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 3010-25a
En bateau (La Pêche)
1900–06
Alternate titles: Boating; Der Fischzug (La pêche); En barco; En bateau; La pêche; On the Boat
Rewald (W604); Venturi revised: 1902–06; Venturi (1116): 1900–06
Graphite and watercolor on wove paper, p. XXV from the EH II sketchbook
4 15/16 x 8 3/8 in. (12.5 x 21.3 cm)
Provenance
Exhibition History
California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, Inaugural Exposition of French Art, 1924–25, no. 6, (section: Painting: Retrospective Exposition), as Boating, lent by Private collection; as no. 429 in Rewald 1983a.
Musée des Beaux-Arts, Strasbourg, France, Les origines de l'art contemporain: la peinture française de Manet à Bonnard, November 1947–March 1948, no. 52, as En bateau, Collection M.[atsukata]. Traveled to: Musée des Beaux-Arts, Nancy, November 1947–March 1948; Musée des Beaux-Arts et d'Archéologie, Besançon, November 1947–March 1948.
Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, Cézanne: Peintures, Aquarelles, Dessins, July 4–August 4, 1953, no. 46, as En bateau, 1901-1906, lent by Private collection, Paris. Traveled to: Musée Masséna, Nice, France, August 8–September 12, 1953; Musée des Beaux-Arts, Grenoble, France, September 15–October 18, 1953.
Musée National d'Art Moderne, Paris, De l'Impressionnisme à nos jours, opening June 27, 1958, no. 30, as En bateau, lent by the French State.
National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, Masterpieces of the ex-Matsukata Collection, May 14–July 10, 1960, no. 11.
The Hakutsuru Museum, Kobe, Japan, The Matsukata Collection of the National Museum of Western Art, October 20–November 5, 1962. Traveled to: The Art Gallery of Aichi Prefecture, Nagoya, November 17–December 9, 1962; The Shimane Prefectural Museum, Matsue, October 5–20, 1963; The Ishibashi Museum, Kurume, October 26–November 10, 1963; The Nakajima Sports Center of Hokkaido, Hokkaida, Japan, August 22–September 13, 1964; The Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Art, Kanazawa, September 22–October 10, 1965; The Cultural Center of Okayama Prefecture, Okayama, October 20–November 7, 1965; The Wakayama Prefectural Museum of Art, Wakayama, October 15–November 4, 1966; The Cultural Center of Oita Prefecture, Oita, November 12–27, 1966; Nagasaki Prefectural Museum, Nagasaki, October 18–November 15, 1970; The Toyama Prefectural Center Museum of Art, Toyama, Japan, October 2–24, 1971; The Yamagata Museum, Yamagata, November 1–30, 1975; The Tottori Prefectural Museum, Tottori, Japan, October 9–November 7, 1976; The Nara Prefectural Museum, Nara, Japan, October 15–November 13, 1977; The Art Center of Oita Prefecture, Oita, Japan, December 20, 1978–January 31, 1979.
National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, Les Cent Chefs-d'Oeuvres du Musee National d'Art Occidental, 1969, no. 16, ill.
National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, Cézanne, March 30–May 19, 1974, no. 81, ill., as En bateau, c. 1900-06, lent by Musée National d'Art Occidental, Tokyo. Traveled to: Municipal Museum, Kyoto, Japan, June 1–July 17, 1974; Cultural Center, Fukuoka, Japan, July 24–August 18, 1974.
Kunsthalle Tübingen, Tübingen, Paul Cézanne Aquarelle, January 16–March 21, 1982, no. 121, ill., as Der Fischzug (La pêche), 1904-1906, lent by National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo (Inv.-No. D. 1959-9). Traveled to: Kunsthaus, Zürich, April 2–May 31, 1982.
Museo Español de Arte Contemporáneo, Madrid, Paul Cézanne, March 9–April 1984, no. 64, ill., as En barco, 1904-1906, lent by National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo.
The National Museum of Art, Osaka, Japan, Master Drawings: Cézanne, Matisse and Picasso, October 7–November 26, 1989.
The Niigata Prefectural Museum of Modern Art, Nagaoka, Resonating Love and Life: European Art from National Museum of Western Art, April 12–May 18, 1997, no. 23.
The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, French Masterpiece Drawings from The National Museum of Western Art, March 27–June 24, 2001.
The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, Modern Drawings from The National Museum of Western Art: Selections from the Matsukata Collection and Post-1959 Acquisitions, February 23–May 30, 2010, no. 11.
National Art Center, Tokyo, Cézanne: Paris-Provence, March 28–May 11, 2012, no. 54, ill.
The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, The Matsukata collection: A One-Hundred-Year Odyssey, June 11–September 23, 2019, no. 124, listed p. 370, ill. p. 216, as On the Boat, 1900-06.
Published References
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1116, ill. vol. II, as La pêche.
Musée National d'Art Occidental. Kokuritsu Seiyō Bijutsukan sōmokuroku (Catalogue du Musée National d'Art Occidental). Tokyo: Kokuritsu Seiyō Bijutsukan, 1961, no. 45, ill.
Musée National d'Art Occidental/Kokuritsu Seiyō Bijutsukan. Guide du Musèe national d'art occidental = Guide to the National Museum of Western Art. Tokyo: Kokuritsu Seiyō Bijutsukan, 1964, p. 45, ill.
Müller, Joseph-Emile. Cézanne. Translated by Jane Brenton. Paris: Fernand Hazan, 1982, pl. 58.
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, no. 604, ill.
Akihiko, Inoue, and Ono Masaharu. Cézanne Aquarelle (in Japanese). Kyoto: Korinsha, 1990, no. 15.
Kobe City Museum. The Old Matsukata Collection, Matsukata Korekushon Ten. Kobe: Jikkoiinkai, 1990, no. 377.
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: The Eye and the Mind, 2 vols. Marseille: Editions Crès, 2008, vol. 1, fig. 308; vol. 2, p. 211, as En bateau (La Pêche).
The Matsukata Collection: Complete Catalogue of the European Art. 2, Sculpture, Drawings, Prints and Decorative Arts and Other Works. Tokyo: National Museum of Western Art, 2018, pp. 119-120, no. 1487, ill., as On the Boat.
Dauberville, Guy-Patrice, and Floriane Dauberville. Paul Cezanne chez Bernheim-Jeune. Paris: Editions G-P.F. Dauberville & Archives Bernheim-Jeune, 2020, no. 402, ill., as En bateau.
This work is part of a sketchbook:
Sketchbook Philadelphia II, 1872–95 (3010)
Sketchbook Philadelphia II, 1872–95 (3010)
The front and back covers are of linen-covered board. Notation on back endpaper "LII x 2", indicating 52 recto and verso sheets. The pages are numbered in Roman numerals at the lower right corner of the recto ("a") in a soft blue-gray pencil. The sketchbook is unbound.
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Record last updated March 24, 2021. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "En bateau (La Pêche), 1900–06 (FWN 3010-25a), p. XXV from the EH II sketchbook." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1587 (accessed on May 1, 2025).