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 1954
Veste sur une chaise
1890–92
Alternate titles: A Coat on a Chair; Coat on a Chair; Draperie sur un tabouret; Draperie sur une chaise; Etude; Jacke auf einem Hocker (Veste sur une chaise); Jacke auf einem Stuhl; Jacket on a Chair; Le veston sur la chaise; Manteau sur chaise; Overcoat on a Chair
Rewald (W382); Venturi revised: c.1900; Venturi (1125): 1890–1900
Graphite and watercolor on laid paper
18 11/16 x 12 in. (47.5 x 30.5 cm)
Private collection
Provenance
Private collection (2001)
Private collection (2008)
Exhibition History
Alex Reid & Lefevre, London, Cézanne, June 1937, no. 28, as Draperie sur une chaise, dated 1890–1900, lent by Mrs. Chester Beatty.
Wildenstein Galleries, London, Homage to Paul Cézanne, July 1939, no. 62, ill., as Overcoat on a Chair, c. 1895, lent by Mrs. Beatty.
Tate Gallery, London, Paul Cézanne: an Exhibition of Watercolours, opening on April 10, 1946, no. 26, as A Coat on a Chair, 1890-1900, lent by Chester Beatty. Traveled to: Museum and Art Gallery, Leicester, United Kingdom, May–June 1946; Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield, United Kingdom, July 1946.
Petit Palais, Paris, De Géricault à Matisse: chefs-d'oeuvre français des collections suisses, March–May 1959, no. 148, as Draperie sur une chaise, lent by Mrs. W. Feilchenfeldt, Zurich.
Österreichische Galerie, Belvedere, Vienna, Paul Cézanne, April 14–June 18, 1961, no. 67, pl. 38, c. 1890-1900.
Pavillon de Vendôme, Aix-en-Provence, France, Exposition Cézanne: Tableaux, Aquarelles, Dessins, July 1–August 15, 1961, no. 29, ill. in b/w, pl.19, as Le veston sur la chaise, 1890-1892, lent by Marianne Feilchenfeldt, Zurich.
Knoedler Galleries, New York, Cézanne Watercolors, April 2–20, 1963, no. 35, pl. XXX, as Draperie sur une chaise, 1890-95, lent by Mrs. Walter Feilchenfeldt, Zurich.
Palais de Beaulieu, Lausanne, Switzerland, Chefs-d'œuvre des collections suisses: de Manet à Picasso, May 1–October 25, 1964, no. 93, ill., as Draperie sur une chaise, 1890-1900, lent by Mme Walter Feilchenfeldt, Zurich.
Kunsthalle Tübingen, Tübingen, Paul Cézanne Aquarelle, January 16–March 21, 1982, no. 89, ill., as Jacke auf einem Hocker (Veste sur une chaise), 1890-95, lent by Marianne Feilchenfeldt, Zürich. Traveled to: Kunsthaus, Zürich, April 2–May 31, 1982.
Grand Palais, Paris, Cézanne, September 26, 1995–January 14, 1996, no. 144, ill. in color, p. 356, as Veste sur une chaise, 1890-1892, lent by Private collection, shown in London only. Traveled to: Tate Gallery, London, February 8–April 28, 1996; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, May 26–September 1, 1996.
The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Cézanne in the Studio: Still Life in Watercolor, October 12, 2004–January 2, 2005, pl. 5, as Jacket on a Chair.
Neue Galerie, New York, The Ronald S. Lauder Collection: Selections from the 3rd Century BC to the 20th Century, October 27, 2011–April 2, 2012, p. 330, pl. 174.
Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe, Germany, Cézanne - Metamorphosen, October 28, 2017–February 11, 2018, no. 102, ill.
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Cézanne Drawing, June 6–September 25, 2021, pl. 68, Private collection.
Published References
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1125, ill. vol. II, as Draperie sur une chaise.
Berger, Klaus. Französische Meisterzeichnungen des neunzehnten Jarhunderts. Basel, 1949, p. 28, no. 47, ill., as Jacke auf einem Stuhl, 1890/1900.
Sherman, Hoyt L. Cézanne and Visual Form. Columbus: Ohio State University, 1952, p. 72, ill.
Neumeyer, Alfred. Cézanne's Drawings. New York and London: Thomas Yoseloff, 1958, no. 57.
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. 14, ill.
Leymarie, Jean. Dessins impressionistes De Manet à Renoir. Geneva: Éditions d'Art Albert Skira, 1969, p. 90, ill. 1890-1900.
"Introduction." In Cézanne. Aix-en-Provence; Liège: [s.n.], 1982. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 47, as Manteau sur chaise.
Cézanne. Liège: Musée Saint-Georges, 1982. Exhibition catalogue, p. 47, ill.
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, no. 382, ill.
Plazy, Gilles. Cézanne ou la peinture absolue. Paris: Editions Liana Levi, 1988, p. 97, ill.
Freudenberg, Inken. Der Zweifler Cézanne. Heidelberg: Kehrer Verlag Heidelberg, 2001, pl. 51.
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. 218, ill.
Prat, Louis-Antoine. Le Dessin français au XIXe siècle. Paris: Somogy Editions d'Art, 2011, p. 616, no. 1472, ill. in color, as Veste sur une chaise, 1890-1895.
Freudenberg, Inken. "'And the picture, once left, torments us and pursues us': Cézanne and Delacroix." In Cézanne and the Past: Tradition and Creativity. Budapest: Museum of Fine Arts, 2012. Exhibition catalogue, p. 57, fig. 26, as Coat on a Chair.
Lloyd, Christopher. Paul Cézanne, Drawings and Watercolors. London and Los Angeles: Thames & Hudson and John Paul Getty Museum, 2015, p. 276, fig. 193.
Betz, Juliane. "Hineinsehen or Seeing-In': Some Basics on Formal Ambiguities in the Works of Paul Cézanne." In Cézanne Metamorphoses. Munich and Karlsruhe: Prestel and Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, 2017. Exhibition catalogue, fig. 13.
Eiling, Alexander. "Cézanne's Metamorphoses." In Cézanne Metamorphoses. Munich and Karlsruhe: Prestel and Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, 2017. Exhibition catalogue, fig. 26.
Armstrong, Carol. Cézanne's Gravity. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2018, fig. 108, c. 1890-92.
Dauberville, Guy-Patrice, and Floriane Dauberville. Paul Cezanne chez Bernheim-Jeune. Paris: Editions G-P.F. Dauberville & Archives Bernheim-Jeune, 2020, no. 302, ill., as Draperie sur un tabouret.
Record last updated October 21, 2022. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Veste sur une chaise, 1890–92 (FWN 1954)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1363 (accessed on May 1, 2025).
