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Catalogue entry

FWN 612
Les Voleurs et l'âne
c.1870
Alternate titles: Der Esel und die Diebe; Der Esel und die Räuber; Die Eseldiebe; Die Räuber und der Esel; I ladri e l'asino; La Caverne des brigands; Les contrebandiers; Les voleurs d'âne; Los ladrones y el asno; Voleurs d'Ane
Rewald (163): c.1870; Venturi revised: c.1870; Venturi (108): 1869–70; Rivière: c.1870; Vollard: 1870; Gowing: (London) c.1869–70
Oil on canvas
16 1/8 x 21 5/8 in. (41 x 55 cm)
Vollard A stockbook: no. 3535, huile; manière noire. scène de brigands; au milieu se tient un petit âne blanc, 41 x 54 cm (150 frs)
Vollard B stockbook: no. 3572, Les voleurs et l'âne, 41 x 55 cm (150 frs)
Vollard X stockbook: no. 5230, Les voleurs et l'âne (10,000 Fr)
Vollard archives: photo no. 340, Annotated by Cezanne's son: circa 1870
Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Milan (Grassi Bequest)

Keywords

Provenance
Ambroise Vollard, Paris
Auguste Pellerin, Paris (1904)
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris (February 26, 1909)
Baron Denys Cochin, Paris (March 10, 1909)
Ambroise Vollard, Paris (June 24, 1912)
Paul Cassirer, Berlin (Feb. 17, 1914)
Adolf Rothermundt, Dresden
Paul Cassirer, Berlin (Mar. 25, 1920)
Hugo Perls, Berlin, and Georg Caspari, Munich (Nov. 15, 1920)
Carlo Grassi, Cairo;
Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Milan
Exhibition History
1907a Paris
Salon d'Automne, Grand Palais, Paris, Rétrospective d'oeuvres de Cézanne, October 1–22, 1907, no. 9, as Les Voleurs et l'âne, lent by Pellerin.
1912b Berlin
Paul Cassirer, Berlin, XV. Jahrgang, 1912-1913, Erste Ausstellung, October 24–December 2, 1912, no. 32, as Die Räuber und der Esel, lent by Vollard.
1912b Munich
Moderne Galerie [Heinrich Thannhauser], Munich, [unknown title], December 1912, no. 5, as Die Räuber und der Esel.
1913c Berlin
Paul Cassirer, Berlin, XV. Jahrgang, Sommer 1913, [Zehnte Ausstellung], July– c. September 26, 1913, ill., as Der Esel und die Diebe.
1913 Cologne
Kunstverein Gemäldegalerie, Cologne, Eröffnungsausstellung, October–November 1913, no. 7, as Der Esel und die Räuber.
1921 Berlin
Paul Cassirer, Berlin, Cézanne-Ausstellung: Cézannes Werke in deutschem Privatbesitz: Gemälde, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, November–December 11, 1921, no. 2, as Der Esel und die Diebe.
1925a Berlin
Galerie Hugo Perls, Berlin, Von Delacroix bis Picasso: Hundert Gemälde, Aquarelle und Zeichnungen französischer Meister des XIX. Jahrhunderts, February–March 1925, no. 3, as Die Eseldiebe.
1927b Berlin
Hugo Perls, Berlin, Französische Malerei des XIX. Jahrhunderts, Zweite Ausstellung, January–February 1927, no. 7, as Die Eseldiebe.
1932 Amsterdam
E.J. van Wisselingh & Co, Amsterdam, Hollandsche en Fransche schilderkunst der XIXe en XXe eeuw: keuze-tentoonstelling - Exhibition of selected Dutch and French pictures of the XIXth and XXth centuries, April 27–May 28, 1932, no. 58 bis, as Les Voleurs et l'âne.
1933a Amsterdam
E.J. van Wisselingh & Co, Amsterdam, Exposition d'art français: peinture du XIXme et XXme siècle, January 7–February 4, 1933, no. 2, as Les voleurs d'âne.
1934 Amsterdam
E.J. van Wisselingh & Co, Amsterdam, [Fransche Kunst], Summer 1934.
1982 Liège and traveling
Musée Saint-Georges, Liège, Belgium, Cézanne, March 12–May 9, 1982, no. 3, ill. 1869-70. Traveled to: Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, June 12–August 31, 1982 (exhibition catalogue; preface by Denis Coutagne).
1982 Aix-en-Provence
Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, Cézanne, June 12–August 31, 1982, no. 3, ill.
1984 Madrid
Museo Español de Arte Contemporáneo, Madrid, Paul Cézanne, March 9–April 1984, no. 5.
1986 Tokyo and traveling
Isetan Museum of Art, Tokyo, Cézanne, September 18–October 7, 1986, no. 6, ill. lent by Civica Galleria d'Arte Moderna (Col. Grassi), Milano. Traveled to: Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Modern Art, Kobe, Japan, October 10–November 9, 1986; Aichi Prefectural Art Gallery, Nagoya, Japan, November 15–December 4, 1986.
1988–89a London and traveling
Royal Academy of Arts, London, Cézanne: The Early Years 1859–1872, April 22–August 21, 1988, no. 41, 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.
2002 Rome
Complesso del Vittoriano, Rome, Cézanne: Il padre dei moderni, March 7–July 7, 2002, listed p. 110, ill., as I ladri e l'asino, lent by Civica Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Milan.
2007 Florence
Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, Italy, Cézanne a Firenze: Due collezionisti e la mostra dell'impressionismo del 1910 [In English:Cézanne in Florence: Two Collectors and the 1910 Exhibition of Impressionism], March 2–July 29, 2007, ill., pp. 120–21, as Les Voleurs et l'âne.
2011–12 Milan
Palazzo Reale, Milan, Cézanne: Les ateliers du midi, October 20, 2011–February 26, 2012, no. 15, ill., as Les Voleurs et l'âne, lent by Galleria d'Arte Moderna.
2012–13 Budapest
Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, Hungary, Cézanne and the Past: Tradition and Creativity, October 25, 2012–February 17, 2013, no. 18, ill.
2013–14 Rome
Complesso del Vittoriano, Rome, Cézanne e gli artisti italiani del '900, October 5, 2013–February 2, 2014, no. 5, ill.
2020 Paris
Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris, Cezanne et les Maîtres, rêve d'Italie, February 27–July 5, 2020, no. 1, ill., as Les Voleurs et l'âne, lent by Galeria d'Arte moderna, Milan.
Published References
Meier-Graefe 1918a
Meier-Graefe, Julius. Cézanne und sein Kreis: ein Beitrag zur Entwicklungsgeschichte: mit 127 Tonätzungen und fünfzehn Heliogravüren. Munich: R. Piper, 1918, ill. p. 94.
Popp 1919
Popp, Anny E. "Cézanne, Elemente seines Stiles, anlässlich einer Kritik erortert." Die bildenden Künste: Wiener Monatshefte (Vienna) II (1919), ill. p. 183, as Der Esel und die Diebe, Rothermundt collection, Dresden.
Meier-Graefe 1922
Meier-Graefe, Julius. Cézanne und sein Kreis: ein Beitrag zur Entwicklungsgeschichte: mit 171 Tonätzungen und einem Lichtdruck. Munich: R. Piper, 1922, ill. p. 106, as Der Esel und die Diebe, c. 1870.
Rivière 1923
Rivière, Georges. Le Maître Paul Cézanne. Paris: Librairie Floury, 1923, p. 199, listed.
Pfister 1927
Pfister, Kurt. Cézanne: Gestalt, Werk, Mythos. Potsdam: Gustav Kiepenheuer Verlag, 1927, fig. 22, as Der Esel und die Diebe.
Meier-Graefe 1927a
Meier-Graefe, Julius. Cézanne. translated by J. Holroyd-Reece. London: Ernest Benn, 1927, pl. IX.
M.V. 1932
M.V. "Hollandsche en Fransche schilderkunst. Bji Van Wisselingh & Co." Algemeen Handelsblad (Amsterdam), May 3, 1932, p. 9, as Les voleurs d'âne.
Niehaus 1933
Niehaus, Kasper. "Fransches Meesters. Van Corot tot Picasso: Schilderijen uit de 19de en 20e eeuw." De Telegraaf (Amsterdam), January 8, 1933, p. 5, as Les voleurs d'âne.
Wolf 1933
Wolf, N.H. "Fransche schilderkunst van de 19de en 20ste eeuw." De kunst: een algemeen geïllustreerd en artistiek weekblad 25, no. 1291 (January 14, 1933), p. 126, as Les voleurs d'âne.
Engelman 1934
Engelman, Jan. "Fransche Kunst." Nieuwe Haarlemsche Courant (Haarlem), August 20, 1934, p. 8, as Voleurs d'Ane.
Iavorskaia 1935a
Iavorskaia, Nina. Cézanne. Moscow: Ogiz-Izogiz, 1935, pl. 8.
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 108, ill. vol. II, as Les Voleurs et l'âne.
Huyghe 1936d
Huyghe, René. Cézanne. Paris: Plon, Éditions d'Art et d'Histoire, 1936, pl. 46.
Barnes and de Mazia 1939
Barnes, Albert C., and Violette de Mazia. The Art of Cézanne. New York: Harcourt Brace, 1939, no. 18, ill. p. 158 (analysis pp. 307–08).
Dorival 1948
Dorival, Bernard. Cézanne. Paris: Pierre Tisné, 1948, p. 27.
Guerry 1950
Guerry, Liliane. Cézanne et l'expression de l'espace. Paris: Flammarion, 1950, p. 25.
Taillandier 1961
Taillander, Yvon. P. Cézanne. Milan: Antonio Vallardi, 1961, p. 5.
Feist 1963
Feist, Peter Heinz. Paul Cézanne. Leipzig: E.A. Seemann, 1963, pp. 12, 22, pl. 4.
Chappuis 1973
Chappuis, Adrien. The Drawings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1973, cited under no. 761.
Venturi 1978
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne. Geneva: Skira, 1978, p. 49, ill.
Ponente 1980
Ponente, Nello. Paul Cézanne. Bologna: Capitol, 1980, pl. 4.
Información Cultural 1984
"Cézanne, una exposición excepcional." Información Cultural (Madrid), no. 10 (March 1984), ill. p. 3.
Pickvance and Takumi 1986
Pickvance, Ronald, and Hideo Takumi. Cézanne. Tokyo: Tokyo Shimbun, 1986. Exhibition catalogue, p. 31, pl. 6.
Lévêque 1988
Lévêque, Jean Jacques. La Vie et l'oeuvre de Paul Cézanne. Courbevoie: ACR, 1988, p. 59, ill. in color.
Navarro 1996
"Paul Cézanne: el ermitaño tentado." Lettra inernacional (Madrid) 43 (March-April 1196), ill. p. 63, as Los ladrones y el asno, 1869-1870.
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. 163, ill. vol. 2, as Les Voleurs et l'âne.
Tosini 2005
Tosini, Aurora Scotti. "Paul Cézanne (1839–1906)." In Cézanne, Renoir. Milan: Skira, 2005. Exhibition catalogue, p. 50, ill.
Colrat 2013
Colrat, Jean. Cézanne: Joindre les mains errantes de la nature. Paris-Sorbonne: PUPS, 2013, p. 319, pl. 148.
Echte and Feilchenfeldt 2016d
Echte, Bernhard and Feilchenfeldt, Walter. "Galerie Ausstellung: 24. Oktober bis 2. Dezember." In Kunstsalon Cassirer: Die Ausstellungen 1912-1914 vol. 6, "Eine neue Klassik". Wädenswil: Nimbus, 2016, p. 74, ill.
Dauberville 2020
Dauberville, Guy-Patrice, and Floriane Dauberville. Paul Cezanne chez Bernheim-Jeune. Paris: Editions G-P.F. Dauberville & Archives Bernheim-Jeune, 2020, no. 179, ill., as Les contrebandiers.
Notes

The subject is based on The Golden Ass by Apuleius.

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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. "Les Voleurs et l'âne, c.1870 (FWN 612)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=171 (accessed on April 18, 2024).