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Catalogue entry

FWN 418
Portrait de Marie Cezanne, soeur de l'artiste
c.1866
Alternate titles: La Tante Marie; Mädchenbildnis in Grau, Weiss und lehmigem Braungelb; Mlle Marie Cézanne; Portrait de Mlle Marie Cézanne; Ritratto di Marie Cézanne, sorella dell'artista
Rewald (119): 1866–67; Venturi revised: c.1867; Venturi (89): 1867–69; Rivière: 1864
Oil on canvas
21 1/16 x 14 5/8 in. (53.5 x 37 cm)
Vollard W stockbook: no. 445, Portrait de sa soeur; huile, 56 x 39 (10,000 [?])
Vollard archives: photo no. 535, Annotated by Cezanne's son: circa 1875
Saint Louis Art Museum

Keywords

Provenance
Ambroise Vollard, Paris
Galerie E. Bignou, Paris and New York
[Knoedler Galleries, New York]
Saint Louis Art Museum (May 1934)
Exhibition History
1904 Berlin
Paul Cassirer, Berlin, Sonderausstellung Paul Cézanne, April 22–June 15, 1904, no number, as Mädchenbildnis in Grau, Weiss und lehmigem Braungelb.
1930a Paris
Galerie Pigalle, Paris, Exposition Cèzanne, 1839–1906, January 4–February 7, 1930, no. 39, ill., as Portrait de Mlle Marie Cézanne, c. 1865, lent by Vollard.
1933–34 New York and traveling
Knoedler Galleries, New York, Paintings from the Ambroise Vollard Collection, XIX-XX Centuries, November 6–December 3, 1933, no. 4, ill., as La Tante Marie, 1864. Traveled to: Arts and Crafts Club, Detroit, December 11, 1933–January 1934.
1953a Brussels
Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, La Femme dans l'art français, March–May 1953, no. 16, pl. 38.
1958d New York
Wildenstein Galleries, New York, Fifty Masterworks from the City Art Museum of St. Louis, November 6–December 13, 1958, no. 45, ill., p. 63.
1961 Vienna
Österreichische Galerie, Belvedere, Vienna, Paul Cézanne, April 14–June 18, 1961, no. 2.
1961 Aix-en-Provence
Pavillon de Vendôme, Aix-en-Provence, France, Exposition Cézanne: Tableaux, Aquarelles, Dessins, July 1–August 15, 1961, no. 2.
1974 Tokyo and traveling
National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, Cézanne, March 30–May 19, 1974, no. 1. Traveled to: Municipal Museum, Kyoto, Japan, June 1–July 17, 1974; Cultural Center, Fukuoka, Japan, July 24–August 18, 1974.
1986 Tokyo and traveling
Isetan Museum of Art, Tokyo, Cézanne, September 18–October 7, 1986, no. 4, ill. lent by The Saint Louis Art Museum. 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.
1988–89a London and traveling
Royal Academy of Arts, London, Cézanne: The Early Years 1859–1872, April 22–August 21, 1988, no. 24a, 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.
2002 Rome
Complesso del Vittoriano, Rome, Cézanne: Il padre dei moderni, March 7–July 7, 2002, listed p. 104, ill., as Ritratto di Marie Cézanne, sorella dell'artista, lent by Saint Louis Art Museum.
2017 Paris
Musée d'Orsay, Paris, Cézanne Portraits, June 13–September 24, 2017, no. 1 (recto), ill.
2017–18 Paris and traveling
Musée d'Orsay, Paris, Cézanne Portraits, June 13–September 24, 2017, no. 1.3 (recto), 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.
Published References
Lhote 1920
Lhote, André. "L'Enseignement de Cézanne." La Nouvelle Revue Française 8, no. 86 (November 1, 1920), p. 652.
Rivière 1923
Rivière, Georges. Le Maître Paul Cézanne. Paris: Librairie Floury, 1923, p. 196, listed.
Dormoy 1930
Dormoy, Marie. "Die Cézanne—Ausstellung im Théâtre Pigalle." Kunst und Künstler 28, no. 6 (1930), p. 248, ill. p. 249.
Neugass 1930
Neugass, Fritz. "Paul Cézanne." Der Cicerone 22 , no. 4 (1930), pp. 105-106, c. 1865.
P. B. 1930
P. B. "Cézanne à la galerie Pigalle." Beaux-arts: Chronique des arts et de la curiosité, no. 1 (January 20, 1930), p. 23, as Mlle Marie Cézanne.
P.C. 1930
P.C. "Rundschau: Paris." Der Cicerone 22, no. 3 (1930), p. 87.
Iavorskaia 1935a
Iavorskaia, Nina. Cézanne. Moscow: Ogiz-Izogiz, 1935, pl. 2.
Iavorskaia 1935b
Iavorskaia, Nina. Paul Cézanne. Milan: Hoepli, 1935, pl. II.
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 89, ill. vol. II, as Portrait de Marie Cezanne, soeur de l'artiste.
Rewald 1936e
Rewald, John. Cézanne et Zola. Paris: Editions A. Sedrowski, 1936, fig. 9.
Barnes and de Mazia 1939
Barnes, Albert C., and Violette de Mazia. The Art of Cézanne. New York: Harcourt Brace, 1939, p. 148, no. 3, ill.
Rewald 1939c
Rewald, John. Cézanne, sa vie, son œuvre, son amitié pour Zola. Paris: Albin Michel, 1939, fig. 13.
Jewell 1944a
Jewell, Edward Alden. Paul Cézanne. New York: Hyperion Press, 1944, p. 16, ill.
Rewald 1948b
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: A Biography. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1948, fig. 15.
Rewald 1950a
Rewald, John. Cézanne. London: Phoenix House, 1950, fig. 7.
Leonhard 1966
Leonhard, Kurt. Paul Cézanne in Selbstzeugnissen und Bilddokumenten. Rheinbek bei Hamburg: Rowohlt, 1966, p. 12, ill.
Wadley 1975
Wadley, Nicholas. Cézanne and His Art. London: Hamlyn, 1975, pl. 12.
Harris 1982
Harris, Nathaniel. The Art of Cézanne. London: Optimum Books, 1982, p. 14, ill. in b/w.
Pickvance and Takumi 1986
Pickvance, Ronald, and Hideo Takumi. Cézanne. Tokyo: Tokyo Shimbun, 1986. Exhibition catalogue, p. 28, pl. 4.
Rewald 1989
Rewald, John. Cézanne and America: Dealers, Collectors, Artists and Critics, 1891–1921. Princeton: Princeton University Press; London: Thames & Hudson, 1989, p. 327.
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. 119, ill. vol. 2, as Portrait de Marie Cezanne, soeur 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. 39, fig. 1.28, as Portrait de Marie Cezanne, soeur de l'artiste.
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. 501, ill.
Cezanne 2021
Cézanne, Philippe. Paul Cezanne dépeint par ses contemporains. Lyon: Fage éditions, 2021, fig. 5.
Notes

Cézanne's younger sister Marie was born in July 1841 and would have been about 25 years of age in this portrait.

Record last updated June 26, 2017. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Portrait de Marie Cezanne, soeur de l'artiste, c.1866 (FWN 418)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=130 (accessed on April 19, 2024).