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 1776
Paysan assis
c.1900 (possibly later)
Alternate titles: Alter Mann; Contadino seduto; Le Paysan assis; Peasant Seated; Seated Peasant; Sitzender Bauer; Sitzender Bauer (Paysan assis)
Rewald (W491); Venturi (1089): 1900–04
Watercolor on laid paper
17 15/16 x 12 1/16 in. (45.5 x 30.7 cm)
Vollard A stockbook: no. 4023, dessin au lavis; homme assis tenant sa canne, 48 x 30 cm (40 frs)
Provenance
Paul Cassirer, Berlin (private collection) (March 31, 1913);
Exhibition History
Paul Cassirer, Berlin, XV. Jahrgang, Sommer 1913, [Zehnte Ausstellung], July– c. September 26, 1913, as Alter Mann.
Paul Cassirer, Berlin, Cézanne-Ausstellung: Cézannes Werke in deutschem Privatbesitz: Gemälde, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, November–December 11, 1921, no. 49, as Sitzender Bauer, lent by Paul Cassirer pr.
Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich, Sammlung:1910-1930, May 26–August 11, 1935, no. 221, as Sitzender Bauer, Inv. Nr. 2372.
Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris, Cézanne, May 20–October 11, 1936, no. 132, as Paysan assis, c. 1898, lent by Kunsthaus Zurich.
Galerie de la Gazette des Beaux-Arts, Paris, La peinture française du XIXe siècle en Suisse, March–June 1938, no. 19, as Le Paysan assis, lent by Kunsthaus Zürich.
Musée de Lyon, Palais Saint-Pierre, Lyon, France, Centenaire de Paul Cézanne, May 7–June 18, 1939, no. 55, as Paysan assis, 1900-1904, lent by Kunsthaus Zürich.
Société des artistes indépendants, Grand Palais, Paris, 50e exposition - Centenaire du peintre indépendant Paul Cézanne, March 17–April 10, 1939, no. 55, as Le Paysan assis, 1900-1904, lent by Kunstmuseum Zürich.
Wildenstein Galleries, London, Homage to Paul Cézanne, July 1939, no. 60, as Peasant Seated, c. 1890, lent by Kunsthaus Zürich.
Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich, Ausländische Kunst in Zürich, July 25–September 26, 1943, no. 548, as Sitzender Bauer.
Kunsthaus, Zurich, Europäische Kunst, 13. bis 20. Jahrhundert, June 6–August 13, 1950, listed p. 26, as Sitzender Bauer, 1900/04, lent by Kunsthaus Zürich.
Haags Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, the Netherlands, Paul Cézanne, June 1–August 1, 1956, no. 83, ill. 1900-04, lent by Kunsthaus Zürich.
Pavillon de Vendôme, Aix-en-Provence, France, Exposition pour commémorer le cinquantenaire de la mort de Cézanne, July 21–August 15, 1956, no. 80, lent by Kunsthaus Zurich; dated 1902–04.
Haus der Kunst, Munich, Paul Cézanne, October 12–November 18, 1956, no. 106, ill. 190/04, lent by Kunsthaus Zürich.
Österreichische Galerie, Belvedere, Vienna, Paul Cézanne, April 14–June 18, 1961, no. 77, pl. 33, c. 1900-1904.
Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, Watercolour and Pencil Drawings by Cézanne, September 19–November 4, 1973, no. 89, ill. in b/w, and ill. in color p.13, as Seated Peasant, lent by Kunsthaus Zürich. Traveled to: Hayward Gallery, London, November 13–December 30, 1973.
The Museum of Modern Art, New York and Reunion des Musees Nationaux, Paris, France, Cézanne: The Late Work, October 7, 1977–January 3, 1978, no. 119, ill., pl. 15, as Seated Peasant, c. 1900, lent by Kunsthaus Zurich. Traveled to: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, January 26–March 19, 1978; Grand Palais, Paris, Cezanne: Les dernières années (1895–1906), April 20–July 23, 1978 (see Paris 1978a for a separate listing because the catalogue numbers are different from the two American venues).
Grand Palais, Paris, Cézanne: Les dernières années (1895–1906), April 20–July 23, 1978, no. 7, ill. in b/w, as Paysan assis, c. 1900, lent by Kunsthaus Zürich.
Kunsthalle Tübingen, Tübingen, Paul Cézanne Aquarelle, January 16–March 21, 1982, no. 102, ill., as Sitzender Bauer (Paysan assis), 1902-04, lent by Kunsthaus Zürich, Graphische Sammlung (Inv.-No. 2372). Traveled to: Kunsthaus, Zürich, April 2–May 31, 1982.
Grand Palais, Paris, Cézanne, September 26, 1995–January 14, 1996, no. 223, ill. in color, p. 509, as Paysan assis, c. 1900-1904, lent by Kunsthaus, Zürich, shown in Paris only. Traveled to: Tate Gallery, London, February 8–April 28, 1996; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, May 26–September 1, 1996.
Acquavella Galleries, New York, Cézanne Watercolors, October 18–November 24, 1999, no. 42, ill.
Kunstforum, Vienna, Cézanne: Vollendet unvollendet, January 20–April 25, 2000, no. 23, ill., as Paysan assis, c. 1900, lent by Kunsthaus Zürich. Traveled to: Kunsthaus, Zürich, May 5–August 13, 2000 (initially planned to end on July 30 the exhibition was extended until August 13).
Kunsthaus, Zurich, Hommage à Cézanne, November 30, 2006–February 11, 2007, no no., as Paysan assis, c. 1902/04, Kunsthaus Zürich.
Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, Hungary, Cézanne and the Past: Tradition and Creativity, October 25, 2012–February 17, 2013, no. 130, ill.
Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe, Germany, Cézanne - Metamorphosen, October 28, 2017–February 11, 2018, no. 90, ill.
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Cézanne Drawing, June 6–September 25, 2021, pl. 123, Kunsthaus Zurich.
Published References
Meier-Graefe, Julius. Cézanne Aquarelle: Mappe mit zehn Faksimiles nach Aquarellen des Meisters. Munich: R. Piper & Co., 1918, pl. VI, as Sitzender Bauer (Durieux-Cassirer).
Meier-Graefe, Julius. "Gesammelte Worte über große Meister: Cézannes Aquarelle." In Ganymed: Blätter der Marées-Gesellschaft 2. Munich: Piper & Co., 1920, ill. opposite p. 82, as Sitzender Bauer.
Meier-Graefe, Julius. Cézanne und sein Kreis: ein Beitrag zur Entwicklungsgeschichte: mit 171 Tonätzungen und einem Lichtdruck. Munich: R. Piper, 1922, ill. p. 221.
Meier-Graefe, Julius. Cézanne. translated by J. Holroyd-Reece. London: Ernest Benn, 1927, frontispice.
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1089, ill. vol. II, as Paysan assis.
Hugelshofer, Walter. Dessins et aquarelles de maîtres français du XIXe siècle: appartenant a des collections publiques et privées de suisse. Basel: Éditions Holbein, 1947, pl. 3.
Balzer, Wolfgang. Der Französische Impressionismus: Die Hauptmeister in der Malerei. Dresden: Verlag der Kunst, 1958, no. 113, ill., as Sitzender Bauer, 1900-1904.
Neumeyer, Alfred. Cézanne's Drawings. New York and London: Thomas Yoseloff, 1958, no. 47.
Longstreet, Stephen. The Drawings of Cézanne. Los Angeles: Borden Publishing Company, ill.
Sérullaz, Maurice and Arlette. L’ottocento francese. Milano: Fratelli Fabbri, 1970, p. 83, pl. XV, as Contadino seduto.
Gowing, Lawrence. "The Logic of Organized Sensations." In Cézanne: The Late Work. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1977. Exhibition catalogue, p. 60, ill.
"Paul Cézanne - Aquarelle." Kunsthaus Zürich - Mitteilungsblatt der Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft (Zurich) 2.82 (1982), ill. p. 9.
Perucchi-Petri, Ursula. "Die Aquarelle von Paul Cézanne und die Kunst Ostasiens." Du 42, no. 4 (September 1982), p. 18, ill.
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, no. 491, ill.
D'Souza, Aruna. Cézanne's Bathers. University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2008, fig. 6, ill.
Lloyd, Christopher. Paul Cézanne, Drawings and Watercolors. London and Los Angeles: Thames & Hudson and John Paul Getty Museum, 2015, p.164, fig. 111.
Echte, Bernhard and Feilchenfeldt, Walter. "Sommerausstellung: Juli bis Ende September 1913." In Kunstsalon Cassirer: Die Ausstellungen 1912-1914 vol. 6, "Eine neue Klassik". Wädenswil: Nimbus, 2016, p. 415, ill.
Elderfield, John, Mary Morton, Xavier Rey. Cézanne Portraits. London and Princeton, N,J.: National Portrait Gallery Publications and Princeton University Press, 2017. Exhibition catalogue, fig. 83.
Shiff, Richard. "Mimetic Cézanne." In Cézanne and the past : tradition and creativity [international symposium, Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts, 28 January 2013]. Budapest: Museum of Fine Arts, 2017, fig. 4.
Dombrowski, André, Nancy Ireson, and Sylvie Patry, eds. Cézanne in the Barnes Foundation. New York: Rizzoli Electa in association with The Barnes Foundation, 2021, p. 350, fig. 3, as Seated Peasant.
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Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Paysan assis, c.1900 (possibly later) (FWN 1776)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1473 (accessed on January 15, 2025).
