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Catalogue entry

FWN 592
Satyres et Nymphes
c.1867
Alternate titles: Nymphes et Faunes; Nymphes et Satyres; Satyrs and Nymphs
Rewald (124): c.1867; Venturi revised: 1868º70; Venturi (94): 1864–68
Oil on canvas
9 1/16 x 11 13/16 in. (23 x 30 cm)

Keywords

Provenance
Ambroise Vollard, Paris
Egisto Fabbri, Florence
Galerie E. Bignou, Paris and New York
Stanley N. Barbee, New York;
Parke-Bernet, New York, Jan. 19, 1950, no. 77, ill.
Private collection, U.S.A.;
Aliette Olivar;
Sotheby's, London, United Kingdom, Dec. 4, 1980, no. 515, ill.
I.M. Gharbawi, London;
Christie's, London, Feb. 4, 2003, no. 216, ill.; bought in
Private collection
Sotheby's, London, June 25, 2015, no. 341, ill.
Private collection;
Sotheby's, New York, May 15, 2018, no. 392, ill.
Exhibition History
1921 Basel
Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland, Cézanne, February 6–March 6, 1921, no. 38, as Nymphes et Satyres, lent by Fabbri.
1936g New York
Bignou Gallery, New York, Paul Cézanne, November–December 1936, no. 2, as Nymphes et Faunes.
1937 Detroit
Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Cézanne, January 5, 1937.
1937a Montreal
W. Scott & Sons, Montreal, Paintings by French Masters, February 1937.
1937b New York
Bignou Gallery, New York, Cézanne and Renoir, February 1937.
1938 Bristol
Lefevre Gallery, Royal Hotel, Bristol, United Kingdom, French Paintings of the 19th and 20th Centuries, November 1938, no. 8.
1939g New York
Bignou Gallery, New York, A Selection of 19th and 20th Century French Painting, June–September 1939, no. 1.
1940e New York
Bignou Gallery, New York, Paintings and Watercolors by Cézanne, April 1–26, 1940, no. 1.
1945a New Haven
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut, 1945.
1989 Basel
Kunstmuseum, Basel, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne: Die Badenden, September 10–December 10, 1989, no. 1, pl. 17.
Published References
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 94, ill. vol. II, as Satyres et Nymphes.
Dorival 1948
Dorival, Bernard. Cézanne. Paris: Pierre Tisné, 1948, pp. 27, 83.
Berthold 1958
Berthold, Gertrude. Cézanne und die alten Meister. Stuttgart: W. Kohlhammer, 1958, listed p. 154.
Lewis 1989
Lewis, Mary Tompkins. Cézanne's Early Imagery. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1989, p. 164, fig. 94.
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. 124, ill. vol. 2, as Satyres et Nymphes.
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. 197, fig. 5.8, as Satyres et Nymphes.
Bardazzi 2007b
Bardazzi, Francesca, ed. Cézanne in Florence: Two Collectors and the 1910 Exhibition of Impressionism. Translated by John Venerella. Milan: Mondadori Electa, 2007. Exhibition catalogue, p. 258, fig. 4, as Satyres et Nymphes.
Rishel 2012c
Rishel, Joseph J. "Cézanne, Virgil, Poussin." In Gauguin, Cézanne, Matisse: Visions of Arcadia. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2012. Exhibition catalogue, p. 164, fig. 156, as Satyrs and Nymphs.
Notes

The central figure seems to quote Rubens' Ixion trompé Junon; the kneeling figure at right resembles Vénus accroupie by Coysevox.

Satyres et Nymphes, c.1867 (FWN 592). Coysevox, Vénus accroupie, 1685–86. Musée du Louvre, Paris
Coysevox, Vénus accroupie, 1685–86. Musée du Louvre, Paris
Satyres et Nymphes, c.1867 (FWN 592). Peter Paul Rubens, Ixion trompé par Junon, c. 1610. Musée du Louvre, Paris
Peter Paul Rubens, Ixion trompé par Junon, c. 1610. Musée du Louvre, Paris
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Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Satyres et Nymphes, c.1867 (FWN 592)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=134 (accessed on March 28, 2024).