The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne
An online catalogue raisonné under the direction of Walter Feilchenfeldt, Jayne Warman and David Nash
Catalogue entry
FWN 609
Pastorale
1870
Alternate titles: Don Quichotte sur les rives de Barbarie; Fête au Bord de la mer; Idylle; L'Idylle; L'Idylle (Pastorale); Pastoral; Pastoral (Idyll); Pastorale (Idylle); Scène de plein air; Scène en plein air
Rewald: (166) 1870; Venturi revised: 1870; Venturi: (104) 1870; Rivière: 1875; Vollard: 1870
Oil on canvas
25 5/8 x 31 7/8 in. (65 x 81 cm)
Dated 1870 at right
Vollard A stockbook: no. 3307, Manière noire du peintre époque 1870. Personnages nus et habillés d'en diverses positions au bord de l'eau, 65 x 81 cm (200 frs)
Vollard B stockbook: no. 3783, Le repas sur l'herbe. Personnages nus et habillés, 65 x 81 cm (300 frs)
Vollard archives: photo no. 21, Annotated by Cezanne's son: 1870
Provenance
Exhibition History
Galerie Vollard, Paris, Paul Cézanne, November 15–December 1899 (exhibition catalogue), no. 23, as Fête au Bord de la mer, tentative identification.
Galerie Vollard, Paris, January 20–February 20, 1901. Thirty-six paintings were reportedly shown; a catalogue seems to have been issued, but none has been located. Béral writes that two or three bather compositions were shown as well as "No 23 dénommé Amours pastorales...Le pain fendu...Le Bouquet de fleurs No 1...l'Aqueduc dans la campagne, le Fumeur, l'Enfant à la veste bleue." (exhibition catalogue), tentative identification, described in Béral "c'est encore au Anciens que nous songeons en regardant cette tête de femme coiffée d'une sorte de capulet, et sa simplicité d'exécution donne une allure magistrale à ce portrait."
Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris, Cézanne, May 20–October 11, 1936 (exhibition catalogue, 2nd revised edition)
A major exhibition commemorating the thirtieth anniversary of the artist's death. Catalogue notes by Charles Sterling, foreword by Jacques-Émile Blanche, and preface by Paul Jamot, no. 12, pl. X, as Idylle, lent by Pellerin.
A major exhibition commemorating the thirtieth anniversary of the artist's death. Catalogue notes by Charles Sterling, foreword by Jacques-Émile Blanche, and preface by Paul Jamot, no. 12, pl. X, as Idylle, lent by Pellerin.
Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, Emile Zola: exposition organisée pour le cinquantième anniversaire de sa mort, December 12, 1952–March 1, 1953 (exhibition catalogue by Jean Adhémar and Marcel Thomas, introduction by Julien Cain) Photographs of FWN 394, 395, 399, 402, 403, 590 and 703 were also shown, no. 344, ill., as Pastoral, 1870, lent by Private collection.
Orangerie, Paris, Monticelli et le baroque provençal, June 19–September 15, 1953 (exhibition catalogue; essay by Germain Bazin), no. 11, as L'Idylle, 1870, lent by Private collection, Paris.
Pavillon de Vendôme, Aix-en-Provence, France, Exposition pour commémorer le cinquantenaire de la mort de Cézanne, July 21–August 15, 1956. Preface by Fritz Novotny. Watercolors and drawings were also shown. (exhibition catalogue), no. 3, ill., lent by Pellerin.
Tate Gallery, London, The Romantic Movement, July 10–September 27, 1959, no. 50.
Grand Palais, Paris, Anciens et Nouveaux: Choix d'oeuvres acquises par l'état ou avec sa participation de 1981 à 1985, November 5, 1985–February 3, 1986, no. 128.
Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York, From Courbet to Cézanne: A New 19th Century Preview of the Musée d'Orsay, March 13–May 5, 1986, no. 2, ill., pp. 44-45. Traveled to: Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, June 1–August 3, 1986.
Royal Academy of Arts, London, Cézanne: The Early Years 1859–1872, April 22–August 21, 1988 (exhibition catalogue; text by Lawrence Gowing with contributions by Götz Adriani, Mary Tompkins Lewis, Mary Louise Krumrine, John Rewald, and Sylvie Patin), no. 52, ill. Traveled to: Musée d'Orsay, Cézanne: les années de jeunesse 1859-1872, Paris, September 19–January 1, 1988. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C, January 29–April 30, 1989.
Kunstmuseum, Basel, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne: Die Badenden, September 10–December 10, 1989 (exhibition catalogue; text by Mary Louise Krumrine with essays by Gottfried Boehm and Christian Geelhaar), no. 5, ill., discussed pp. 75–81, pl. 40.
Grand Palais, Paris, Impressionnisme: Les origines, 1859–1869, April 19–August 8, 1994 (exhibition catalogue), no. 34, fig. 161. Traveled to: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Origins of Impressionism, September 19, 1994–January 8, 1995.
Grand Palais, Paris, Cézanne, September 26, 1995–January 14, 1996. Organised by Réunion des musées nationaux / musée d'Orsay, Tate Gallery and Philadelphia Museum of Art. Initially scheduled to end on January 7 the Paris exhibition was prolonged until January 14. (exhibition catalogue; text by Françoise Cachin and Joseph Rishel with contributions by Isabelle Cahn, Walter Feilchenfeldt and Henri Loyrette; English edition: Cézanne, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1996), no. 23, ill. Traveled to: Tate Gallery, London, February 8–April 28, 1996. Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, May 26–September 1, 1996.
Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, Au fil de l'eau: Cézanne, June 17–September 15, 2000. Curated by Denis Coutagne. (exhibition catalogue).This exhibition on the general theme Au fil de l'eau was shown in various museums throughout Aix. The Cézanne section was shown at the Musée Granet, no. 7, ill., lent by Musée d'Orsay.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Cézanne to Picasso: Ambroise Vollard, Patron of the Avant-Garde, September 14, 2006–January 7, 2007. Curated by Rebecca A. Rabinow, Douglas W. Druick, Ann Dumas, Gloria Groom, Anne Roquebert and Gary Tinterow. Catalogue notes on Cézanne paintings by Jayne Warman (exhibition catalogue). Also printed in French, no. 27, fig. 32, pp. 32, 336, as Pastorale. Traveled to: The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, February 17–May 13, 2007. Musée d'Orsay, Paris, June 19–September 16, 2007.
Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe, Cézanne - Metamorphosen, October 28, 2017–February 11, 2018 (exhibition catalogue edited by Alexander Eiling), no. 6, ill.
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Citation: Feilchenfeldt, Walter, Jayne Warman, and David Nash. "Pastorale, 1870 (FWN 609)." The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. http://www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=174 (accessed on February 22, 2019).