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 1778
Femme assise
1902–04
Alternate titles: Madame Cezanne; Portrait de femme; Seated Woman (Madame Cézanne); Sitzende Frau; Sitzende Frau (Femme assise); Sitzende Frau (Madame Cézanne)
Rewald (W543); Venturi revised: 1897–1900; Venturi (1093): 1895–1900
Graphite and watercolor on paper
18 7/8 x 14 3/16 in. (48 x 36 cm)
Vollard W stockbook: no. 1627, femme assise; aquarelle, 49 x 37 (3,000)
Provenance
Private collection, London
Exhibition History
Tate Gallery, London, Paul Cézanne: an Exhibition of Watercolours, opening on April 10, 1946, no. 25, as Madame Cezanne, 1895-1900, lent by Adams Brothers. Traveled to: Museum and Art Gallery, Leicester, United Kingdom, May–June 1946; Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield, United Kingdom, July 1946.
Kunsthalle Tübingen, Tübingen, Paul Cézanne Aquarelle, January 16–March 21, 1982, no. 101, ill., as Sitzende Frau (Femme assise), 1902-04, lent by Gallery Jan Krugier, Geneva. Traveled to: Kunsthaus, Zürich, April 2–May 31, 1982.
Galerie Jan Krugier, Geneva, Galerie Jan Krugier: dix ans d'activité (1972-1982), 1983, no. 17, ill., as Femme assise.
Fondation Maeght, Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France, L'oeuvre ultime: de Cézanne à Dubuffet, July 4–October 4, 1989, no. 6, ill., as Femme assise, c. 1902-1904.
Grand Palais, Paris, Cézanne, September 26, 1995–January 14, 1996, no. 169, ill. in color, p. 405, as Femme assise, c. 1895, lent by Jan and Marie-Anne Krugier Poniatowski, shown in Paris only. Traveled to: Tate Gallery, London, February 8–April 28, 1996; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, May 26–September 1, 1996.
Kupferstichkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin & Prüssischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin, Linie, Licht und Schatten. Meisterzeichnungen und Skulpturen der Sammlung Jan und Marie-Anne Krugier-Poniatowski, May 29–August 1, 1999, no. 122, ill., as Sitzende Frau.
Albertina Museum, Vienna, Goya bis Picasso: Meisterwerke der Sammlung Jan Krugier und Marie Anne Krugier-Poniatowski, April 8–August 28, 2005, no. 95, ill., as Sitzende Frau (Madame Cézanne).
Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, Munich, Das Ewige Auge - Von Rembrandt bis Picasso: Meisterwerke der Sammlung Jan Krugier und Marie-Anne Krugier-Poniatowski, July 20–October 7, 2007, no. 125, ill., as Sitzende Frau, c. 1902/04.
Albertina, Vienna, Impressionismus: Pastelle, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, October 14, 2011–January 8, 2012, no. 31, ill., as Sitzende Frau (Madame Cézanne), c. 1902-1904, lent by Jan Krugier.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Madame Cézanne, November 19, 2014–March 15, 2015, n.n., pl. 49, as Seated Woman (Madame Cézanne), lent by Judy and Michael Steinhardt Collection, New York.
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Cézanne Drawing, June 6–September 25, 2021, pl. 223, Anonymous, New York.
Published References
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1093, ill. vol. II, as Portrait de femme.
Venturi, Lionello. Paul Cézanne: Water-colours. Oxford: B. Cassirer, 1943, p. 25, no. 14, ill. (dated 1895-1900), Ambroise Vollard, Paris.
Rubin, William, ed. Cézanne: The Late Work. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1977. Exhibition catalogue, pl. 21.
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, no. 543, ill.
Armstrong, Carol. Cézanne in the Studio: Still Life in Watercolors. Los Angeles: Getty Publications, 2004. Exhibition catalogue, p. 89, fig. 36, as Seated Woman (Madame Cézanne), c. 1902-04.
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: The Eye and the Mind, 2 vols. Marseille: Editions Crès, 2008, vol. 1, fig. 372; vol. 2, p. 238, as Femme assise.
Sidlauskas, Susan. Cézanne's Other: The Portraits of Hortense. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2009, pp. 201-211, ill. p. 202.
Shelley, Marjorie. "Cézanne as Draftsman." In Madame Cézanne. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2014. Exhibition catalogue, fig. 45.
Lloyd, Christopher. Paul Cézanne, Drawings and Watercolors. London and Los Angeles: Thames & Hudson and John Paul Getty Museum, 2015, p. 165, fig. 112.
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Record last updated October 14, 2020. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Femme assise, 1902–04 (FWN 1778)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1525 (accessed on April 19, 2024).
