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 1763
Joueur de cartes
1892–96
Alternate titles: De kaartspeler; Der Kartenspieler; Esquisse pour Les joueurs de cartes; The Cardplayer
Rewald (W380); Venturi revised: 1890–92
Watercolor on laid paper
18 3/8 x 12 in. (46.7 x 30.5 cm)
Private collection, Qatar
Provenance
Exhibition History
Galerie Flechtheim, Berlin, Seit Cézanne in Paris, November 23–December 24, 1929, no. 25. Traveled to: Galerie Flechtheim, Düsseldorf, Germany, January 12 – end February 1930.
Paul Cassirer, Berlin, Ein Jahrhundert französischer Zeichnung, December 1929–January 1930, no. 8, ill., as Der Kartenspieler.
Museum Boymans, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, Teekeningen van Ingres tot Seurat, December 20, 1933–January 21, 1934, no. 10, ill., pl.XXIX, as De kaartspeler.
Kunsthalle, Bern, Switzerland, Französische Meister des 19. Jahrhunderts und van Gogh, February 18–April 2, 1934, no. 12.
Palace of Fine Arts, Treasure Island, San Francisco, Golden Gate International Exposition, May 25–September 29, 1940, no. 413, as The Cardplayer, c. 1892, lent by Mr. and Mrs. Ernst M. Eichwald, New York.
Fine Arts Associates [Otto Gerson], New York, French Art Around 1900-From Van Gogh to Matisse, 1953, no. 5, ill.
Fine Arts Associates [Otto Gerson], New York, Cezanne Watercolors, January 30–February 18, 1956, no. 14, ill. lent anonymously.
Published References
Gasquet, Joachim. Cézanne: 24 phototypies. Paris: Librairie de France, [1928], [pl. 13], as Esquisse pour Les joueurs de cartes.
Scheffler, Karl. "Französische Zeichnungen des neunzehnten Jahrhunderts bei Paul Cassirer." Kunst und Künstler 28, no. 5 (1930), p. 192.
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, no. 380, ill.
Ireson, Nancy and Wright Barnaby. "Cézanne's Card Player. An Introduction." In Cézanne's Card Players. London: Paul Holberton Publishing, 2010. Exhibition catalogue, p. 132, fig. 59.
Ruppen, Fabienne. "Tackling Cezanne's Paper: On the Reconstruction of Loose Sheets." In Reconstructing Cezanne. London: Ridinghouse and Luxembourg & Dayan, 2019. Exhibition catalogue, fig. 6.
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Record last updated December 21, 2022. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Joueur de cartes, 1892–96 (FWN 1763)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. https://www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1361 (accessed on September 27, 2023).
