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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)
Catalogue entry
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
Ambroise Vollard, Paris
Jacques Seligmann, Paris and New York
Mrs. Murray S. Danforth, Providence, Rhode Island (1934);
Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence (1942)
Exhibition History
1933c New York
Jacques Seligmann Gallery, New York, Water Colors by Cezanne, November 16–December 7, 1933, no. 7, as The Cardplayer.1934 Philadelphia
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.1935 Buffalo
Albright Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York, Master Drawings, 1935, no. 124, ill.1939 Boston
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Paintings Drawings Prints from Private Collections in New England, June 9–September 10, 1939, no. 148, ill.1942 Providence
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.1945a Boston
Institute of Modern Art, Boston, 100 Modern Pictures, 1945, No no.1948–49 Cambridge, Mass.
Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Seventy Master Drawings, 1948–49, no. 69.1952 Worcester
Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, Massachusetts, The Practice of Drawing, 1952, no. 9.1954 Providence
Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island, Cézanne, September 23–October 24, 1954, no. 7.1958–59 Paris
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.1958–59 Rotterdam and traveling
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, 1959.1959h New York
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.1971 Washington, D.C. and traveling
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, 1971.1975 Providence
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.1995–96 Paris and traveling
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, 1996.2010–11 London and traveling
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, 2011.2021a New York
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Cézanne Drawing, June 6–September 25, 2021, pl. 122 (not shown).Published References
Vollard 1914
Vollard, Ambroise. Paul Cézanne. Paris: Vollard, 1914, p. 47, ill.Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1086, ill. vol. II, as Joueur de cartes.Shoolman and Slatkin 1950
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.Art et Style 1958
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.Taillandier 1961
Taillander, Yvon. P. Cézanne. Milan: Antonio Vallardi, 1961, p. 27.Siblík 1969
Siblík, Jiří. Paul Cézanne: Kresby [Drawings]. Prague: Odeon, 1969, fig. 38.Andersen 1970
Andersen, Wayne V. Cézanne's Portrait Drawings. Cambridge, MA, London: MIT Press, 1970, no. 252, ill.Venturi 1978
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne. Geneva: Skira, 1978, p. 119, ill., as Joueur de cartes, 1890-92.Rewald 1983a
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, no. 379, ill.Rhode Island School of Design 1985
A Handbook of the Museum of Art. Providence, Rhode Island, 1985, no. 191.Mráz 1987
Mráz, Bohumír. Aquarelles et dessins impressinnistes. [Gennevilliers]: Ars Mundi, 1987, pl. 83, listed p. 203, as Joueur de cartes.Düchting 1989
Düchting, Hajo. Paul Cézanne: Natur wird Kunst. Cologne: Benedict Taschen Verlag, 1989, p. 160, ill.Verdi 1992
Verdi, Richard. Cézanne. London and New York: Thames & Hudson, 1992, p. 138, fig. 117.Feilchenfeldt 2005d
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 2015
Lloyd, Christopher. Paul Cézanne, Drawings and Watercolors. London and Los Angeles: Thames & Hudson and John Paul Getty Museum, 2015, p. 161, fig. 108.Related
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 24, 2024).
