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Catalogue entry

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
Ambroise Vollard, Paris
[Paul Cassirer, Berlin (Oct. 16, 1916)]
Sally Falk, Mannheim (Oct. 16, 1916)
Paul Cassirer, Berlin (Apr. 11, 1918)
Dr. Julius Elias, Berlin (May 3, 1918);
Mrs. Julie Sara Elias, Berlin (1927)
Mrs. C. Levy (1949)
Wildenstein Galleries, Paris, London, and New York
Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool (1964)
Exhibition History
1913b Berlin
Berlin, XXVI. Ausstellung der Berliner Secession, Spring 1913, no. 24a, ill., as Der Mord, lent by Vollard.
1913 Cologne
Kunstverein Gemäldegalerie, Cologne, Eröffnungsausstellung, October–November 1913, no. 8, as Der Mord.
1914 Dresden
Galerie Ernst Arnold, Dresden, Germany, Französische Malerei des XIX. Jahrhunderts, April–May 1914, no. 8, ill., as Der Mord, lent by Vollard.
1914a Berlin
Paul Cassirer, Berlin, XVI. Jahrgang, 1914, [Elfte Ausstellung], Sommer-Ausstellung, c. July 10 - c. October 10, 1914, no. 8, ill., as Der Mord.
1915b Berlin
Paul Cassirer, Berlin, XVIII. Jahrgang, 1915–16, Zweite Ausstellung, December 1915, no. 54, as Der Mord, lent by Vollard.
1921 Berlin
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.
1936 Basel
Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne, August 30–October 12, 1936, no. 6, as Der Mord, 1867-70, lent by Private collection.
1952 Chicago and traveling
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.
1953 Aix-en-Provence and traveling
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.
1954 Baltimore
The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, Man and His Years, October 19–November 21, 1954, no. 95, ill.
1956 Washington, D.C.
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.
1956 Zurich
Kunsthaus, Zurich, Paul Cézanne, August 22–October 7, 1956, no. 5, ill., pl. 2.
1956 Munich
Haus der Kunst, Munich, Paul Cézanne, October 12–November 18, 1956, no. 2, ill. lent by Wildenstein.
1961 Vienna
Österreichische Galerie, Belvedere, Vienna, Paul Cézanne, April 14–June 18, 1961, no. 4, pl. 2.
1964b London
Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, Aspects of Violence, 1964.
1974 Tokyo and traveling
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.
1982 Liège and traveling
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).
1982 Aix-en-Provence
Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, Cézanne, June 12–August 31, 1982, no. 2, ill.
1984 Madrid
Museo Español de Arte Contemporáneo, Madrid, Paul Cézanne, March 9–April 1984, no. 6, ill.
1988–89a London and traveling
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.
1993 Tübingen
Kunsthalle, Tübingen, Germany, Cézanne Gemälde, January 16–May 2, 1993, no. 2, ill.
1995–96 Paris and traveling
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.
2006–07 London
National Gallery, London, Cézanne in Britain, October 4, 2006–January 7, 2007, no. 7, ill., as The Murder.
2012–13 Budapest
Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, Hungary, Cézanne and the Past: Tradition and Creativity, October 25, 2012–February 17, 2013, no. 17, ill.
2020 Paris
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.
2022–23 Chicago and traveling
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Cezanne, May 15–September 5, 2022, no. 23, ill. 1867–70. Traveled to: Tate Moderrn, London, October 6, 2022–March 12, 2023.
Published References
Denis 1914
Denis, Maurice. "Cézanne: I [and] II." Kunst und Künstler 12, no. 4 and no. 5 (1914), ill. p. 279.
Schumann 1914
Schumann, Paul. "Französische Ausstellung in Dresden." Die Kunst für Alle 29, no. 20 (July15, 1914), p. 480, mentioned.
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. 92.
Westheim 1918b
Westheim, Paul. "Erinnerungen an eine Sammlung." Das Kunstblatt 2, no. 8 (August 1918), p. 237, as Mord.
Klingen 1918–19
"Cézanne og Kunstkritiken." Klingen vol. 2, nos. 10–12 (1918–19), ill.
Popp 1919
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 1921
Salmon, André. "La Captivité de Cézanne." Der Querschnitt 11, no. 7 (Christmas 1921), p. i, ill., as Der Mord.
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. 104, as Der Mord, c. 1870.
Waldmann 1922
Waldmann, Emil. "Paul Cézanne: zur Ausstellung im Kunstsalon Paul Cassirer." Kunst und Künstler 20, no. 4 (1922), p. 135, as Mord.
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. 21, as Der Mord.
Meier-Graefe 1927a
Meier-Graefe, Julius. Cézanne. translated by J. Holroyd-Reece. London: Ernest Benn, 1927, pl. VII.
Fry 1929
Fry, Roger. "Cézannes Udvikling." Samleren 6 (July, August, September 1929), p. 99, ill.
Iavorskaia 1935a
Iavorskaia, Nina. Cézanne. Moscow: Ogiz-Izogiz, 1935, pl. 10.
Sterling 1936
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 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 121, ill. vol. II, as Le Meurtre.
Barnes and de Mazia 1939
Barnes, Albert C., and Violette de Mazia. The Art of Cézanne. New York: Harcourt Brace, 1939, no. 20, p. 161, ill.
Dorival 1948
Dorival, Bernard. Cézanne. Paris: Pierre Tisné, 1948, p. 27.
Schapiro 1952a
Schapiro, Meyer. Cézanne. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1952, p. 21, ill.
Williams 1954
Williams, Forest. "Cézanne and French Phenomenology." Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 12, no. 4 (June 1954), p. 482.
Beucken 1955
Beucken, Jean de. Un portrait de Cézanne. Paris: Gallimard, [1955], p. 112.
Badt 1956
Badt, Kurt. Die Kunst Cézannes. Munich: Prestel, 1956, p. 226.
Novotny 1960
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.
Feist 1963
Feist, Peter Heinz. Paul Cézanne. Leipzig: E.A. Seemann, 1963, pp. 12, 22, 54, pl. 6.
Gazette des beaux-arts 1965
"[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 1968
Murphy, Richard W. The World of Cézanne, 1839–1906. New York: Time-Life Books, 1968, p. 25.
Brion 1971
Brion, Marcel. Cézanne. Milan: Fratelli Fabbri, 1971, ill. p. 74.
Erpel 1973
Erpel, Fritz. Paul Cézanne. Berlin: Henschelverlag, 1973, no. 1.
Schapiro 1973
Schapiro, Meyer. Paul Cézanne. Translated by Louis-Marie Ollivier. Paris: Nouvelles Editions Françaises, 1973, p. 7, ill.
Sutton 1974
Sutton, Denys. "The Paradoxes of Cézanne." Apollo (London) 100, no. 150 (August 1974), fig. 4 p. 100.
Wadley 1975
Wadley, Nicholas. Cézanne and His Art. London: Hamlyn, 1975, pl. 83.
Venturi 1978
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne. Geneva: Skira, 1978, p. 49, ill.
Adriani 1980
Adriani, Götz. Paul Cézanne: 'Der Liebeskampf'. Munich: Piper, 1980, p. 57, pl. 12.
Harris 1982
Harris, Nathaniel. The Art of Cézanne. London: Optimum Books, 1982, p. 24, ill. in color.
Barskaya 1983a
Barskaya, Anna and Evgenia Georgievskaia. Paul Cézanne: Bilder aus Museen der Sowjetunion. Leningrad: Aurora Art Publishers, 1983, ill. p. 17.
Ely 1984
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).
Bernard, B. 1986
Bernard, Bruce. The Impressionist Revolution. London: Orbis, 1986, p. 237, ill.
Rewald 1986b
Rewald, John. Cézanne: A Biography. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1986, p. 52, ill.
Erpel 1988
Erpel, Fritz. Paul Cézanne. Berlin: Henschelverlag, 1988, no. 2.
Lévêque 1988
Lévêque, Jean Jacques. La Vie et l'oeuvre de Paul Cézanne. Courbevoie: ACR, 1988, p. 61, ill. in color.
Plazy 1988
Plazy, Gilles. Cézanne ou la peinture absolue. Paris: Editions Liana Levi, 1988, p. 26, ill. in color.
Düchting 1989
Düchting, Hajo. Paul Cézanne: Natur wird Kunst. Cologne: Benedict Taschen Verlag, 1989, p. 37, ill.
Kendall 1989a
Kendall, Richard. The History and Techniques of the Great Master Cézanne. London: Tiger Books International, 1989, p. 8, ill.
Krumrine 1989b
Krumrine, Mary Louise. "Paul Cézanne: The Bathers." In Paul Cézanne: The Bathers. Basel: Museum of Fine Arts, 1989. Exhibition catalogue, ill. 19 p. 42.
Naubert-Riser 1992
Naubert-Riser, Constance. Cézanne. London: Studio Editions, 1994, p. 9.
Dorn 1994
Dorn, Roland. Stiftung und Sammlung Sally Falk. Mannheim: Städtische Kunsthalle Mannheim, 1994, no. 53.
Bonafoux 1995
Bonafoux, Pascal. Cézanne: portrait. Paris: Editions Hazan, 1995, p. 138, ill.
Cahn 1995b
Cahn, Isabelle. Paul Cézanne. Paris: Somogy Editions d'Art, 1995, p. 19, ill.
Navarro 1996
"Paul Cézanne: el ermitaño tentado." Lettra inernacional (Madrid) 43 (March-April 1196), ill. p. 63, as El asesinato, 1867-1870.
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. 165, ill. vol. 2, as Le Meurtre.
Bach 2000
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.
Lewis 2000
Lewis, Mary Tompkins. Cézanne. London: Phaidon, 2000, p. 62, fig. 34.
Freudenberg 2001
Freudenberg, Inken. Der Zweifler Cézanne. Heidelberg: Kehrer Verlag Heidelberg, 2001, pl. 2, as Der Mord.
Platzman 2001
Platzman, Steven. Cézanne: The Self-Portraits. Berkeley: University of California, 2001, p. 51, ill., as Le Meurtre.
Ballas 2002
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.
Nagai 2003
Nagaï, Takanori. "Cézanne and Time." 2001.
Andersen 2004
Andersen, Wayne V. Cézanne and the Eternal Feminine. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004, p. 102, fig. 57.
Schmidt 2004a
Schmidt, Bertram. Cézannes Lehre. Kiel: Ludwig, 2004, fig. 71.
Pissarro 2005
Pissarro, Joachim. Pioneering Modern Painting: Cézanne & Pissarro 1865–85. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 2005. Exhibition catalogue, p. 40, fig. 27.
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. 10, fig. 9, as Le Meurtre.
Verdi 2007
Verdi, Richard. "Cézanne in Britain, London." The Burlington Magazine 149, no. 1246 (January 2007), p. 53, fig. 61 p. 52, as The Murder.
Baumann 2008
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 2008
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 2009
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 2011
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 2011
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 2013
Colrat, Jean. Cézanne: Joindre les mains errantes de la nature. Paris-Sorbonne: PUPS, 2013, p. 256, pl. 116.
Dombrowski 2013
Dombrowski, André. Cézanne, Murder, and Modern Life. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2013, pl. 2.
Rubin 2013
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 2015
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 and Feilchenfeldt 2016h
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, Morton, Rey 2017
Elderfield, John, Mary Morton, Xavier Rey. Cézanne Portraits. Paris: Musée d'Orsay and Editions Gallimard, 2017. Exhibition catalogue, p. 52, fig. 21.
Guégan 2017
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 March 28, 2024).