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FWN 1781
Portrait de Vallier
c.1906
Alternate titles: Der Gärtner Vallier (Le jardinier Vallier); Le jardinier Vallier; Portrait du jardinier Vallier; Portrait of the Gardener Vallier; Portrait of Vallier
Rewald (W640); Venturi revised: 1906; Venturi (1566): 1902–06; Ratcliffe: 1902–06; Chappuis: 1902–06
Graphite and watercolor on paper
18 7/8 x 12 3/8 in. (48 x 31.5 cm)
Private Collection, on loan to Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Nationalgalerie, Museum Berggruen

Keywords

Provenance
Ambroise Vollard, Paris
Sir Victor Schuster, London
Arthur Tooth & Sons, London
Edward Molyneux, London (1948)
O. Edler, London;
Sotheby's, London, Mar. 26, 1958, no. 138, ill.
Heinz Berggruen, Paris and Berlin;
Berggruen Family
Exhibition History
1939d London
Wildenstein Galleries, London, Homage to Paul Cézanne, July 1939, no. 71, as Portrait of Vallier, c. 1904-1906, lent by Sir Victor Schuster.
1942–43 London
National Gallery, London, Nineteenth Century French Painting, December 11, 1942–January 17, 1943, no. 35, as Portrait de Vallier, 1902-6, lent by Captain Edward Molyneux.
1961 Vienna
Österreichische Galerie, Belvedere, Vienna, Paul Cézanne, April 14–June 18, 1961, no. 82, pl. 46, c. 1900-1906.
1961 Aix-en-Provence
Pavillon de Vendôme, Aix-en-Provence, France, Exposition Cézanne: Tableaux, Aquarelles, Dessins, July 1–August 15, 1961, no. 39, ill., pl.23, as Le jardinier Vallier, 1902-1906, lent by Heinz Berggruen, Paris.
1963f New York
Knoedler Galleries, New York, Cézanne Watercolors, April 2–20, 1963, no. 70, pl. LXVI, as Portrait de Vallier, 1906, lent by Heinz Berggruen, Paris.
1964 Kassel
Museum Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany, Documenta III, Internationale Ausstellung, Handzeichnungen, June 27–October 5, 1964, no. 3, ill.
1971 Paris
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Aquarelles de Cézanne: au profit de la fondation des journalistes, January 12–March 13, 1971, no. 21, as Portrait de Vallier, 1906, coll. Contemporary Art Establishment, Zurich.
1973 Newcastle upon Tyne and traveling
Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, Watercolour and Pencil Drawings by Cézanne, September 19–November 4, 1973, no. 97, ill. in b/w, catalogue note: pp. 169-170, as Portrait of Vallier, lent by the Contemporary Art Establishment. Traveled to: Hayward Gallery, London, November 13–December 30, 1973.
1974 Tokyo and traveling
National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, Cézanne, March 30–May 19, 1974, no. 87, ill., as Le jardinier Vallier, c.1906, lent by Art Establishment, Zurich. Traveled to: Municipal Museum, Kyoto, Japan, June 1–July 17, 1974; Cultural Center, Fukuoka, Japan, July 24–August 18, 1974.
1982 Tübingen and traveling
Kunsthalle Tübingen, Tübingen, Paul Cézanne Aquarelle, January 16–March 21, 1982, no. 103, ill., as Der Gärtner Vallier (Le jardinier Vallier), 1906, lent by Private collection, Switzerland. Traveled to: Kunsthaus, Zürich, April 2–May 31, 1982.
1988 Geneva
Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Geneva, Collection Berggruen, June 16–October 30, 1988, no. 12, ill.
1989 Saint-Paul-de-Vence
Fondation Maeght, Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France, L'oeuvre ultime: de Cézanne à Dubuffet, July 4–October 4, 1989, no. 8, ill., as Portrait du jardinier Vallier, c. 1906.
1991a London
National Gallery, London, Van Gogh to Picasso: The Berggruen Collection at the National Gallery, January–April 21, 1991, no. 25, ill., as Portrait of the Gardener Vallier.
1995–96 Paris and traveling
Grand Palais, Paris, Cézanne, September 26, 1995–January 14, 1996, no. 226, ill. in color, p. 514, as Portrait du jardinier Vallier, 1906, lent by The Berggruen Collection, shown in Paris and London only. Traveled to: Tate Gallery, London, February 8–April 28, 1996; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, May 26–September 1, 1996.
1996–2000 Berlin
Staatliche Museen zu Berlin–Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin, Picasso und seine Zeit: Die Sammlung Berggruen, 1996–2000, no. 6, ill., p. 45.
1999a New York
Acquavella Galleries, New York, Cézanne Watercolors, October 18–November 24, 1999, no. 46, ill.
2000 Vienna and traveling
Kunstforum, Vienna, Cézanne: Vollendet unvollendet, January 20–April 25, 2000, no. 37, ill., as Portrait de Vallier, c. 1906, lent by Staatliche Museen zu Berlin; 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).
2000–01 Berlin
Nationalgalerie Berlin, Berlin, Cézanne in Berlin. 28 Werke aus den Staatlichen Museen und aus Privatbesitz, October 6, 2000–January 14, 2001, no. 27, ill.
2021a New York
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Cézanne Drawing, June 6–September 25, 2021, pl. 228, Museum Berggruen, Berlin.
Published References
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1566, ill. vol. II, as Portrait de Vallier.
Venturi 1943
Venturi, Lionello. Paul Cézanne: Water-colours. Oxford: B. Cassirer, 1943, p. 43, no. 29, ill. (dated c. 1902-06), Ambroise Vollard, Paris.
Siblík 1969
Siblík, Jiří. Paul Cézanne: Kresby [Drawings]. Prague: Odeon, 1969, color pl. XIV.
Hoog 1971
Hoog, Michel. L'Univers de Cézanne. Paris: Henri Scrépel, 1971, p. 67.
Sérullaz 1971
Sérullaz, Maurice. Cézanne: quinze aquarelles reproduites en facsimilé. Paris: Daniel Jacomet, 1971, pl. 14, as Portrait de Vallier, c. 1902-06.
Wadley 1975
Wadley, Nicholas. Cézanne and His Art. London: Hamlyn, 1975, fig. 65.
Musée Saint-Georges Liège 1982
Cézanne. Liège: Musée Saint-Georges, 1982. Exhibition catalogue, p. 43, ill.
Rewald 1983a
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, no. 640, ill. and color pl. 51.
Bourges 1984
Bourges, Marianne R. Le jardin de Cézanne: l'époque des Lauves. Aix-en-Provence: Ville d'Aix-en-Provence, 1984, ill. in color p. 19, as Le jardinier Vallier.
Elderfield 1985
Elderfield, John. "Cézanne: The Lesson of the Master." Review of Paul Cézanne; The Watercolors, by John Rewald. Art in America 73, no. 6 (June 1985), p. 93, ill. in b/w.
Düchting 1989
Düchting, Hajo. Paul Cézanne: Natur wird Kunst. Cologne: Benedict Taschen Verlag, 1989, p. 172, ill.
Vuillemin 1989
Vuillemin, Madeleine. "Versuche über Cézannes späte Aquarelle." University of Zurich, 1989, pl. X.
Wadley 1989
Wadley, Nicholas. Cézanne and His Art. London: Hamlyn, 1989, p. 77, ill. in b/w.
Schmitt 1995
Schmitt, Evmarie. Cézanne in der Provence. München and New York: Prestel, 1995, p. 99.
Sollers 1995
Sollers, Philippe. Le Paradis de Cézanne. Paris: Gallimard, 1995, p. 121, ill.
Machotka 2008
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: The Eye and the Mind, 2 vols. Marseille: Editions Crès, 2008, vol. 1, fig. 377; vol. 2, p. 238, as Portrait de Vallier.
Simms 2008
Simms, Matthew. Cézanne's watercolors: between drawing and painting. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2008, p. 145, fig. 103.
Prat 2011
Prat, Louis-Antoine. Le Dessin français au XIXe siècle. Paris: Somogy Editions d'Art, 2011, p. 623, no. 1485, ill. in color, as Portrait du jardinier Vallier, 1906.
Cézanne 2013
Cézanne, Paul. The Letters of Paul Cézanne. Edited and translated by Alex Danchev. London and Los Angeles: Thames & Hudson; Getty Publications, 2013, p. 376, ill.
Staatliche Museen zu Berlin–Preussischer Kulturbesitz 2013
Staatliche Museen zu Berlin–Preussischer Kulturbesitz. Picasso und seine Zeit: Die Sammlung Berggruen. Berlin: Nicolai, 2013. Exhibition catalogue, pp. 28-29, ill.
Lloyd 2015
Lloyd, Christopher. Paul Cézanne, Drawings and Watercolors. London and Los Angeles: Thames & Hudson and John Paul Getty Museum, 2015, p. 166, fig. 113.
Elderfield, Morton, Rey 2017
Elderfield, John, Mary Morton, Xavier Rey. Cézanne Portraits. Paris: Musée d'Orsay and Editions Gallimard, 2017. Exhibition catalogue, p. 245, fig. 71.
Marchesseau 2017
Marchesseau, Daniel. Paul Cezanne, Le chant de la terre. Martigny: Fondation Pierre Gianadda, 2017. Exhibition catalogue, p. 317, ill.
Elderfield, Morton, Rey 2017a
Elderfield, John, Mary Morton, Xavier Rey. Cézanne Portraits. London and Princeton, N,J.: National Portrait Gallery Publications and Princeton University Press, 2017. Exhibition catalogue, fig. 86.
Dauberville 2020
Dauberville, Guy-Patrice, and Floriane Dauberville. Paul Cezanne chez Bernheim-Jeune. Paris: Editions G-P.F. Dauberville & Archives Bernheim-Jeune, 2020, no. 417, ill., as Portrait de Vallier, Collection Contemporary Art Establishment.
Nagaï 2022a
Nagaï, Takanori. Truth in Panting: The Meaning of Cezanne's Practices for Modernizing Society. Tokyo: Sangesha Publishers Inc., 2022, pl. 21.

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Record last updated May 16, 2023. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Portrait de Vallier, c.1906 (FWN 1781)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1623 (accessed on May 7, 2024).