Art Museum, Pasadena, Cézanne watercolors, November 10–December 10, 1967, no. 14, ill.
1977–78 College Park and traveling
University of Maryland Art Gallery, College Park, Maryland, From Delacroix to Cézanne: French Watercolor Landscapes of the Nineteenth Century, October 26–December 4, 1977, no. 26, ill., as House and Barrier. Traveled to: J. B. Speed Museum, Louisville, Kentucky, January 9–February 19, 1978; University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, Michigan, April 1–May 14, 1978.
1982 Tübingen and traveling
Kunsthalle Tübingen, Tübingen, Paul Cézanne Aquarelle, January 16–March 21, 1982, no. 34, ill., as Die Schranke in Chantilly (La barrière, Chantilly), 1888, lent by Smith College Museum of Art, Northhamptom, MA; Gift of Adele R. Levy Fund, Inc, 1962. Traveled to: Kunsthaus, Zürich, April 2–May 31, 1982.
Published References
Klein 1934
Klein, Jerome. The Lillie P. Bliss Collection. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1934, no. 14.
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 924, ill. vol. II, as La barrière, Chantilly.
Barr 1942
Barr, Jr., Alfred H. Painting and Sculpture in the Museum of Modern Art. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1942, p. 30, no. 87, as House and Barrier.
Pantheon 1947
Pantheon. Cezanne 10 Water Colors. New York: Pantheon, 1947, no. [03], as The Gate, Chantilly, 1888, Collection David Levy, New York.
Taillandier 1961
Taillander, Yvon. P. Cézanne. Milan: Antonio Vallardi, 1961, p. 48.
Siblík 1969
Siblík, Jiří. Paul Cézanne: Kresby [Drawings]. Prague: Odeon, 1969, color pl. VIII.
Schapiro 1973
Schapiro, Meyer. Paul Cézanne. Translated by Louis-Marie Ollivier. Paris: Nouvelles Editions Françaises, 1973, ill. on revers of pl. 25.
Rewald 1983a
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, no. 308, ill.
Bach 2000
Bach, Friedrich Teja. "The Stake in the Pictorial Flesh: Disruptions in Cézanne's Oeuvre." In Cézanne: Finished, Unfinished. Ostfildern-Ruit: Hatje Cantz, 2000. Exhibition catalogue, p. 69, fig. 9, as The Barrier at Chantilly, Smith College Museum of Art.
Smith College Museum of Art 2000
Master Drawings from the Smith College Museum of Art. New York: Hudson Hills Press, 2000, no. 44.
Dauberville 2020
Dauberville, Guy-Patrice, and Floriane Dauberville. Paul Cezanne chez Bernheim-Jeune. Paris: Editions G-P.F. Dauberville & Archives Bernheim-Jeune, 2020, no. 335, ill., as La maison derrière la barrière.

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Record last updated December 20, 2021. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "La Barrière à Chantilly, 1888 (FWN 3003-36a), p. XXXVI from the CP I sketchbook." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1289 (accessed on May 18, 2024).