Catalogue entry

Robert Bayer, Bildpunkt
FWN 1521
Le Cabanon de Jourdan
1906
Alternate titles: Cabanon de Jourdan (Vorstudie zum letzten Ölbild); Jordans Hütte (Le cabanon de Jourdan)
Rewald (W645); Venturi revised: 1906; Venturi (1078): 1906; Rivière: 1906
Graphite and watercolor on paper
18 7/8 x 24 3/4 in. (48 x 62.8 cm)
Esther Grether Familiensammlung, Basel

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Provenance
Ambroise Vollard, Paris
Galerie Thannhauser, Lucerne (June 26, 1929)
Bernhard Mayer, Zurich (Nov, 28, 1930);
Frau G. Mayer, Ascona;
Private collection, Zurich
Esther Grether, Basel;
Esther Grether Familiensammlung, Basel
Exhibition History
1936 Basel
Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne, August 30–October 12, 1936, no. 97, as Cabanon de Jourdan (Vorstudie zum letzten Ölbild), 1906, lent by Bernhard Mayer.
1956 The Hague
Haags Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, the Netherlands, Paul Cézanne, June 1–August 1, 1956, no. 91, ill. 1906, lent by Private collection.
1956 Aix-en-Provence
Pavillon de Vendôme, Aix-en-Provence, France, Exposition pour commémorer le cinquantenaire de la mort de Cézanne, July 21–August 15, 1956, no. 86, ill. lent by Mme G. Mayer, Ascona.
1956 Zurich
Kunsthaus, Zurich, Paul Cézanne, August 22–October 7, 1956, no. 144.
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. 116, ill., pl. 84, as Le Cabanon de Jourdan, 1906, lent by Private collection, Zurich. 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. 66, ill. in color, as Le Cabanon de Jourdan, 1906, lent by Private collection, Zurich.
1982 Tübingen and traveling
Kunsthalle Tübingen, Tübingen, Paul Cézanne Aquarelle, January 16–March 21, 1982, no. 81, ill., as Jordans Hütte (Le cabanon de Jourdan), 1906, lent by Private collection. Traveled to: Kunsthaus, Zürich, April 2–May 31, 1982.
1983 Basel
Galerie Beyeler, Basel, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne: Peintures, Aquarelles, Dessins, June–September 1983, no. 44, ill.
1999–2000 Riehen/Basel
Fondation Beyeler, Riehen/Basel, Switzerland, Cézanne und die Moderne, October 10, 1999–January 9, 2000, no. 52, ill. in color, p. 60, as Le Cabanon de Jourdan, 1906, lent by Private collection, Switzerland.
2000 Vienna and traveling
Kunstforum, Vienna, Cézanne: Vollendet unvollendet, January 20–April 25, 2000, no. 138, ill., as Le Cabanon de Jourdan, 1906, lent by Private collection, Switzerland; 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).
2021a New York
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Cézanne Drawing, June 6–September 25, 2021, pl. 218, Esther Grether Family Collection.
Published References
Rivière 1923
Rivière, Georges. Le Maître Paul Cézanne. Paris: Librairie Floury, 1923, p. 225.
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1078, ill. vol. II, as Cabanon de Jourdan (Vorstudie zum letzten Ölbild).
Schmidt 1952
Schmidt, Georg. Aquarelle von Paul Cézanne. Mit zweiundreissig vielfarbigen Tafeln. Basel: Holbein-Verlag, 1952, fig. 19.
Beucken 1962
Beucken, Jean de. Cézanne. New York: Viking Press, 1962, p. 125, ill.
Rewald 1983a
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, no. 645, ill.
Breidbach 2003
Breidbach, Angela. Anschauungsraum bei Cézanne. Cézanne und Helmholtz. Munich: Wilhelm Fink, 2003, p. 136, ill.
Machotka 2008
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: The Eye and the Mind, 2 vols. Marseille: Editions Crès, 2008, vol. 1, fig. 352; vol. 2, p. 228, as Le Cabanon de Jourdan.
Grether 2013
Affinité Elective, Wahlverwandschaft, Die Sammlung Esther Grether. Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2013, p. 95, ill. in color, as Le Cabanon de Jourdan.
Stremmel 2013
Stremmel, Kerstin. Affinité Elective; Wahlverwandschaft. Die Sammlung Esther Grether. Ostefildern: Hatje Cantz, 2013, p. 95, ill.
Haldemann et al 2017
Haldemann, Anita (ed.). The Hidden Cézanne: From Sketchbook to Canvas. Basel: Prestel, 2017. Exhibition catalogue, no. 178, ill. p. 211.
Marchesseau 2017
Marchesseau, Daniel. Paul Cezanne, Le chant de la terre. Martigny: Fondation Pierre Gianadda, 2017. Exhibition catalogue, p. 234, ill.
Notes

This work may have been one of Cezanne's last three watercolors. The other two were [La Bouteille de cognac, 1906 (1988)] and [Portait de Vallier de profil, 1906 (1782)] (see Rivière, 1923, p. 225).

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Record last updated August 17, 2021. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Le Cabanon de Jourdan, 1906 (FWN 1521)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1628 (accessed on April 23, 2024).