Catalogue entry

FWN 610

Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe

c.1870

Alternate titles: A Picnic; Bacchanale (Déjeuner sur l'herbe); Collation sur l'herbe; Das Frühstück im Freien; Goûter sur l'herbe; Luncheon on the Grass; Picnic Lunch; The Al Fresco Luncheon (Déjeuner sur l'herbe)

Rewald (164): c.1870; Venturi revised: c.1870; Venturi (107): 1869–70; Rivière: 1867; Cooper: c.1869

Oil on canvas

23 5/8 x 31 7/8 in. (60 x 81 cm)

Vollard A stockbook: no. 3553, Le déjeuner sur l'herbe, huile. personnages assis ou debout ou marchant -- manière noire de Cezanne, 60 x 81 cm (150 frs)

Vollard archives: photo no. 9, Annotated by Cezanne's son: 1870

Private collection, New York

Keywords

People
Paul Cezanne:
- Cezanne (in figure composition) »
Still-life objects
Edibles and Flowers:
- orange »
Figure compositions:
- figure(s) in landscape or figure composition »
- still-life in figure composition »
Animals:
- dog / chien »

Provenance

Ambroise Vollard, Paris

Auguste Pellerin, Paris (February 28, 1900, but apparently traded back to Vollard)

Ambroise Vollard, Paris

Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris (October 28, 1910)

Auguste Pellerin, Paris (October 28, 1910);

M. et Mme René Lecomte, Paris;

Private collection

Private collection, New York

Exhibition History

1895 Paris

Galerie Vollard, Paris, Paul Cézanne, November 11–December 15, 1895, based on the fact that Degas bought it on Nov. 29, 1895 and cancelled the sale; cf. MS 421 (4,2).

1954 Paris

Orangerie, Paris, Hommage à Cézanne, July 2–October 17, 1954, no. 17, pl. VII, lent by private collection, Paris.

1988–89a London and traveling

Royal Academy of Arts, London, Cézanne: The Early Years 1859–1872, April 22–August 21, 1988, no. 51, 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.

2011–12a New York

Neue Galerie, New York, The Ronald S. Lauder Collection: Selections from the 3rd Century BC to the 20th Century, October 27, 2011–April 2, 2012, p. 233, pl. 97.

2022–23 Chicago and traveling

The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Cezanne, May 15–September 5, 2022, no. 7, ill. Private collection, NY; catalogued but not shown. Traveled to: Tate Moderrn, London, October 6, 2022–March 12, 2023.

Published References

Meier-Graefe 1904

Meier-Graefe, Julius. "Cézanne und sein Kreis: Paul Cézanne." In Entwicklungsgeschichte der modernen Kunst: vergleichende Betrachtungen der bildenden Künste, als Beitrag zu einer neuen Aesthetik vol. 1. Stuttgart: Jul. Hoffmann, 1904, pl. 62 (vol. 3), as Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe, 1865.

Meier-Graefe 1908

Meier-Graefe, Julius. "Cézanne and his Circle: Paul Cézanne." In Modern Art: Being a Contribution to a New System of Aesthetics. vol. I, translated by Florence Simmonds and George W. Chrystal. London: Heinemann, 1908, ill. between pp. 266, 267, as The Al Fresco Luncheon (Déjeuner sur l'herbe).

Meier-Graefe 1910

Meier-Graefe, Julius. Paul Cézanne. Munich: R. Piper & Co., 1910, ill. p. 11.

Meier-Graefe 1913

Meier-Graefe, Julius. Paul Cézanne. Munich: R. Piper & Co., 1913, ill. p. 11.

Vollard 1914

Vollard, Ambroise. Paul Cézanne. Paris: Vollard, 1914, pp. 22, 23, 25, pl. 47.

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. 95.

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. 107, as Das Frühstück im Freien, c. 1870.

Meier-Graefe 1923

Meier-Graefe, Julius. Paul Cézanne. Munich: R. Piper, 1923, ill. p. 15.

Rivière 1923

Rivière, Georges. Le Maître Paul Cézanne. Paris: Librairie Floury, 1923, p. 197, listed.

Vollard 1923

Vollard, Ambroise. Paul Cézanne: His Life and Art. Translated by Harold L. van Doren. New York: Nicholas Brown, 1923, ill. opp. p. 108.

Meier-Graefe 1924

Fry 1926

Fry, Roger. "Le développement de Cézanne." L'Amour de l'art 7, no. 12 (December 1926), ill. p. 399, as Bacchanale (Déjeuner sur l'herbe).

Mauny 1927

Mauny, Jacques. "Cézanne: The Old Master." Drawing and Design 2, no. 1 (January 1927), p. 18, ill.

Fry 1927a

Fry, Roger. Cézanne: A Study of His Development. New York: Macmillan, 1927, p. 24, fig. 11, pl. VIII.

Meier-Graefe 1927a

Meier-Graefe, Julius. Cézanne. translated by J. Holroyd-Reece. London: Ernest Benn, 1927, pl. X.

Gasquet 1928

Gasquet, Joachim. Cézanne: 24 phototypies. Paris: Librairie de France, [1928], [pl. 5], as Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe.

Fry 1929

Fry, Roger. "Cézannes Udvikling." Samleren 6 (July, August, September 1929), p. 101, ill.

Zervos 1931

Zervos, Christian. "Les Problèmes de la jeune peinture: Le retour au sujet est-il probable?" Cahiers d'Art, nos. 3 and 4 (1931), p. 129, ill.

Sterling 1936

Sterling, Charles. "Cézanne et les maîtres d'autrefois." La Renaissance (Paris), vol. 19, nos. 5-6 (May–June 1936), p. 8, as Goûter sur l'herbe.

Venturi 1936b

Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 107, ill. vol. II, as Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe.

Rewald 1937a

Rewald, John. "A propos du catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre de Paul Cézanne et de la chronologie de cette œuvre." La Renaissance (Paris), vol. 20, nos. 3-4 (March–April 1937), p. 56, as Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe.

Barnes and de Mazia 1939

Barnes, Albert C., and Violette de Mazia. The Art of Cézanne. New York: Harcourt Brace, 1939, no. 21, p. 160, ill.

Dorival 1948

Dorival, Bernard. Cézanne. Paris: Pierre Tisné, 1948, pl. 14, listed p. 143.

Jedlicka 1948

Jedlicka, Gotthard. Cézanne. Berne: Alfred Scherz Verlag, 1948, fig. 7, as Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe.

Guerry 1950

Guerry, Liliane. Cézanne et l'expression de l'espace. Paris: Flammarion, 1950, p. 24.

Fry 1952

Fry, Roger. Cézanne: A Study of his Developement. London: Hogarth Press, 1952, p. 24, pl. VIII fig. 11, as A Picnic.

Schapiro 1952a

Schapiro, Meyer. Cézanne. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1952, pp. 34–35, ill.

Raynal 1954

Raynal, Maurice. Cézanne. Geneva: Skira, 1954, p. 27, ill.

Novotny 1960

Novotny, Fritz. Painting and Sculpture in Europe 1780 to 1880. Baltimore: Penguin Books, 1960, p. 206, as Picnic Lunch.

Beucken 1962

Beucken, Jean de. Cézanne. New York: Viking Press, 1962, p. 40, ill.

Feist 1963

Feist, Peter Heinz. Paul Cézanne. Leipzig: E.A. Seemann, 1963, pp. 12, 22, pl. 7.

Schapiro 1973

Schapiro, Meyer. Paul Cézanne. Translated by Louis-Marie Ollivier. Paris: Nouvelles Editions Françaises, 1973, pl. 2, with comments.

Wadley 1975

Wadley, Nicholas. Cézanne and His Art. London: Hamlyn, 1975, pl. 21.

Venturi 1978

Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne. Geneva: Skira, 1978, p. 51, ill.

Adriani 1980

Adriani, Götz. Paul Cézanne: 'Der Liebeskampf'. Munich: Piper, 1980, pp. 54-55, pl. 6.

Krumrine 1980

Krumrine, Mary Louise. "Cézanne's Bathers: Form and Content." Arts Magazine 54, no. 9 (May 1980), p. 116.

Rubin 1983

Rubin, William. "From Narrative to 'Iconic' in Picasso: The Buried Allegory in Bread and Fruitdish on a Table and the Role of Les Demoiselles d'Avignon." The Art Bulletin 65, no. 4 (December 1983), fig. 16, detail.

Barskaya 1983a

Barskaya, Anna and Evgenia Georgievskaia. Paul Cézanne: Bilder aus Museen der Sowjetunion. Leningrad: Aurora Art Publishers, 1983, ill. p. 17.

Lévêque 1988

Lévêque, Jean Jacques. La Vie et l'oeuvre de Paul Cézanne. Courbevoie: ACR, 1988, p. 75, ill. in b/w.

Düchting 1989

Düchting, Hajo. Paul Cézanne: Natur wird Kunst. Cologne: Benedict Taschen Verlag, 1989, p. 41, ill.

Lewis 1989

Lewis, Mary Tompkins. Cézanne's Early Imagery. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1989, pp. 99–106, fig. 49.

Wadley 1989

Wadley, Nicholas. Cézanne and His Art. London: Hamlyn, 1989, p. 26, ill. in color.

Krumrine 1989b

Krumrine, Mary Louise. "Paul Cézanne: The Bathers." In Paul Cézanne: The Bathers. Basel: Museum of Fine Arts, 1989. Exhibition catalogue, ill. 39, p. 68.

Verdi 1992

Verdi, Richard. Cézanne. London and New York: Thames & Hudson, 1992, p. 40, fig. 25.

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. 164, ill. vol. 2, as Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe.

Smith 1996

Smith, Paul. Interpreting Cézanne. London: Tate Publishing, 1996, p. 12, fig. 4, as Luncheon on the Grass.

Rubin 1998

Rubin, William. "Vom Erzählerischen zum 'Ikonischen' in Picassos frühem Werk: Die verborgene Allegorie in 'Brot und Obstschale mit Früchten auf einem Tisch]." In Cézanne, Picasso, Braque: Der Beginn des kubistischen Stillebens. Ostfildern-Ruit: Hatje Cantz, 1998. Exhibition catalogue, p. 83, fig. 16 (detail).

Lewis 2000

Lewis, Mary Tompkins. Cézanne. London: Phaidon, 2000, p. 86, fig. 48.

Freudenberg 2001

Freudenberg, Inken. Der Zweifler Cézanne. Heidelberg: Kehrer Verlag Heidelberg, 2001, pl. 27.

Platzman 2001

Platzman, Steven. Cézanne: The Self-Portraits. Berkeley: University of California, 2001, p. 110, 199, fig. 27, as Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe.

Athanassoglou-Kallmyer 2003

Athanassoglou-Kallmyer, Nina M. Cézanne and Provence: The Painter in His Culture. Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, 2003, p. 86, fig. 2.34, as Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe.

Schmidt 2004a

Schmidt, Bertram. Cézannes Lehre. Kiel: Ludwig, 2004, fig. 64.

Conisbee 2006a

Conisbee, Philip. "Cézanne's Provence." In Cézanne in Provence. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art and New Haven: Yale University Press, 2006. Exhibition catalogue, p. 9, fig. 8, as Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe.

Butler 2008

Butler, Ruth. Hidden in the Shadow of the Master: The Model-Wives of Cézanne Monet, and Rodin. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2008, p. 24, ill.

Machotka 2008

Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: The Eye and the Mind, 2 vols. Marseille: Editions Crès, 2008, vol. 1, fig. 28; vol. 2, p. 42, as Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe.

Lauder 2011

Lauder, Ronald S. The Ronald S. Lauder Collection: Selections from the 3rd Century BC to the 20th Century, Germany, Austria, and France. Munich and London and New York: Prestel, 2011, p. 233, pl. 97.

Coutagne 2011b

Coutagne, Denis. "Le Femme exposée." In Cézanne et Paris. Paris: Éditions de la Rmn-Grand Palais, 2011. Exhibition catalogue, p. 87, fig. 38, as Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe.

Colrat 2013

Colrat, Jean. Cézanne: Joindre les mains errantes de la nature. Paris-Sorbonne: PUPS, 2013, p. 304, pl. 137.

Dombrowski 2013

Dombrowski, André. Cézanne, Murder, and Modern Life. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2013, pl. 7.

Jeancolas 2014

Jeancolas, Claude. Le Groupe des Batignolles, Manet, Renoir, Degas, Bazille, Cezanne, Monet, Morisot, Astruc, Zola…1865–1874. Paris: Editions FVW, 2014, p. 133, ill.

Kendall 2017

Kendall, Richard. "Cézanne and His Early Critics." In Cézanne Metamorphoses. Munich and Karlsruhe: Prestel and Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, 2017. Exhibition catalogue, fig. 3.

Armstrong 2018

Armstrong, Carol. Cézanne's Gravity. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2018, fig. 12, 1869-70.

Dauberville 2020

Dauberville, Guy-Patrice, and Floriane Dauberville. Paul Cezanne chez Bernheim-Jeune. Paris: Editions G-P.F. Dauberville & Archives Bernheim-Jeune, 2020, no. 173, ill., as Collation sur l'herbe.

Notes

This painting alludes to Manet's Déjeuner sur l'herbe. There is another version of this work, probably destroyed by the artist, depicting a group of people out of doors at Bennecourt. That canvas included a still life of "a basket with blue linen and some green and black bottles." (see remarks for Groupe de personnages, c.1866, summer (586-TA))

See Jeune fille au piano—Ouverture du Tannhäuser, 1869–70 (600) for the same dress worn by the girl at the piano and the standing woman to left of center. It was a style of 1868–69 (Van Buren, 1966).

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Record last updated September 7, 2022. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.

Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe, c.1870 (FWN 610)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=172 (accessed on April 19, 2024).