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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)
Catalogue entry
FWN 608
La Promenade
1871
Alternate titles: Les deux Promeneuses; The promenade; Zwei Frauen im Garten
Rewald (153): 1871; Venturi revised: c.1871; Venturi (119): c.1870; Rivière: c.1875–76; Machotka et al: c.1871
Oil on canvas
22 3/16 x 18 1/5 in. (56.5 x 47 cm)
Private collection
Provenance
Paul Cézanne fils, Paris
E.J. Van Wisselingh, Amsterdam
Knoedler Galleries, New York
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Payson, New York (Jan. 7, 1958);
Private collection, New York;
Sotheby's, London, Feb. 8, 2012, no. 48, ill.
Private collection
Exhibition History
1903 Berlin
Berlin, Siebente Kunstausstellung der Berliner Secession, Spring 1903, no. 36, as Zwei Frauen im Garten, without indication of lender.1907a Paris
Salon d'Automne, Grand Palais, Paris, Rétrospective d'oeuvres de Cézanne, October 1–22, 1907, no. 30, (dated 1870), as Les deux Promeneuses, lent by Cézanne fils.1936c Paris
Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris, Cézanne, May 20–October 11, 1936, no. 21, pl. XI, as Les deux Promeneuses, lent by Cézanne fils.1938b Paris
Galerie Max Kaganovitch, Paris, Oeuvres choisies des XIXe et XXe siècles, May–June 1938, no. 7, as La Promenade, 1870, lent by Private collection; tentative identification.1939 Lyon
Musée de Lyon, Palais Saint-Pierre, Lyon, France, Centenaire de Paul Cézanne, May 7–June 18, 1939, no. 10, pl. IV, lent by Cézanne fils.1939b Paris
Société des artistes indépendants, Grand Palais, Paris, 50e exposition - Centenaire du peintre indépendant Paul Cézanne, March 17–April 10, 1939, no. 6, as La Promenade, lent by Cézanne fils.1939d London
Wildenstein Galleries, London, Homage to Paul Cézanne, July 1939, no. 10, lent by Cézanne fils.1980 Kyoto and traveling
Municipal Museum, Kyoto, Japan, The Joan Whitney Payson Collection, September 13–October 12, 1980, no. 34. Traveled to: Isetan Museum of Art, Tokyo, October 17–December 9, 1980.1988–89a London and traveling
Royal Academy of Arts, London, Cézanne: The Early Years 1859–1872, April 22–August 21, 1988, no. 55, ill. Traveled to: Musée d'Orsay, Cézanne: les années de jeunesse 1859-1872, Paris, September 19, 1988–January 1, 1989; National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., January 29–April 30, 1989.1990 Roslyn
Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn, New York, Long Island Collects: The Figure & Landscape, 1870s–1980s, September 16–December 9, 1990.2006 Roslyn
Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn, New York, Art & Fashion: From Marie Antoinette to Jacqueline Kennedy, May 28–August 13, 2006.2012–13 Paris and traveling
Musée d'Orsay, Paris, Impressionnisme et la mode [English translation: Impressionism, Fashion & Modernity], September 25, 2012–January 20, 2013, no. 25, ill., as La Promenade, shown with original hand colored engraving, lent by Private collection. Traveled to: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, February 26–May 27, 2013; The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, June 26–September 22, 2013.2022–23 Chicago and traveling
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Cezanne, May 15–September 5, 2022, no. 5, ill. Private collection; shown in Chicago only. Traveled to: Tate Moderrn, London, October 6, 2022–March 12, 2023.Published References
Heilbut 1903a
Heilbut, Emil. "Die Ausstellung der Berliner Secession." Kunst und Künstler 1 (1902-03), p. 308.Rivière 1923
Rivière, Georges. Le Maître Paul Cézanne. Paris: Librairie Floury, 1923, p. 203, listed.Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 119, ill. vol. II, as La Promenade.Barnes and de Mazia 1939
Barnes, Albert C., and Violette de Mazia. The Art of Cézanne. New York: Harcourt Brace, 1939, no. 37, ill. p. 170 (analysis p. 313).Vauxcelles 1939
Vauxcelles, Louis. "Le Salon des Indépendants." Le Monde illustré (Paris) (March 25, 1939), n.p., as La Promenade.Rewald 1946
Rewald, John. The History of Impressionism. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1946, p. 179, ill.Dorival 1948
Dorival, Bernard. Cézanne. Paris: Pierre Tisné, 1948, pl. 25, listed p. 146.Rewald 1961
Rewald, John. The History of Impressionism. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1961, p. 208, ill.Van Buren 1966
Buren, Anne H. van. "Madame Cézanne's Fashions and the Dates of Her Portraits." Art Quarterly 29, no. 2 (1966), p. 124, note 2.Roskill 1970a
Roskill, Mark W. "Early Impressionism and the Fashion Print." The Burlington Magazine 112, no. 807 (June 1970), p. 392, note2.Roskill 1971
Roskill, Mark W. "Early Impressionism and the Fashion Print." The Burlington Magazine 113, no. 814 (January 1971), p. 46.Barskaya 1983a
Barskaya, Anna and Evgenia Georgievskaia. Paul Cézanne: Bilder aus Museen der Sowjetunion. Leningrad: Aurora Art Publishers, 1983, ill. p. 126.Rewald 1996
Rewald, John. The Paintings of Paul Cézanne, A Catalogue Raisonné, 2 vols. In Collaboration with Walter Feilchenfeldt and Jayne Warman. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1996, no. 153, ill. vol. 2, as La Promenade.Athanassoglou-Kallmyer 2003
Athanassoglou-Kallmyer, Nina M. Cézanne and Provence: The Painter in His Culture. Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, 2003, pp. 46–47, 195, fig. 1.34, as La Promenade, owner erroneously listed as Pushkin Museum.Dombrowski 2006
Dombrowski, André. "The emperor's last clothes: Cézanne, fashion and 'l'année terrible.'" The Burlington Magazine 148, no. 1242 (September 2006), fig. 8, as The promenade, c.1871, with photograph of color plate from La Mode illustrée.Dombrowski 2013
Dombrowski, André. Cézanne, Murder, and Modern Life. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2013, pl. 15a.Marchesseau 2017
Marchesseau, Daniel. Paul Cezanne, Le chant de la terre. Martigny: Fondation Pierre Gianadda, 2017. Exhibition catalogue, p. 266, ill.Notes
Copy after an engraving in La Mode illustrée, May 7, 1871 (Imprimerie Gilquin Fils, "Toilettes by Madame Fladry") and supposedly represents Cezanne's sisters.
Page from La Mode Illustrée, May 7, 1871
Record last updated July 13, 2023. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "La Promenade, 1871 (FWN 608)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=161 (accessed on April 19, 2024).
