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)
FWN 1756
Le Garçon au gilet rouge, I
1889–90
Alternate titles: Boy in a Red Vest; Boy in a Red Waistcoat; Boy with a red waistcoat (le gilet rouge); Garçon au gilet rouge; Knabe mit roter Weste; Knabe mit roter Weste (Garçon au gilet rouge); Le garçon au gilet rouge
Rewald (W375); Venturi revised: c.1895; Venturi (1094): 1890–95
Graphite and watercolor on laid paper
watermark C.F.
18 1/8 x 12 3/16 in. (46 x 31 cm)
Private collection
Provenance
Exhibition History
Paul Cassirer Ltd, London, Paul Cézanne – Water Colours, July 1939, no. 15, as Boy with a red waistcoat (le gilet rouge), dated 1890–95, lent by Private collection.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, French Painting from David to Toulouse-Lautrec, February 6–March 26, 1941, no. 126.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, The E.M. Remarque Collection, November 23, 1942–July 26, 1943, no number listed.
Knoedler Galleries, New York, Remarque Collection, October 18–November 13, 1943, no. 35, as Le garçon au gilet rouge.
Wildenstein Galleries, New York, Cézanne, March 27–April 26, 1947, no. 78, ill. in b/w, p. 71, as Garçon au gilet rouge, 1890-95, lent by E.M. Remarque.
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Cézanne: Paintings, Watercolors & Drawings, A Loan Exhibition, February 7–March 16, 1952, no. 74, ill., as Boy in a Red Waistcoat, 1890-1895, lent by Mr. and Mrs. W. Feilchenfeldt, Zurich. Traveled to: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, April 1–May 16, 1952.
Kunstmuseum, Winterthur, Switzerland, Europäische Meister, 1790–1910, June 12–July 24, 1955, no. 222, as Garçon au gilet rouge, lent by private collection, Zurich.
Haags Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, the Netherlands, Paul Cézanne, June 1–August 1, 1956, no. 70, ill. 1890-95, lent by Private collection.
Pavillon de Vendôme, Aix-en-Provence, France, Exposition pour commémorer le cinquantenaire de la mort de Cézanne, July 21–August 15, 1956, no. 74, lent by Marianne Feilchenfeldt; dated 1894–95.
Haus der Kunst, Munich, Paul Cézanne, October 12–November 18, 1956, no. 85, ill. 1890/95, lent by Frau Dr. W. Feilchenfeldt, Zurich.
Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, (Kunsthaus Lempertz), Cologne, Cézanne, Ausstellung zum Gedenken an sein 50. Todesjahr, December 1956–January 1957, no. 38, ill.
Petit Palais, Paris, De Géricault à Matisse: chefs-d'oeuvre français des collections suisses, March–May 1959, no. 147, pl. 31, as Le garçon au gilet rouge, lent by Mrs. W. Feilchenfeldt, Zurich.
Österreichische Galerie, Belvedere, Vienna, Paul Cézanne, April 14–June 18, 1961, no. 66, pl. 39, c. 1890-1895.
Knoedler Galleries, New York, Cézanne Watercolors, April 2–20, 1963, no. 33, pl. XXXI, as Garçon au gilet rouge, 1890-95, lent by Walter Feilchenfeldt.
Kunstverein, Hamburg, Germany, Wegbereiter der modernen Malerei: Cézanne, Gauguin, van Gogh, Seurat, May 4–July 14, 1963, no. 17, pl. 59, as Knabe mit roter Weste, c. 1890, lent by Marianne Feilchenfeldt, Zurich.
Palais de Beaulieu, Lausanne, Switzerland, Chefs-d'œuvre des collections suisses: de Manet à Picasso, May 1–October 25, 1964, no. 96, ill., as Le garçon au gilet rouge, c. 1890, lent by Mme Walter Feilchenfeldt, Zurich.
Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C., Cézanne: An Exhibition in Honor of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Phillips Collection, February 27–March 28, 1971, no. 47. Traveled to: The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, April 17–May 16, 1971; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, June 1–July 3, 1971.
Haus der Kunst, Munich, Das Aquarell, 1400-1950, October 14, 1972–January 7, 1973, no. 302.
Kunsthalle Tübingen, Tübingen, Paul Cézanne Aquarelle, January 16–March 21, 1982, no. 99, ill., and back cover, as Knabe mit roter Weste (Garçon au gilet rouge), 1890-95, lent by Marianne Feilchenfeldt, Zürich. Traveled to: Kunsthaus, Zürich, April 2–May 31, 1982.
Galerie Beyeler, Basel, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne: Peintures, Aquarelles, Dessins, June–September 1983, no. 37, ill.
Grand Palais, Paris, Cézanne, September 26, 1995–January 14, 1996, no. 127, ill. in color, p. 323, as Le Garçon au gilet rouge, I, 1889-1890, lent by Private collection, shown in Paris only. Traveled to: Tate Gallery, London, February 8–April 28, 1996; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, May 26–September 1, 1996.
Published References
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1094, ill. vol. II, as Garçon au gilet rouge.
Pantheon. Cezanne 10 Water Colors. New York: Pantheon, 1947, no. [05], as Boy in a Red Vest, 1890-95, Collection Remarque.
Schmidt, Georg. Aquarelle von Paul Cézanne. Mit zweiundreissig vielfarbigen Tafeln. Basel: Holbein-Verlag, 1952, fig. 31.
Hofmann, Werner. Paul Cézanne (1839-1906). Munich, Vienna, Basel: Kurt Desch, 1953, pl. 30, as Knabe mit roter Weste, 1890-95.
Rousseau, Théodore, Jr. Paul Cézanne, 1839–1906. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1953, pl. 30.
Neumeyer, Alfred. Cézanne's Drawings. New York and London: Thomas Yoseloff, 1958, no. 45.
Longstreet, Stephen. The Drawings of Cézanne. Los Angeles: Borden Publishing Company, ill.
Coplans, John. "Cézanne watercolors." In Cézanne watercolors. Los Angeles: The Ward Richie Press, 1967, p. 15, ill.
Daulte, François. French Watercolors of the 20th Century. New York: Viking Press, 1968, no. 7, ill.
Leymarie, Jean. Dessins impressionistes De Manet à Renoir. Geneva: Éditions d'Art Albert Skira, 1969, p. 91, ill. 1890-95.
Feilchenfeldt, Marianne and Feilchenfeldt, Walter. 25 Jahre Feilchenfeldt in Zürich. Zurich, 1973, ill.
Schapiro, Meyer. Paul Cézanne. Translated by Louis-Marie Ollivier. Paris: Nouvelles Editions Françaises, 1973, ill. on reverse of pl. 33.
"Introduction." In Cézanne. Aix-en-Provence; Liège: [s.n.], 1982. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 48, as Le garçon au gilet rouge.
"Paul Cézanne - Aquarelle." Kunsthaus Zürich - Mitteilungsblatt der Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft (Zurich) 2.82 (1982), ill. p. 11.
Cézanne. Liège: Musée Saint-Georges, 1982. Exhibition catalogue, p. 48, ill.
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, no. 375, ill. and color pl. 29.
Feilchenfeldt, Walter. "Cézanne's Works on Paper: Towards a Reclassification." In Classic Cézanne. Sydney: Art Gallery of New South Wales, 1988. Exhibition catalogue, p. 57, fig. 25.
Feilchenfeldt, Walter. "Die Zeichnungen Cézannes: Kleine Formate: Skizzen. Grosse Formate: Aquarelle ohne Farbe." In "By Appointment Only": Schriften zu Kunst und Kunsthandel, Cézanne und Van Gogh. Wädenswil: Nimbus, 2005, p. 227, ill.
Sidlauskas, Susan. Cézanne's Other: The Portraits of Hortense. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2009, p. 139, fig. 36.
Prat, Louis-Antoine. Le Dessin français au XIXe siècle. Paris: Somogy Editions d'Art, 2011, p. 615, no. 1468, ill. in color p. 614, as Le garçon au gilet rouge, 1889-1890.
Santulli, Michele. Modelle e modelli ciociari nell'arte europea a Roma, Parigi, Londra nel 1800/1900. Arpino: Edizioni Ciociaria Sconosciuta, (the sitter is Michele de Rosa, born June 11, 1875).
Prat, Louis-Antoine. Le Dessin Français au XIXe siècle. Paris: Musée du Louvre, 2013, no. 1468, ill. p. 614.
Schneider, Thomas F. and Inge Jaehner, eds. Remarques Impressionisten: Kunstsammeln und Kunsthandel im Exil / Remarque's Impressionists: Art Collecting and Art Dealing in Exile. Göttingen and Bristol: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2013, pp. 238-39, no. B, ill.
Lloyd, Christopher. Paul Cézanne, Drawings and Watercolors. London and Los Angeles: Thames & Hudson and John Paul Getty Museum, 2015, p. 159, fig. 106.
Etgar, Yuval. "Reconstructing Cezanne at Luxembourg & Dayan." In Reconstructing Cezanne. London: Ridinghouse and Luxembourg & Dayan, 2019. Exhibition catalogue, fig. 2a.
Dombrowski, André, Nancy Ireson, and Sylvie Patry, eds. Cézanne in the Barnes Foundation. New York: Rizzoli Electa in association with The Barnes Foundation, 2021, p. 202, fig. 5, as Boy in a Red Vest.
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Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Le Garçon au gilet rouge, I, 1889–90 (FWN 1756)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1356 (accessed on February 7, 2025).