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)
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Erik Gould; © Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence
FWN 1761
Joueur de cartes à la blouse bleue
1890–92
Alternate titles: Card Player in a Blue Smock; Cardplayer; Joueur de cartes; Kaartspeler; Study for the Card Players; The Cardplayer
Rewald (W379); Venturi revised: 1890–92; Venturi (1086): 1890–92
Graphite and watercolor on laid paper
19 1/8 x 14 1/4 in. (48.6 x 36.2 cm)
Provenance
Exhibition History
Jacques Seligmann Gallery, New York, Water Colors by Cezanne, November 16–December 7, 1933, no. 7, as The Cardplayer.
Pennsylvania Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Cézanne, November–December 1934, no. 48, (dated c.1890), as Study for the Card Players, lent by Mrs. Murray Danforth.
Albright Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York, Master Drawings, 1935, no. 124, ill.
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Paintings Drawings Prints from Private Collections in New England, June 9–September 10, 1939, no. 148, ill.
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island, French Art of the 19th and 20th Centuries, November 1942, no. 10, as Study for the Card Players, lent by Mrs. Murray Danforth.
Institute of Modern Art, Boston, 100 Modern Pictures, 1945, No no.
Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Seventy Master Drawings, 1948–49, no. 69.
Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island, Cézanne, September 23–October 24, 1954, no. 7.
Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris, De Clouet a Matisse: dessins français des collection américaines, 1958–59, no. 151, pl. 169, as Joueur de cartes, c. 1890-1892, lent by Rhodes Island School of Design.
Museum Boymans, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, Van Clouet tot Matisse: tentoonstelling van franse tekeningen uit amerikaanse collecties, July 31–September 28, 1958, no. 151, pl. 155, as Kaartspeler. Traveled to: Musee de l'Orangerie, Paris, October 1958–January 1959; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, February 3–March 15, 1959.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, French Drawings from American Collections: Clouet to Matisse, February 3–March 15, 1959, no. 151, pl. 155, as Cardplayer.
Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C., Cézanne: An Exhibition in Honor of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Phillips Collection, February 27–March 28, 1971, no. 46, ill. Traveled to: The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, April 17–May 16, 1971; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, June 1–July 3, 1971.
Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island, French Watercolors and Drawings from the Museum's Collection,
c.1800-1910, May 1–25, 1975, no. 5, ill.
Grand Palais, Paris, Cézanne, September 26, 1995–January 14, 1996, no. 132, ill. in color, p. 336, as Joueur de cartes à la blouse bleue, 1890-1892, lent by Rhode Island School of Design, MA, Providence. Traveled to: Tate Gallery, London, February 8–April 28, 1996; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, May 26–September 1, 1996.
Courtauld Gallery, London, Cézanne's Card Players, October 21, 2010–January 16, 2011, no. 9, ill., as Card Player in a Blue Smock. Traveled to: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, February 9–May 8, 2011.
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Cézanne Drawing, June 6–September 25, 2021, pl. 122 (not shown).
Published References
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1086, ill. vol. II, as Joueur de cartes.
Shoolman, Regina, and Charles Slatkin. Six Centuries of French Master Drawings in America. New York: Oxford University Press, 1950, p. 192, pl. 108, as The Cardplayer, c. 1892.
Bouchot-Saupique, Jacqueline (preface). Art et Style. 47, Les dessins français dans les collections américaines: de Clouet à Matisse. Paris, 3rd trimester 1958, ill. in b/w (n.p.), as Joueur de cartes, c. 1890-92.
Andersen, Wayne V. Cézanne's Portrait Drawings. Cambridge, MA, London: MIT Press, 1970, no. 252, ill.
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne. Geneva: Skira, 1978, p. 119, ill., as Joueur de cartes, 1890-92.
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, no. 379, ill.
A Handbook of the Museum of Art. Providence, Rhode Island, 1985, no. 191.
Mráz, Bohumír. Aquarelles et dessins impressinnistes. [Gennevilliers]: Ars Mundi, 1987, pl. 83, listed p. 203, as Joueur de cartes.
Düchting, Hajo. Paul Cézanne: Natur wird Kunst. Cologne: Benedict Taschen Verlag, 1989, p. 160, ill.
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. 223, ill.
Lloyd, Christopher. Paul Cézanne, Drawings and Watercolors. London and Los Angeles: Thames & Hudson and John Paul Getty Museum, 2015, p. 161, fig. 108.
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Record last updated June 6, 2021. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Joueur de cartes à la blouse bleue, 1890–92 (FWN 1761)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1360 (accessed on April 16, 2024).
