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Catalogue entry

FWN 609

Pastorale

1870

Alternate titles: Bacchanale (Scène de plein air); Don Quichotte sur les rives de Barbarie; Fête au Bord de la mer; Idyll or Pastorale scene; Idylle; L'Idylle; L'Idylle (Pastorale); L'Idylle or Pastorale or Paysage avec femmes nues; Pastoral; Pastoral (Idyll); Pastorale (Idylle); Pastorale ou 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

Paris Musée d'Orsay, Paris (accepted by the French government in lieu of Inheritance Tax, 1982) (RF 1982 48)

Keywords

People
Paul Cezanne:
- Cezanne (in figure composition) »
Still-life objects
Dishes and Vessels:
- bottle(s) / bouteille(s) »
- glass / verre »
Figure compositions:
- figure(s) in landscape or figure composition »
Figure compositions
Bathers and Nudes:
- female nude(s) / femme nue(s) »
Landscape
Man-made motifs:
- boat / bateau »
Technique and Condition:
- dated work »

Catalogue Entry
Additional Materials
Sketchbook

Provenance

Ambroise Vollard, Paris (Nov. 15, 1896?)

Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris (Dec. 24, 1910)

Auguste Pellerin, Paris (Dec. 27, 1910);

Jean-Victor Pellerin, Paris;

Musée d'Orsay, Paris (1982)

Exhibition History

1899b Paris

Galerie Vollard, Paris, Paul Cézanne, November 15–December 1899, no. 23, as Fête au Bord de la mer, tentative identification.

1901a Paris

Galerie Vollard, Paris, January 20–February 20, 1901, no. 23, as Amours pastorales; tentative identification.

1936c Paris

Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris, Cézanne, May 20–October 11, 1936, no. 12, pl. X, as Idylle, lent by Pellerin.

1952–53 Paris

Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, Emile Zola: exposition organisée pour le cinquantième anniversaire de sa mort, December 12, 1952–March 1, 1953, no. 344, ill., as Pastoral, 1870, lent by Private collection.

1953c Paris

Orangerie, Paris, Monticelli et le baroque provençal, June 19–September 15, 1953, no. 11, as L'Idylle, 1870, lent by Private collection, Paris.

1956 Aix-en-Provence

Pavillon de Vendôme, Aix-en-Provence, France, Exposition pour commémorer le cinquantenaire de la mort de Cézanne, July 21–August 15, 1956, no. 3, ill. lent by Pellerin.

1959a London

Tate Gallery, London, The Romantic Movement, July 10–September 27, 1959, no. 50.

1985–86 Paris

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, ill., as Pastorale ou Idylle.

1986 Brooklyn and traveling

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, as Idyll or Pastorale scene. Traveled to: Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, June 1–August 3, 1986..

1988–89a London and traveling

Royal Academy of Arts, London, Cézanne: The Early Years 1859–1872, April 22–August 21, 1988, no. 52, 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..

1989 Basel

Kunstmuseum, Basel, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne: Die Badenden, September 10–December 10, 1989, no. 5, ill., discussed pp. 75–81, pl. 40.

1994–95 Paris and traveling

Grand Palais, Paris, Impressionnisme: Les origines, 1859–1869, April 19–August 8, 1994, no. 34, fig. 161. Traveled to: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Origins of Impressionism, September 19, 1994–January 8, 1995..

1995–96 Paris and traveling

Grand Palais, Paris, Cézanne, September 26, 1995–January 14, 1996, no. 23, ill. Traveled to: Tate Gallery, London, February 8–April 28, 1996.; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, May 26–September 1, 1996..

2000 Aix-en-Provence

Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, Au fil de l'eau: Cézanne, June 17–September 15, 2000, no. 7, ill. lent by Musée d'Orsay.

2002 The Hague

Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, the Netherlands, De tijd van Degas, March 23–July 15, 2002, n. no., pp. 82-83, ill., as Pastorale, c. 1870.

2004–05 Beijing and traveling

National Museum of Art, Beijing, Impressionism: Treasures from the National Collection of France, October 10–November 24, 2004, no. 44, ill. Traveled to: Museum of Art, Shanghai, November 8, 2004–January 25, 2005.; Museum of Art, Hong Ko,g, China, February 5–April 10, 2005..

2006–07 New York and traveling

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Cézanne to Picasso: Ambroise Vollard, Patron of the Avant-Garde, September 14, 2006–January 7, 2007, 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..

2011 Rovereto

Museo di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto, Rovereto, Italy, La rivoluzione dello sguardo: impressionismo e postimpressionismo dal Musée d'Orsay, March 19–July 24, 2011, no. 72, ill., as Pastorale.

2014 Tokyo

The National Art Center, Japan, Naissance de l'impressionnisme: La liberté de peindre. Collections du musée d'Orsay, July 9–October 20, 2014, no. 31, ill., as Pastorale.

2017–18 Karlsruhe

Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe, Germany, Cézanne - Metamorphosen, October 28, 2017–February 11, 2018, no. 6, ill.

2020 Paris

Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris, Cezanne et les Maîtres, rêve d'Italie, February 27–July 5, 2020, no. 33, ill. lent by Musée d'Orsay, Paris.

Published References

Béral 1901

Béral, Jean. "Impressionnistes: Cézanne." Art et Littérature, no. 1 (February 5, 1901), p. 7, as Amours pastorales; tentative identification.

Meier-Graefe 1907

Meier-Graefe, Julius. "Paul Cézanne." In Impressionisten: Guys, Manet, van Gogh, Pissarro, Cézanne. Munich and Leipzig: R. Piper & Co., 1907, ill. p. 177, as Idylle, 1870-71.

Meier-Graefe 1910

Meier-Graefe, Julius. Paul Cézanne. Munich: R. Piper & Co., 1910, ill. p. 19.

Meier-Graefe 1913

Meier-Graefe, Julius. Paul Cézanne. Munich: R. Piper & Co., 1913, ill. p. 20.

Vollard 1914

Vollard, Ambroise. Paul Cézanne. Paris: Vollard, 1914, pl. 7, as Scène de plein air.

Gregg 1915

Gregg, Frederick James. "Paul Cézanne: At Last." Vanity Fair (December 1915), p. 58, ill.

Scheffler 1915

Scheffler, Karl. "Die Maler 1870 und 1914." Kunst und Künstler 13, no. 5 (1915), ill. p. 206.

Fry 1917

Fry, Roger. "'Paul Cézanne' by Ambroise Vollard: Paris, 1915, A Review." The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs 31, no. 173 (August 1917), pl. I.

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. 93.

Denis 1920

Denis, Maurice. "L'influence de Cézanne." L'Amour de l'art 1, no. 8 (December 1920), ill. p. 282, as Scène en plein air.

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. 105, as Idylle, 1870-71.

Meier-Graefe 1923

Meier-Graefe, Julius. Paul Cézanne. Munich: R. Piper, 1923, ill. p. 17.

Rivière 1923

Rivière, Georges. Le Maître Paul Cézanne. Paris: Librairie Floury, 1923, p. 202, listed.

Meier-Graefe 1924

Fry 1926

Fry, Roger. "Le développement de Cézanne." L'Amour de l'art 7, no. 12 (December 1926), ill. p. 398, as Bacchanale (Scène de plein air).

Fry 1927a

Fry, Roger. Cézanne: A Study of His Development. New York: Macmillan, 1927, p. 24, fig. 10, pl. VII.

Meier-Graefe 1927a

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

Fry 1929

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

D'Ors 1930

Ors, Eugenio d.' Paul Cézanne. Paris: Editions des Chroniques du Jour, 1930, pl. 32.

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. 206, ill.

Di San Lazzaro 1936

Di San Lazzaro, Gualtieri. Paul Cézanne. Paris: Chroniques du Jour, 1936, fig. 45.

Raynal 1936

Raynal, Maurice. Cézanne. Paris: Editions de Cluny, 1936, pl. XV.

Sterling 1936

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

Vollard 1936

Vollard, Ambroise. Recollections of a Picture Dealer. Translated by Violet M. MacDonald. New York: Dover Publications, 1936, ill. opp. p. 119.

D'Ors 1936a

Ors, Eugenio d.' Paul Cézanne. New York: E. Weyhe, 1936, pl. 45.

Huyghe 1936b

Huyghe, René. "Cézanne et son oeuvre." L'Amour de l'art 17, no. 5 (May 1936), fig. 48 p. 170, as L'Idylle.

Venturi 1936b

Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 104, ill. vol. II, as Pastorale.

Huyghe 1936d

Huyghe, René. Cézanne. Paris: Plon, Éditions d'Art et d'Histoire, 1936, pl. 16.

Novotny 1937

Novotny, Fritz. Cézanne. Vienna: Phaidon, 1937, pl. 15.

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. 54, as Pastorale.

Barnes and de Mazia 1939

Barnes, Albert C., and Violette de Mazia. The Art of Cézanne. New York: Harcourt Brace, 1939, no. 26, p. 165, ill.

Schildt 1946

Schildt, Göran. Cézanne. Stockholm: Wahlström & Widstrand, 1946, fig. 17.

Novotny 1947

Novotny, Fritz. Cézanne. London: Phaidon Press, 1947, pl. 14, as Idylle.

Dorival 1948

Dorival, Bernard. Cézanne. Paris: Pierre Tisné, 1948, pl. 15, listed pp. 143-144.

Jedlicka 1948

Jedlicka, Gotthard. Cézanne. Berne: Alfred Scherz Verlag, 1948, fig. 8, as Pastorale, as Szene im Freien.

Guerry 1950

Guerry, Liliane. Cézanne et l'expression de l'espace. Paris: Flammarion, 1950, pp. 19–21, fig. 1, pl. 2.

Venturi 1950a

Venturi, Lionello. Impressionists and Symbolists: Manet, Degas, Monet, Pissarro, Sisley, Renoir, Cézanne, Seurat, Gauguin, Van Gogh, Toulouse-Lautrec. New York: Scribner, 1950, fig. 118.

Schapiro 1952a

Schapiro, Meyer. Cézanne. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1952, p. 22, ill.

Beucken 1955

Beucken, Jean de. Un portrait de Cézanne. Paris: Gallimard, [1955], pp. 107-108.

Badt 1956

Badt, Kurt. Die Kunst Cézannes. Munich: Prestel, 1956, pp. 77, 197, 224, pl. 38.

Beucken 1962

Beucken, Jean de. Cézanne. New York: Viking Press, 1962, p. 46, ill.

Chappuis 1962

Chappuis, Adrien. Les dessins de Paul Cézanne au cabinet des estampes du Musée des beaux-arts de Bâle. Olten and Lausanne: Urs Graf, 1962, vol. 1, p. 57, fig. 25.

Badt 1965

Badt, Kurt. The Art of Cézanne. Translated by Sheila Ann Ogilvie. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1965, p. 103.

Guerry 1966

Guerry, Liliane. Cézanne et l'expression de l'espace. Paris: Albin-Michel, 1966, pl. 2.

Schapiro 1968

Schapiro, Meyer. "The Apples of Cézanne: An Essay on the Meaning of Still-Life." Art News Annual 34 (1968), p. 38, pl. 5.

Ikegami 1969

Ikegami, Chuji. Cézanne. Tokyo: Shueisha, 1969, fig. 7.

Erpel 1973

Erpel, Fritz. Paul Cézanne. Berlin: Henschelverlag, 1973, no. 2.

Schapiro 1973

Schapiro, Meyer. Paul Cézanne. Translated by Louis-Marie Ollivier. Paris: Nouvelles Editions Françaises, 1973, p. 27, ill.

Geist 1975

Geist, Sidney. "The Secret Life of Paul Cézanne." Art International 19, no. 9 (November 20, 1975), p. 8, ill.

Barskaya 1975a

Barskaya, Anna. Paul Cézanne. Leningrad: Aurora Art Publishers, 1975, p. 19, ill.

Geist 1978

Geist, Sidney. "What Makes 'The Black Clock' Run." Art International 22, no. 2 (February 1978), p. 12, ill.

Venturi 1978

Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne. Geneva: Skira, 1978, p. 55, ill.

Krumrine 1980

Krumrine, Mary Louise. "Cézanne's Bathers: Form and Content." Arts 54, no. 9 (May 1980), pp. 115, 116, 120.

Ponente 1981

Ponente, Nello, ed. Cézanne e le avanguardie. Rome: Officina Edizioni, 1981, Messing: pl. 7.

Ballas 1983

Ballas, Guila. "Unknown Sources for Cézanne's Women Bathers." In Norms and Variations in Art: Essays in Honor of Moshe Barasch. Jerusalem: Magnes Press, Hebrew University, 1983, p. 185, fig. 4.

Musée d'Orsay 1983

Catalogue sommaire illustré des nouvelles acquisitions du Musée d’Orsay: 1980-1983. Lacambre, Geneviève et Thiébaut Philippe, publication directors, coordination. Paris: Editions de la Réunion des musées nationaux, 1983, p. 16, no. 26, ill., as Pastorale ou Idylle.

Gache-Patin 1984

Gache-Patin, Sylvie. "Douze œuvres de Cézanne de l'ancienne collection Pellerin." La Revue du Louvre et des musées de France 34, no. 2 (1984), p. 131, no. 4.

Compin et al. 1986

Compin, Isabelle et Anne Roquebert. Catalogue sommaire illustré des peintures du musée du Louvre et du musée d'Orsay. 3, École Française, A-K. Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux, 1986, p. 116, ill., as Pastorale ou Idylle.

Laclotte, Lacambre, Distel et al. 1986

Laclotte, Michel, Genviève Lacambre, Anne Distel, et al. La Peinture au Musée d'Orsay. Paris: Editions Scala, 1986, p. 90, ill.

Erpel 1988

Erpel, Fritz. Paul Cézanne. Berlin: Henschelverlag, 1988, no. 4.

Kendall 1988

Kendall, Richard, ed. Cézanne: By Himself. London: Macdonald, 1988, p. 47, ill.

Lévêque 1988

Lévêque, Jean Jacques. La Vie et l'oeuvre de Paul Cézanne. Courbevoie: ACR, 1988, p. 49, ill. in b/w.

Plazy 1988

Plazy, Gilles. Cézanne ou la peinture absolue. Paris: Editions Liana Levi, 1988, p. 18, ill. in color.

Teboul 1988

Teboul, Jacques. Les Victoires de Cézanne. Paris: Adam Biro, 1988, no. 32, ill.

Lewis 1989

Lewis, Mary Tompkins. Cézanne's Early Imagery. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1989, pp. 185–92, pl. XIV.

Bonafoux 1995

Bonafoux, Pascal. Cézanne: portrait. Paris: Editions Hazan, 1995, p. 137, ill.

Bozal 1995

Bozal, Valeriano. "Paul Cézanne: la mirada es le leguaje." La Balsa de la Medusa (Madrid) 36 (1995), p. 88, ill. p. 89, as Pastoral.

Coutagne 1995

Coutagne, Denis. Cézanne en Provence. Paris: Editions Assouline, 1995.

Cahn 1995b

Cahn, Isabelle. Paul Cézanne. Paris: Somogy Editions d'Art, 1995, p. 17, ill.

Machotka 1996

Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: Landscape into Art. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1996, p. 35, fig. 10, as Pastorale (Idylle).

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. 166, ill. vol. 2, as Pastorale.

Lewis 2000

Lewis, Mary Tompkins. Cézanne. London: Phaidon, 2000, p. 84-5, pl. 46.

Freudenberg 2001

Freudenberg, Inken. Der Zweifler Cézanne. Heidelberg: Kehrer Verlag Heidelberg, 2001, pl. 38.

Platzman 2001

Platzman, Steven. Cézanne: The Self-Portraits. Berkeley: University of California, 2001, p. 111, 114, 200, fig. 28, as Pastorale.

Ballas 2002

Ballas, Guila. Cézanne: baigneuses et baigneurs: thème et composition. Paris: Adam Biro, 2002, fig. 4b p. 16, fig. a (detail) p. 266, p. 309, no. 258, ill., as L'Idylle (Pastorale), 1870.

Mori 2002

Mori, Gioia. "'La letteratura si esprime con astrazioni mentre il pittore concretizza.' Gli scrittori di Cézanne: Zola, Balzac e Flaubert." In Cézanne: Il padre dei moderni. Milan: Mazzotta, 2002. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 83.

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. 195, fig. 5.4, as Pastorale.

Feilchenfeldt 2005c

Feilchenfeldt, Walter. "Cézannes Motive: Versuch einer neuen Ordnung." In "By Appointment Only": Schriften zu Kunst und Kunsthandel, Cézanne und Van Gogh. Wädenswil: Nimbus, 2005, p. 203, ill.

Jensen 2006

Jensen, Robert. "Vollard and Cézanne: An Anatomy of a Relationship." In Cézanne to Picasso: Ambroise Vollard, Patron of the Avant-Garde. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art; New Haven: Yale University Press, 2006. Exhibition catalogue, p. 32, fig. 32, as Pastoral (Idyll).

Kear 2006

Kear, Jon. "'Frenhofer: c'est moi': Cézanne's Nudes and Balzac's 'Le Chef-d-oeuvre inconnu.'" The Cambridge Quarterly 35, no. 4 (2006), p. 357, fig. 4.

Kitschen 2010

Kitschen, Friederike. "Melancholie und 'décoration.' Zur Stimmung im Werk Paul Cézannes." In Stimmung. Ästhetische Kategorie und künstlerische Praxis, edited by Kerstin Thomas. Berlin: Deutscher Kunstverlag, 2010, p. 82, ill.

Coutagne 2011b

Coutagne, Denis. "Le Femme exposée." In Cézanne et Paris. Paris: Éditions de la Rmn-Grand Palais, 2011. Exhibition catalogue, p. 88, fig. 39, as Pastorale.

Freudenberg 2012

Freudenberg, Inken. "'And the picture, once left, torments us and pursues us': Cézanne and Delacroix." In Cézanne and the Past: Tradition and Creativity. Budapest: Museum of Fine Arts, 2012. Exhibition catalogue, p. 53, fig. 22, as Pastoral.

Rishel 2012a

Rishel, Joseph J. "Introduction." In Gauguin, Cézanne, Matisse: Visions of Arcadia. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2012. Exhibition catalogue, p. 9, fig. 11, as Pastoral.

Colrat 2013

Colrat, Jean. Cézanne: Joindre les mains errantes de la nature. Paris-Sorbonne: PUPS, 2013, p. 150, pl. 48.

Gottlieb 2013

Gottlieb, Lennart. Modernism: Reinventing Painting, 1908–41. Aarhus: ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum, 2013. Exhibition catalogue, p. 182, fig. 124.

Machotka 2014

Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: Landscape into Art. Prague: Arbor Vitae, 2014, p. 60, fig. 10, as Pastorale (Idylle).

Eiling 2017

Eiling, Alexander. "Cézanne's Metamorphoses." In Cézanne Metamorphoses. Munich and Karlsruhe: Prestel and Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, 2017. Exhibition catalogue, fig. 16.

Armstrong 2018

Armstrong, Carol. Cézanne's Gravity. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2018, fig. 13.

Dauberville 2020

Dauberville, Guy-Patrice, and Floriane Dauberville. Paul Cezanne chez Bernheim-Jeune. Paris: Editions G-P.F. Dauberville & Archives Bernheim-Jeune, 2020, no. 261, ill., as L'Idylle or Pastorale or Paysage avec femmes nues.

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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. https://www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=174 (accessed on October 28, 2021).