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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 1779
Paysan au canotier
1905–06
Alternate titles: Man Wearing a Straw Hat; Man with a Straw Hat; Peasant with Straw Hat
Rewald (W638); Venturi revised: 1904–06; Venturi (1090): 1900–06
Graphite and watercolor on wove paper
18 7/8 x 12 3/8 in. (47.9 x 31.5 cm)
Provenance
Ambroise Vollard, Paris;
Estate of Ambroise Vollard
Rosenberg & Stiebel, New York
Mrs. Pauline K. Palmer, Chicago;
Mrs. Gordon Palmer, Sarasota, Florida;
The Art Institute of Chicago (1983)
Exhibition History
1952 Chicago and traveling
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Cézanne: Paintings, Watercolors & Drawings, A Loan Exhibition, February 7–March 16, 1952, no. 119, ill., as Man with a Straw Hat, 1900-06, lent by Private collection. Traveled to: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, April 1–May 16, 1952.1963 Sarasota
Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, Florida, Palmer Family Collection, February 23–March 24, 1963, no. 6, pl. IX, as Man Wearing a Straw Hat, lent by Estate of Pauline K. Palmer.1971 Washington, D.C. and traveling
Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C., Cézanne: An Exhibition in Honor of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Phillips Collection, February 27–March 28, 1971, no. 62, ill. Traveled to: The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, April 17–May 16, 1971; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, June 1–July 3, 1971.1977–78 New York and traveling
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. 120, ill., pl. 17, as Peasant with Straw Hat, c. 1906, lent by Mrs. Gordon Palmer, on loan to The Art Institute of Chicago. 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).1978a Paris
Grand Palais, Paris, Cézanne: Les dernières années (1895–1906), April 20–July 23, 1978, no. 9, ill. in b/w, as Paysan au canotier, c. 1906, lent by The Art Institute, Chicago.1985b Chicago
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Great Drawings from The Art Institute of Chicago: The Harold Joachim Years 1958–1983, July 24–September 30, 1985, no. 73, ill.1991–92 New York and traveling
The Frick Collection, New York, From Pontormo to Seurat: Drawings Recently Acquired by The Art Institute of Chicago, April 23–July 7, 1991, no. 61. Traveled to: The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, September 10, 1991–January 5, 1992.1995–96 Paris and traveling
Grand Palais, Paris, Cézanne, September 26, 1995–January 14, 1996, no. 224, ill. in color, p. 510, as Paysan au canotier, c. 1906, lent by The Art Institute of Chicago, shown in Philadelphia only. Traveled to: Tate Gallery, London, February 8–April 28, 1996; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, May 26–September 1, 1996.2000 Vienna and traveling
Kunstforum, Vienna, Cézanne: Vollendet unvollendet, January 20–April 25, 2000, no. 36, ill., as Paysan au canotier, c. 1906, lent by The Art Institute of Chicago; shown in Zurich only. Traveled to: Kunsthaus, Zürich, May 5–August 13, 2000 (initially planned to end on July 30 the exhibition was extended until August 13).2022–23 Chicago and traveling
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Cezanne, May 15–September 5, 2022, no. 134, ill. 1905–06. Traveled to: Tate Modern, London, October 6, 2022–March 12, 2023.Published References
Vollard 1914
Vollard, Ambroise. Paul Cézanne. Paris: Vollard, 1914, p. 158, ill.Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1090, ill. vol. II, as Paysan au canotier.Loran 1952
Loran, Erle. "Cézanne in 1952." Quarterly (Art Institute of Chicago) 46, no. 1 (February 1, 1952), fig. 2, p. 4.Rewald 1983a
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, no. 638, ill.Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection 1984
Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection. Modern Masters from the Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection. London: Mondadori Electa, 1984. Exhibition catalogue, p. 145.Sillevis et. al. 1990
Sillevis, John et. al. A Feast of Colour: Post-Impressionists from Private Collections. Zwolle, Netherlands, 1990, p. 66.Dwight 2005
Dwight, Eleanor. The letters of Pauline Palmer: a great lady of Chicago's first family. New York, 2005.Machotka 2008
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: The Eye and the Mind, 2 vols. Marseille: Editions Crès, 2008, vol. 1, fig. 374; vol. 2, p. 237, as Paysan au canotier.Simms 2008
Simms, Matthew. Cézanne's watercolors: between drawing and painting. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2008, p. 144, fig. 102.Landrot 2010
Landrot, Gérard. Cézanne Aquarelles. Paris: Éditions Langlaude, 2010, p. 77, ill.Lloyd 2015
Lloyd, Christopher. Paul Cézanne, Drawings and Watercolors. London and Los Angeles: Thames & Hudson and John Paul Getty Museum, 2015, p. 106, fig. 65.Marchesseau 2017
Marchesseau, Daniel. Paul Cezanne, Le chant de la terre. Martigny: Fondation Pierre Gianadda, 2017. Exhibition catalogue, p. 317, ill.Ruppen 2019
Ruppen, Fabienne. "Tackling Cezanne's Paper: On the Reconstruction of Loose Sheets." In Reconstructing Cezanne. London: Ridinghouse and Luxembourg & Dayan, 2019. Exhibition catalogue, fig. 10.Muir et al 2022
Muir, Kimberly, Kristi Dahm, Giovanni Verri, Maria Kokkori, and Clara Granzotto. "'A Harmony Parallel to Nature' – Color, Form, and Space in Cezanne's Watercolors and Oil Paintings." In Cezanne. Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 2022, pp. 49, 56, figs. 3 and 13 (details).Related
Record last updated July 30, 2024. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Paysan au canotier, 1905–06 (FWN 1779)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1621 (accessed on May 2, 2025).
