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Catalogue entry

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

Keywords

Provenance
Ambroise Vollard, Paris
Cornelis Hoogendijk, Amsterdam;
Hoogendijk Collection, F. Muller & Cie., Amsterdam, May 22, 1912, no. 114 (as van Gogh, Paletot déposé sur une chaise)
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris
Mrs. A. Chester Beatty, London
Paul Rosenberg, Paris and New York (March 16, 1955)
Marianne Feilchenfeldt, Zurich (March 22, 1956);
Private collection (2001)
Luxembourg Art Limited, Channel Islands
Private collection (2008)
Exhibition History
1937a London
Alex Reid & Lefevre, London, Cézanne, June 1937, no. 28, as Draperie sur une chaise, dated 1890–1900, lent by Mrs. Chester Beatty.
1939d London
Wildenstein Galleries, London, Homage to Paul Cézanne, July 1939, no. 62, ill., as Overcoat on a Chair, c. 1895, lent by Mrs. Beatty.
1946c London and traveling
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.
1956 Zurich
Kunsthaus, Zurich, Paul Cézanne, August 22–October 7, 1956, no. 119, ill., pl. 57.
1959 Paris
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.
1961 Vienna
Österreichische Galerie, Belvedere, Vienna, Paul Cézanne, April 14–June 18, 1961, no. 67, pl. 38, c. 1890-1900.
1961 Aix-en-Provence
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.
1963f New York
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.
1964 Lausanne
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.
1982 Tübingen and traveling
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.
1995–96 Paris and traveling
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.
2004–05 Los Angeles
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.
2011–12a New York
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.
2017–18 Karlsruhe
Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe, Germany, Cézanne - Metamorphosen, October 28, 2017–February 11, 2018, no. 102, ill.
2021a New York
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Cézanne Drawing, June 6–September 25, 2021, pl. 68, Private collection.
Published References
Faure 1923a
Faure, Élie. P. Cézanne. Paris, 1923, pl. 23, as Etude.
Raynal 1936
Raynal, Maurice. Cézanne. Paris: Editions de Cluny, 1936, pl. CII p. 138.
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1125, ill. vol. II, as Draperie sur une chaise.
Dorival 1948
Dorival, Bernard. Cézanne. Paris: Pierre Tisné, 1948, pl. XVIII, listed p. 181.
Berger 1949
Berger, Klaus. Französische Meisterzeichnungen des neunzehnten Jarhunderts. Basel, 1949, p. 28, no. 47, ill., as Jacke auf einem Stuhl, 1890/1900.
Sherman 1952
Sherman, Hoyt L. Cézanne and Visual Form. Columbus: Ohio State University, 1952, p. 72, ill.
Neumeyer 1958
Neumeyer, Alfred. Cézanne's Drawings. New York and London: Thomas Yoseloff, 1958, no. 57.
Heise 1959
Heise, C.G. Grosse Zeichner des XIX. Jahrhunderts. Berlin, 1959, fig. 140.
Longstreet 1964
Longstreet, Stephen. The Drawings of Cézanne. Los Angeles: Borden Publishing Company, ill.
Coplans 1967
Coplans, John. "Cézanne watercolors." In Cézanne watercolors. Los Angeles: The Ward Richie Press, 1967, p. 14, ill.
Elgar 1968
Elgar, Frank. Cézanne. Paris: A. Somogy, 1968, p. 255, ill.
Leymarie 1969
Leymarie, Jean. Dessins impressionistes De Manet à Renoir. Geneva: Éditions d'Art Albert Skira, 1969, p. 90, ill. 1890-1900.
Siblík 1969
Siblík, Jiří. Paul Cézanne: Kresby [Drawings]. Prague: Odeon, 1969, fig. 50.
Hoog 1971
Hoog, Michel. L'Univers de Cézanne. Paris: Henri Scrépel, 1971, p. 18.
Erpel 1973
Erpel, Fritz. Paul Cézanne. Berlin: Henschelverlag, 1973, fig. 15.
Aix-en-Provence 1982
"Introduction." In Cézanne. Aix-en-Provence; Liège: [s.n.], 1982. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 47, as Manteau sur chaise.
Musée Saint-Georges Liège 1982
Cézanne. Liège: Musée Saint-Georges, 1982. Exhibition catalogue, p. 47, ill.
Rewald 1983a
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, no. 382, ill.
Kendall 1988
Kendall, Richard, ed. Cézanne: By Himself. London: Macdonald, 1988, p. 107, ill.
Plazy 1988
Plazy, Gilles. Cézanne ou la peinture absolue. Paris: Editions Liana Levi, 1988, p. 97, ill.
Bonafoux 1995
Bonafoux, Pascal. Cézanne: portrait. Paris: Editions Hazan, 1995, p. 67, ill.
Freudenberg 2001
Freudenberg, Inken. Der Zweifler Cézanne. Heidelberg: Kehrer Verlag Heidelberg, 2001, pl. 51.
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. 218, ill.
Landrot 2010
Landrot, Gérard. Cézanne Aquarelles. Paris: Éditions Langlaude, 2010, p. 45, ill.
Prat 2011
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 2012
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 2015
Lloyd, Christopher. Paul Cézanne, Drawings and Watercolors. London and Los Angeles: Thames & Hudson and John Paul Getty Museum, 2015, p. 276, fig. 193.
Betz 2017
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 2017
Eiling, Alexander. "Cézanne's Metamorphoses." In Cézanne Metamorphoses. Munich and Karlsruhe: Prestel and Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, 2017. Exhibition catalogue, fig. 26.
Armstrong 2018
Armstrong, Carol. Cézanne's Gravity. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2018, fig. 108, c. 1890-92.
Dauberville 2020
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 16, 2024).