The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne
An Online Catalogue Raisonné under the Direction of Société Paul Cezanne
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© The Philadelphia Museum of Art, A. E. Gallatin Collection, 1943-75-1
FWN 1427
Le Balcon
c.1900 (possibly later)
Alternate titles: Le balcon, les reflets dans l'eau; The Balcony
Rewald (W529); Venturi revised: c.1890; Venturi (1126): 1890–1900; Reff: c.1895
Watercolor and graphite on wove paper
22 1/4 x 15 7/8 in. (56.5 x 40.3 cm)
Watermark: CANSON 7 MONTGOLFIER/VIDALON
Provenance
Exhibition History
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Aquarelles & pastels de Cézanne, H.E. Cross, Degas, Jongkind, Camille Pissarro, K.X. Roussel, Paul Signac, Vuillard, May 3–15, 1909, no. 13, as Le Balcon.
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Paul Cézanne, January 6–17, 1914.
Museum of Living Art, New York University, New York, A.E. Gallatin Collection, 1940, no. 24, ill.
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Cézanne: Paintings, Watercolors & Drawings, A Loan Exhibition, February 7–March 16, 1952, no. 124, ill., as The Balcony, 1890-1900, lent by The Philadelphia Museum of Art. Traveled to: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, April 1–May 16, 1952.
Knoedler Galleries, New York, Cézanne Watercolors, April 2–20, 1963, no. 53, pl. XLIX, as Le Balcon, 1897-1900, lent by The Philadelphia Museum of Art, A. E. Gallatin Collection.
Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C., Cézanne: An Exhibition in Honor of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Phillips Collection, February 27–March 28, 1971, no. 53, ill. Traveled to: The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, April 17–May 16, 1971; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, June 1–July 3, 1971.
Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, Watercolour and Pencil Drawings by Cézanne, September 19–November 4, 1973, no. 91, ill. in b/w, as The Balcony, lent by Philadelphia Museum of Art. 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. 94, ill., pl. 175, as The Balcony, c. 1900, lent by Philadelphia Museum of Art. 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. 28, ill. in b/w, as Le Balcon, c. 1900, lent by Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Cézanne in Philadelphia Collections, July 19–August 21, 1983, no. 33, ill., with verso.
Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, Albert Eugene Gallatin and his Circle, March 1–April 23, 1986, p. 14, fig. 3. Traveled to: Grey Art Gallery and Study Center (New York University), New York, May 5–June 28, 1986; Lowe Art Museum, Coral Gables, Florida, October 8–November 23, 1986; Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, January 9–February 22, 1987.
Grand Palais, Paris, Cézanne, September 26, 1995–January 14, 1996, no. 182, ill. in color, p. 433, as Le Balcon, c. 1900 (possibly later), lent by Philadelphia MA, shown in Paris and London only. Traveled to: Tate Gallery, London, February 8–April 28, 1996; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, May 26–September 1, 1996.
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Cézanne in Provence, January 29–May 7, 2006, no. 115, ill. lent by Philadelphia Museum of Art; shown in Washington only. Traveled to: Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, June 9–September 17, 2006.
Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe, Germany, Cézanne - Metamorphosen, October 28, 2017–February 11, 2018, no. 96, ill.
Published References
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1126, ill. vol. II, as Le Balcon.
Philadelphia Museum of Art. A.E. Gallatin Collection. Philadelphia, 1954, no. 28.
Neumeyer, Alfred. Cézanne's Drawings. New York and London: Thomas Yoseloff, 1958, no. 85.
Reff, Theodore. "Cézanne: The Logical Mystery." Art News 62, no. 2 (April 1963), p. 28, ill. p. 30.
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, no. 529, ill.
Giles, Laura, and Carol Armstrong, eds. Cézanne in Focus, Watercolors from The Henry and Rose Pearlman Collection. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Art Museum, 2002. Exhibition catalogue, p. 119, fig. 1.
Simms, Matthew. Cézanne's watercolors: between drawing and painting. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2008, p. 148, fig. 106.
Lloyd, Christopher. Paul Cézanne, Drawings and Watercolors. London and Los Angeles: Thames & Hudson and John Paul Getty Museum, 2015, p. 281, fig. 198.
Reuter, Astrid. "Learning to See, Approaching Cézanne's Watercolors." In Cézanne Metamorphoses. Munich and Karlsruhe: Prestel and Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, 2017. Exhibition catalogue, fig. 1 (detail).
Ruppen, Fabienne. "On Margins and Versos: The Hidden Interrelationships Among Cézanne's Works on Paper." In Cézanne Metamorphoses. Munich and Karlsruhe: Prestel and Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, 2017. Exhibition catalogue, fig. 4 and fig.5 (detail showing part of watermark in raking light).
Dauberville, Guy-Patrice, and Floriane Dauberville. Paul Cezanne chez Bernheim-Jeune. Paris: Editions G-P.F. Dauberville & Archives Bernheim-Jeune, 2020, no. 331, ill., as Le balcon, les reflets dans l'eau, installation photo from 1914 exhibition, p. 97.
Record last updated March 18, 2021. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Le Balcon, c.1900 (possibly later) (FWN 1427), on wove paper." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1511 (accessed on March 28, 2025).
