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)
FWN 613
Le Meurtre
c.1870
Alternate titles: Der Mord; El asesinato; Mord; The Murder
Rewald (165): c.1870; Venturi revised: c.1871; Venturi (121): 1867–70; Rivière: c.1870; Gowing: (London) c.1867–68
Oil on canvas
25 5/8 x 31 1/2 in. (65 x 80 cm)
Provenance
Exhibition History
Berlin, XXVI. Ausstellung der Berliner Secession, Spring 1913, no. 24a, ill., as Der Mord, lent by Vollard.
Kunstverein Gemäldegalerie, Cologne, Eröffnungsausstellung, October–November 1913, no. 8, as Der Mord.
Galerie Ernst Arnold, Dresden, Germany, Französische Malerei des XIX. Jahrhunderts, April–May 1914, no. 8, ill., as Der Mord, lent by Vollard.
Paul Cassirer, Berlin, XVI. Jahrgang, 1914, [Elfte Ausstellung], Sommer-Ausstellung, c. July 10 - c. October 10, 1914, no. 8, ill., as Der Mord.
Paul Cassirer, Berlin, XVIII. Jahrgang, 1915–16, Zweite Ausstellung, December 1915, no. 54, as Der Mord, lent by Vollard.
Paul Cassirer, Berlin, Cézanne-Ausstellung: Cézannes Werke in deutschem Privatbesitz: Gemälde, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, November–December 11, 1921, no. 1, ill., as Der Mord, lent by Dr. Elias.
Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne, August 30–October 12, 1936, no. 6, as Der Mord, 1867-70, lent by Private collection.
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Cézanne: Paintings, Watercolors & Drawings, A Loan Exhibition, February 7–March 16, 1952, no. 2, ill. lent by Wildenstein. Traveled to: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, April 1–May 16, 1952.
Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, Cézanne: Peintures, Aquarelles, Dessins, July 4–August 4, 1953, no. 2, ill. p. [23], lent by Wildenstein. Traveled to: Musée Masséna, Nice, France, August 8–September 12, 1953; Musée des Beaux-Arts, Grenoble, France, September 15–October 18, 1953.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, Man and His Years, October 19–November 21, 1954, no. 95, ill.
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Visionaries and Dreamers, April 7–May 27, 1956, no. 37, as The Murder, 1867-1870, lent by Wildenstein, New York.
Haus der Kunst, Munich, Paul Cézanne, October 12–November 18, 1956, no. 2, ill. lent by Wildenstein.
Österreichische Galerie, Belvedere, Vienna, Paul Cézanne, April 14–June 18, 1961, no. 4, pl. 2.
Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, Aspects of Violence, 1964.
National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, Cézanne, March 30–May 19, 1974, no. 7. Traveled to: Municipal Museum, Kyoto, Japan, June 1–July 17, 1974; Cultural Center, Fukuoka, Japan, July 24–August 18, 1974.
Musée Saint-Georges, Liège, Belgium, Cézanne, March 12–May 9, 1982, no. 2, ill. 1867-70. Traveled to: Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, June 12–August 31, 1982 (exhibition catalogue; preface by Denis Coutagne).
Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, Cézanne, June 12–August 31, 1982, no. 2, ill.
Museo Español de Arte Contemporáneo, Madrid, Paul Cézanne, March 9–April 1984, no. 6, ill.
Royal Academy of Arts, London, Cézanne: The Early Years 1859–1872, April 22–August 21, 1988, no. 34, ill. shown in Paris only ? 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.
Kunsthalle, Tübingen, Germany, Cézanne Gemälde, January 16–May 2, 1993, no. 2, ill.
Grand Palais, Paris, Cézanne, September 26, 1995–January 14, 1996, no. 16, ill. Traveled to: Tate Gallery, London, February 8–April 28, 1996; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, May 26–September 1, 1996.
National Gallery, London, Cézanne in Britain, October 4, 2006–January 7, 2007, no. 7, ill., as The Murder.
Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, Hungary, Cézanne and the Past: Tradition and Creativity, October 25, 2012–February 17, 2013, no. 17, ill.
Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris, Cezanne et les Maîtres, rêve d'Italie, February 27–July 5, 2020, no. 11, ill. lent by Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool.
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Cezanne, May 15–September 5, 2022, no. 23, ill. 1867–70. Traveled to: Tate Modern, London, October 6, 2022–March 12, 2023.
Published References
Denis, Maurice. "Cézanne: I [and] II." Kunst und Künstler 12, no. 4 and no. 5 (1914), ill. p. 279.
Schumann, Paul. "Französische Ausstellung in Dresden." Die Kunst für Alle 29, no. 20 (July15, 1914), p. 480, mentioned.
Meier-Graefe, Julius. Cézanne und sein Kreis: ein Beitrag zur Entwicklungsgeschichte: mit 127 Tonätzungen und fünfzehn Heliogravüren. Munich: R. Piper, 1918, ill. p. 92.
Westheim, Paul. "Erinnerungen an eine Sammlung." Das Kunstblatt 2, no. 8 (August 1918), p. 237, as Mord.
Popp, Anny E. "Cézanne, Elemente seines Stiles, anlässlich einer Kritik erortert." Die bildenden Künste: Wiener Monatshefte (Vienna) II (1919), ill. p. 179, as Der Mord, Elias collection, Berlin.
Salmon, André. "La Captivité de Cézanne." Der Querschnitt 11, no. 7 (Christmas 1921), p. i, ill., as Der Mord.
Meier-Graefe, Julius. Cézanne und sein Kreis: ein Beitrag zur Entwicklungsgeschichte: mit 171 Tonätzungen und einem Lichtdruck. Munich: R. Piper, 1922, ill. p. 104, as Der Mord, c. 1870.
Waldmann, Emil. "Paul Cézanne: zur Ausstellung im Kunstsalon Paul Cassirer." Kunst und Künstler 20, no. 4 (1922), p. 135, as Mord.
Rivière, Georges. Le Maître Paul Cézanne. Paris: Librairie Floury, 1923, p. 199, listed.
Pfister, Kurt. Cézanne: Gestalt, Werk, Mythos. Potsdam: Gustav Kiepenheuer Verlag, 1927, fig. 21, as Der Mord.
Meier-Graefe, Julius. Cézanne. translated by J. Holroyd-Reece. London: Ernest Benn, 1927, pl. VII.
Sterling, Charles. "Cézanne et les maîtres d'autrefois." La Renaissance (Paris), vol. 19, nos. 5-6 (May–June 1936), p. 8, as Le Meurtre.
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 121, ill. vol. II, as Le Meurtre.
Barnes, Albert C., and Violette de Mazia. The Art of Cézanne. New York: Harcourt Brace, 1939, no. 20, p. 161, ill.
Williams, Forest. "Cézanne and French Phenomenology." Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 12, no. 4 (June 1954), p. 482.
Novotny, Fritz. Painting and Sculpture in Europe 1780 to 1880. Baltimore: Penguin Books, 1960, p. 206, pl. 172 (B), as The Murder, c. 1867-70.
"[Aquisitions des musées du monde entier]." La Chronique des arts: supplément à la Gazette des beaux-arts, no. 1153 (February 1965), p. 76, no. 304, ill., as Le Meurtre.
Murphy, Richard W. The World of Cézanne, 1839–1906. New York: Time-Life Books, 1968, p. 25.
Schapiro, Meyer. Paul Cézanne. Translated by Louis-Marie Ollivier. Paris: Nouvelles Editions Françaises, 1973, p. 7, ill.
Sutton, Denys. "The Paradoxes of Cézanne." Apollo (London) 100, no. 150 (August 1974), fig. 4 p. 100.
Harris, Nathaniel. The Art of Cézanne. London: Optimum Books, 1982, p. 24, ill. in color.
Barskaya, Anna and Evgenia Georgievskaia. Paul Cézanne: Bilder aus Museen der Sowjetunion. Leningrad: Aurora Art Publishers, 1983, ill. p. 17.
Ely, Bruno. "Cézanne, L'Ecole de dessin et le Musée d'Aix." In Cézanne au Musée d'Aix. Aix-en-Provence: Musée Granet, 1984. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 186 (fig. 4).
Lévêque, Jean Jacques. La Vie et l'oeuvre de Paul Cézanne. Courbevoie: ACR, 1988, p. 61, ill. in color.
Plazy, Gilles. Cézanne ou la peinture absolue. Paris: Editions Liana Levi, 1988, p. 26, ill. in color.
Düchting, Hajo. Paul Cézanne: Natur wird Kunst. Cologne: Benedict Taschen Verlag, 1989, p. 37, ill.
Kendall, Richard. The History and Techniques of the Great Master Cézanne. London: Tiger Books International, 1989, p. 8, ill.
Krumrine, Mary Louise. "Paul Cézanne: The Bathers." In Paul Cézanne: The Bathers. Basel: Museum of Fine Arts, 1989. Exhibition catalogue, ill. 19 p. 42.
Dorn, Roland. Stiftung und Sammlung Sally Falk. Mannheim: Städtische Kunsthalle Mannheim, 1994, no. 53.
"Paul Cézanne: el ermitaño tentado." Lettra inernacional (Madrid) 43 (March-April 1196), ill. p. 63, as El asesinato, 1867-1870.
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. 165, ill. vol. 2, as Le Meurtre.
Bach, Friedrich Teja. "The Stake in the Pictorial Flesh: Disruptions in Cézanne's Oeuvre." In Cézanne: Finished, Unfinished. Ostfildern-Ruit: Hatje Cantz, 2000. Exhibition catalogue, p. 66, fig. 6, as Le Meurtre.
Freudenberg, Inken. Der Zweifler Cézanne. Heidelberg: Kehrer Verlag Heidelberg, 2001, pl. 2, as Der Mord.
Platzman, Steven. Cézanne: The Self-Portraits. Berkeley: University of California, 2001, p. 51, ill., as Le Meurtre.
Ballas, Guila. Cézanne: baigneuses et baigneurs: thème et composition. Paris: Adam Biro, 2002, fig. 2c p. 15, p. 309, no. 248, ill., as Le Meurtre, c. 1870.
Andersen, Wayne V. Cézanne and the Eternal Feminine. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004, p. 102, fig. 57.
Pissarro, Joachim. Pioneering Modern Painting: Cézanne & Pissarro 1865–85. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 2005. Exhibition catalogue, p. 40, fig. 27.
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. 10, fig. 9, as Le Meurtre.
Verdi, Richard. "Cézanne in Britain, London." The Burlington Magazine 149, no. 1246 (January 2007), p. 53, fig. 61 p. 52, as The Murder.
Baumann, Felix A. "One of the Greatest of All Time!" In Cézanne & Giacometti: Paths of Doubt. Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz, 2008. Exhibition catalogue, p. 85, fig. 4, as The Murder.
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: The Eye and the Mind, 2 vols. Marseille: Editions Crès, 2008, vol. 1, fig. 25; vol. 2, p. 42, as Le Meurtre.
Lanchner, Carolyn. "Cézanne and Giacometti: An Odd Couple." In Cézanne and Beyond. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art; New Haven: In association with Yale University Press, 2009. Exhibition catalogue, p. 385, fig. 14.3, as The Murder, dated c. 1868.
Chiappini, Rudy. "Quel silenzio, in attesa del tempo della rivelazione." In Cézanne: Les ateliers du midi. Milan: Skira, 2011. Exhibition catalogue, p. 24, fig. 5.
Dombrowski, André. "Cézanne peignant le meurtre." In Cézanne et Paris. Paris: Éditions de la Rmn-Grand Palais, 2011. Exhibition catalogue, p. 105, fig. 48, as Le Meurtre, dated circa 1867-68.
Colrat, Jean. Cézanne: Joindre les mains errantes de la nature. Paris-Sorbonne: PUPS, 2013, p. 256, pl. 116.
Dombrowski, André. Cézanne, Murder, and Modern Life. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2013, pl. 2.
Rubin, James. "Amitiés et théories: Courbet/Proudhon, Cézanne/Zola ou comment Cézanne connu Courbet." In Courbet/Cézanne, La vérité en peinture. Lyon: Fage éditions, 2013. Exhibition catalogue, p. 50, fig. 4.
Callen, Anthea. The Work of Art: Plein-air Painting and Artistic Identiy in the Nineteenth-century France. London: Reaktion Books Ltd, 2015, p. 203, fig. 149 p. 201, as The Murder, 1867-68.
Echte, Bernhard and Feilchenfeldt, Walter. "Sommerausstellung: ca. 10. Juli bis ca. 11. Oktober 1914." In Kunstsalon Cassirer: Die Ausstellungen 1912-1914 vol. 6, "Eine neue Klassik". Wädenswil: Nimbus, 2016, p. 780, ill.
Elderfield, John, Mary Morton, Xavier Rey. Cézanne Portraits. Paris: Musée d'Orsay and Editions Gallimard, 2017. Exhibition catalogue, p. 52, fig. 21.
Guégan, Stéphane. "Bienheureux Cézanne, Retour sur les années 1860." In Paul Cezanne, Le chant de la terre. Martigny: Fondation Pierre Gianadda, 2017. Exhibition catalogue, p. 50, fig. 3.
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Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Le Meurtre, c.1870 (FWN 613)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=173 (accessed on December 2, 2024).
