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 1488
La Terrasse du jardin des Lauves
1902–06
Alternate titles: Jardin des Lauves; Le jardin des Lauves; Studio garden at Aix; Terrace of the Garden at Les Lauves; The Garden at Les Lauves; The Garden Terrace at Les Lauves; The Terrace of the Garden at Les Lauves; Tuin te Les Lauves
Rewald (W621); Venturi revised: c.1900; Venturi (1072): 1902–06
Graphite and watercolor on paper
17 x 21 in. (43.2 x 53.4 cm)
Provenance
Exhibition History
Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts, Columbus, Ohio, Watercolors by Paul Cézanne, December 19, 1939–January 8, 1940, no. 14, as Studio garden at Aix.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, The E.M. Remarque Collection, November 23, 1942–July 26, 1943, no number listed.
Knoedler Galleries, New York, Remarque Collection, October 18–November 13, 1943, no. 33, as Jardin des Lauves (catalogue lists incorrect measurements).
Wildenstein Galleries, New York, Cézanne, March 27–April 26, 1947, no. 86, as Jardin des Lauves, 1902-06, lent by E.M. Remarque.
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Cézanne: Paintings, Watercolors & Drawings, A Loan Exhibition, February 7–March 16, 1952, no. 103, ill., as The Garden at Les Lauves, 1902-06, lent by Mr. Erich Maria Remarque, New York. Traveled to: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, April 1–May 16, 1952.
Haags Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, the Netherlands, Paul Cézanne, June 1–August 1, 1956, no. 89, ill. 1902-1906, lent by E. M. Remarque, Ascona.
Haus der Kunst, Munich, Paul Cézanne, October 12–November 18, 1956, no. 110, ill. 1902/06, lent by E. M. Remarque, Ascona.
Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris, De Clouet a Matisse: dessins français des collection américaines, 1958–59, no. 155, pl. 172, as Le jardin des Lauves, c. 1902-1906, lent by Erich Maria Remarque, New York.
Museum Boymans, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, Van Clouet tot Matisse: tentoonstelling van franse tekeningen uit amerikaanse collecties, July 31–September 28, 1958, no. 155, pl. 159, as Tuin te Les Lauves. Traveled to: Musee de l'Orangerie, Paris, October 1958–January 1959; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, February 3–March 15, 1959.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, French Drawings from American Collections: Clouet to Matisse, February 3–March 15, 1959, no. 155, ill., pl. 159, as The Garden at Les Lauves.
Knoedler Galleries, New York, Cézanne Watercolors, April 2–20, 1963, no. 63, pl. LXI, as Jardin des Lauves, 1902-1906, lent by Erich Maria Remarque, Ascona, Switzerland.
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. 108, ill., pl. 104, as The Garden Terrace at Les Lauves, 1902-06, lent by Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Victor Thaw, New York. 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. 74, ill. in color, as La Terrasse du jardin des Lauves, 1902-06, lent by Eugene Victor Thaw, New York.
Morgan Library & Museum, New York, Drawings from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Victor Thaw, Part II, September 3–November 10, 1985, no. 48, ill., as The Terrace of the Garden at Les Lauves. Traveled to: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Virginia, February 17–April 13, 1985.
Grand Palais, Paris, Cézanne, September 26, 1995–January 14, 1996, no. 207, ill. in color, p. 482, as La Terrasse du jardin des Lauves, 1902-1906, lent by The Morgan Library, New York, shown in Paris and Philadelphia only. Traveled to: Tate Gallery, London, February 8–April 28, 1996; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, May 26–September 1, 1996.
Royal Academy of Arts, London, From Mantegna to Picasso: Drawings from the Thaw Collection at the Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, November 9, 1996–January 23, 1997, no. 80, ill., as The Terrace of the Garden at Les Lauves.
Acquavella Galleries, New York, Cézanne Watercolors, October 18–November 24, 1999, no. 17, ill.
Kunstforum, Vienna, Cézanne: Vollendet unvollendet, January 20–April 25, 2000, no. 146, ill., as La Terrasse du jardin des Lauves, 1902-06, lent by The Pierpont Morgan Library, New York. Traveled to: Kunsthaus, Zürich, May 5–August 13, 2000 (initially planned to end on July 30 the exhibition was extended until August 13).
The Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, David to Cézanne: Nineteenth-Century French Drawings, June 6–September 8, 2002, no. 97, as The Terrace of the Garden at Les Lauves.
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Cézanne in Provence, January 29–May 7, 2006, no. 149, ill. lent by Morgan Library; shown in Washington only. Traveled to: Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, June 9–September 17, 2006.
Staatliche Graphische Sammlung, Munich, 100 master drawings from the Morgan Library & Museum, December 11, 2008–March 1, 2009, no. 90, ill.
Morgan Library & Museum, New York, Drawn to Greatness: Master Drawings from the Thaw Collection, September 29, 2017–January 7, 2018, no. 49 of Catalogue Raisonné, ill., as Terrace of the Garden at Les Lauves. Traveled to: Clark Art Institue, Williamstown, Massachusetts, February 3–April 29, 2018.
Published References
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1072, ill. vol. II, as Jardin des Lauves.
Müller, Joseph-Emile. Cézanne. Translated by Jane Brenton. Paris: Fernand Hazan, 1982, pl. 54.
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, no. 621, ill. and color pl. 36.
Bourges, Marianne R. Le jardin de Cézanne: l'époque des Lauves. Aix-en-Provence: Ville d'Aix-en-Provence, 1984, ill. in color p. 11, as La Terrasse du jardin des Lauves.
Breidbach, Angela. Anschauungsraum bei Cézanne. Cézanne und Helmholtz. Munich: Wilhelm Fink, 2003, p. 118, ill.
Dittmann, Lorenz. Die Kunst Cézannes: Farbe, Rythmus, Symbolik. Cologne: Böhlau, 2005, pl. 22.
Simms, Matthew. Cézanne's watercolors: between drawing and painting. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2008, p. 129, fig. 87.
Prat, Louis-Antoine. Le Dessin français au XIXe siècle. Paris: Somogy Editions d'Art, 2011, p. 621, no. 1482, ill. in color, as La Terrasse du jardin des Lauves, 1902-1906.
Schneider, Thomas F. and Inge Jaehner, eds. Remarques Impressionisten: Kunstsammeln und Kunsthandel im Exil / Remarque's Impressionists: Art Collecting and Art Dealing in Exile. Göttingen and Bristol: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2013, pp. 276-77, no. 37, ill.
Lloyd, Christopher. Paul Cézanne, Drawings and Watercolors. London and Los Angeles: Thames & Hudson and John Paul Getty Museum, 2015, p. 252, fig. 178.
Tonkovich, Jennifer et Giada Damen. "Catalogue Raisonné." In Drawn to Greatness: Master Drawings from the Thaw Collection, Tonkovich, Jennifer, ed. New York: The Morgan Library & Museum, 2017. Exhibition catalogue, no. 49, ill., as Terrace of the Garden at Les Lauves.
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Record last updated February 8, 2021. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "La Terrasse du jardin des Lauves, 1902–06 (FWN 1488)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1604 (accessed on May 1, 2025).
