Catalogue entry

FWN 429

L'Homme au chapeau de paille (Gustave Boyer)

c.1871

Alternate titles: L'Homme au chapeau de paille; L'Homme au chapeau de paille (Boyer); L'Homme au chapeau de paille (portrait de Boyer); L'Homme au chapeau de paille - Gustave Boyer; Man with a Straw Hat; Portrait de Boyer; Portrait – Man with a Straw Hat; Selbsporträt; Selbstbildnis

Rewald (174): c.1871; Venturi revised: c.1868; Venturi (131): 1870–71; Rivière: 1873; Vollard: 1872; Cooper: c.1871; Gowing: c.1871 (Edinburgh); Ratcliffe: probably 1871; Machotka et al: c.1871

Oil on paper mounted on canvas

21 5/8 x 15 5/16 in. (55 x 38.8 cm)

Signed lower right in red: P. Cezanne

Vollard B stockbook: no. 3947, Son portrait par lui-même. Cadeau, valeur 500 Fr, 55 x 39 cm

Vollard archives: photo no. 5, Annotated by Cezanne's son: Ch. Boyer, 1868

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (Bequest of Mrs. H.O. Havemeyer)

Keywords

People
Other:
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Technique and Condition:
- oil on paper »
- signed work »

Provenance

Gustave Boyer (gift from the artist?)

Ambroise Vollard, Paris

[Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris]

Mr. and Mrs. H.O. Havemeyer, New York (Dec. 24, 1904);

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (1929)

Exhibition History

1930b New York

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, The H.O. Havemeyer Collection, March 10–November 2, 1930, no. 4.

1936c Paris

Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris, Cézanne, May 20–October 11, 1936, no. 15, as Portrait de Boyer, lent by Metropolitan Museum, New York; exhibited for the first time.

1936 Toledo

Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio, Cézanne and Gauguin, November 1–December 13, 1936, no. 23, ill., as Man with a Straw Hat, lent by Metropolitan Museum.

1950 Minneapolis

Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, The Art of Cézanne, January 7–February 5, 1950, as L'Homme au chapeau de paille (Boyer), lent by Metropolitan Museum of Art.

1952 Chicago and traveling

The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Cézanne: Paintings, Watercolors & Drawings, A Loan Exhibition, February 7–March 16, 1952, no. 10, ill. lent by Metropolitan Museum. 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. 4, ill. p. [10], lent by Metropolitan Museum. Traveled to: Musée Masséna, Nice, France, August 8–September 12, 1953; Musée des Beaux-Arts, Grenoble, France, September 15–October 18, 1953.

1954 Edinburgh and traveling

Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Paintings by Cézanne, August 20–September 18, 1954, no. 7, as L'Homme au chapeau de paille, c. 1871, lent by the Metropolitan Museum, New York. Traveled to: Tate Gallery, London, September 29–October 27, 1954.

1956 The Hague

Haags Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, the Netherlands, Paul Cézanne, June 1–August 1, 1956, no. 5, ill.

1956 Zurich

Kunsthaus, Zurich, Paul Cézanne, August 22–October 7, 1956, no. 10, pl. 1.

1956 Munich

Haus der Kunst, Munich, Paul Cézanne, October 12–November 18, 1956, no. 6, ill. lent by Metropolitan Museum.

1956–57 Cologne

Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, (Kunsthaus Lempertz), Cologne, Cézanne, Ausstellung zum Gedenken an sein 50. Todesjahr, December 1956–January 1957, no. 2, pl. 17, lent by Metropolitan Museum.

1961 Vienna

Österreichische Galerie, Belvedere, Vienna, Paul Cézanne, April 14–June 18, 1961, no. 6, pl. 3.

1988–89a London and traveling

Royal Academy of Arts, London, Cézanne: The Early Years 1859–1872, April 22–August 21, 1988, no. 57, 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.

1993 New York

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Splendid Legacy: The Havemeyer Collection, March 27–June 20, 1993, no. 68, ill.

Published References

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. 181, as Selbstbildnis, c. 1875.

Meier-Graefe 1910

Meier-Graefe, Julius. Paul Cézanne. Munich: R. Piper & Co., 1910, ill. p. 48.

Meier-Graefe 1913

Meier-Graefe, Julius. Paul Cézanne. Munich: R. Piper & Co., 1913, ill. p. 46.

Vollard 1914

Vollard, Ambroise. Paul Cézanne. Paris: Vollard, 1914, pl. 11, as L'Homme au chapeau de paille.

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. 102.

Bernard 1920b

Bernard, Émile. "La technique de Paul Cézanne." L'Amour de l'art 1, no. 8 (December 1920), ill. p. 277, as L'Homme au chapeau de paille.

Glaser 1922

Glaser, Curt. Paul Cézanne. Leipzig: E.A. Seemann, 1922, pl. 1, as Selbsporträt, c. 1872.

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. 120, as Selbstbildnis, 1874.

Klingsor 1923

Klingsor, Tristan L. Cézanne. Paris: Rieder, 1923, p. 16.

Meier-Graefe 1923

Meier-Graefe, Julius. Paul Cézanne. Munich: R. Piper, 1923, ill. p. 41.

Rivière 1923

Rivière, Georges. Le Maître Paul Cézanne. Paris: Librairie Floury, 1923, p. 200, 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. 20.

Arishima 1925

Arishima, Ikuma. Sezannu [Cézanne]. Tokyo: Ars, 1925, pl. 22.

Fry 1929

Fry, Roger. "Cézannes Udvikling." Samleren 6 (July, August, September 1929), p. 97, ill.

Art News 1930

"Havemeyer Collection at the Metropolitan Museum." The Art News 28 (March 15, 1930), p. 43, ill., as Man with a Straw Hat.

Wehle 1930

Wehle, Harry B. "The Exhibition of the H.O. Havemeyer Collection." Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art 25, no. 3 (March 1930), p. 58, mentioned.

Beaux-arts 1930a

"Au Metropolitan Museum: La collection Havemeyer." Beaux-arts: Chronique des arts et de la curiosité, no. 4 (April 20, 1930), p. 8 (listed), as L'Homme au chapeau de paille.

Waldmann 1930b

Waldmann, Emil. Paul Cézanne: Acht farbige Gemälde. Leipzig: E.A. Seemann, 1930, frontispiece 1.

Havemeyer 1931

H.O. Havemeyer Collection: Catalogue of Paintings, Prints, Sculpture and Object of Art. Portland, Me.: [privately published], 1931, pp. 58f, as Portrait – Man with a Straw Hat.

Neugass 1931a

Neugass, Fritz. "Paul Cézanne." Creative Art 9, no. 4 (October 1931), p. 274, ill.

Peschcke-Koedt 1934a

Peschcke-Koedt, Matthias. "Det syvende Bud." Samleren 11 (January 1934), p. 6, ill.

Mack 1935

Mack, Gerstle. Paul Cézanne. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1935, p. 183.

Iavorskaia 1935b

Iavorskaia, Nina. Paul Cézanne. Milan: Hoepli, 1935, pl. VIII.

Huyghe 1936b

Huyghe, René. "Cézanne et son oeuvre." L'Amour de l'art 17, no. 5 (May 1936), fig. 46 p. 170, as Portrait de Boyer, c. 1871.

Venturi 1936b

Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 131, ill. vol. II, as L'Homme au chapeau de paille (portrait de Boyer).

Barnes and de Mazia 1939

Barnes, Albert C., and Violette de Mazia. The Art of Cézanne. New York: Harcourt Brace, 1939, no. 30, ill. p. 168 (analysis pp. 313–14).

Cogniat 1939a

Cogniat, Raymond. Cézanne. Paris: Pierre Tisné, 1939, pl. 28.

Jewell 1944a

Jewell, Edward Alden. Paul Cézanne. New York: Hyperion Press, 1944, cover, p. 34, ill.

Jewell 1944b

Jewell, Edward Alden. French Impressionists and Their Contemporaries. New York: Hyperion Press, 1944, p. 148, ill.

Dorival 1948

Dorival, Bernard. Cézanne. Paris: Pierre Tisné, 1948, pl. 23, listed pp. 145-146.

Schapiro 1952a

Schapiro, Meyer. Cézanne. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1952, pp. 40–41, ill.

Raynal 1954

Raynal, Maurice. Cézanne. Geneva: Skira, 1954, p. 31, ill.

Roger-Marx 1956

Roger-Marx, Claude. Les Impressionnistes. Paris: Hachette, 1956, p. 78, as Portrait de Boyer.

Metropolitan Museum of Art 1958

H. O. Havemeyer Collection. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1958, p. 13, no. 63 (listed).

Novotny 1960

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

Taillandier 1961

Taillander, Yvon. P. Cézanne. Milan: Antonio Vallardi, 1961, p. 30.

Feist 1963

Feist, Peter Heinz. Paul Cézanne. Leipzig: E.A. Seemann, 1963, pp. 23, 54, pl. 10.

Andersen 1964

Andersen, Wayne V. "A Cézanne Self-portrait Drawing Reidentified." The Burlington Magazine 105, no. 735 (June 1964), p. 285, fig. 34.

Sterling and Salinger 1967

Sterling, Charles, and Margaretta M. Salinger. French Paintings: A Catalogue of the Collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, vol. III. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1967, pp. 97–98, ill. (with extensive references).

Ikegami 1969

Ikegami, Chuji. Cézanne. Tokyo: Shueisha, 1969, pl. 4.

Andersen 1970

Andersen, Wayne V. Cézanne's Portrait Drawings. Cambridge, MA, London: MIT Press, 1970, p. 8, fig. 7.

Schapiro 1973

Schapiro, Meyer. Paul Cézanne. Translated by Louis-Marie Ollivier. Paris: Nouvelles Editions Françaises, 1973, pl. 5, with comments.

Elgar 1975

Elgar, Frank. Cézanne. New York: Praeger, 1975, fig. 17.

Baetjer 1980

Baetjer, Katherine. European Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art by Artists Born before 1865: A Summary Catalogue. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1980, p. 26, ill. p. 614.

Weitzenhoffer 1986

Weitzenhoffer, Frances. The Havemeyers: Impressionism Comes to America. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1986, p. 147, pl. 117.

Lévêque 1988

Lévêque, Jean Jacques. La Vie et l'oeuvre de Paul Cézanne. Courbevoie: ACR, 1988, p. 217, ill. in color.

Rewald 1989

Rewald, John. Cézanne and America: Dealers, Collectors, Artists and Critics, 1891–1921. Princeton: Princeton University Press; London: Thames & Hudson, 1989, p. 193.

Wold 1993

Wold, Gretchen. "Appendix." In Splendid Legacy: The Havemeyer Collection. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1993. Exhibition catalogue, no. 68, ill.

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. 174, ill. vol. 2, as L'Homme au chapeau de paille (Gustave Boyer).

Athanassoglou-Kallmyer 2004

Athanassoglou-Kallmyer, Nina M. "Cézanne and His Friends at Jas de Bouffan." In Jas de Bouffan: Cézanne, Société Paul Cézanne. Aix-en-Provence: Hexagone, 2004, fig. 21, ill. in color.

Machotka 2008

Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: The Eye and the Mind, 2 vols. Marseille: Editions Crès, 2008, vol. 1, fig. 60; vol. 2, p. 58, as L'Homme au chapeau de paille - Gustave Boyer.

Société Paul Cezanne 2019

Cezanne, Jas de Bouffan: art et histoire. Under the scientific direction of Denis Coutagne and François Chédeville. Lyon; Aix-en-Provence: Fage édition; Société Paul Cezanne, 2019, fig. 63 p. 63.

Notes

Gustave Boyer (b. 1840) was a childhood friend of the artist's and became a notary in Eguilles (Bouches du Rhône). Boyer's portraits have sometimes been confused with Cézanne's self-portraits.

Record last updated October 26, 2023. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.

Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "L'Homme au chapeau de paille (Gustave Boyer), c.1871 (FWN 429)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=181 (accessed on April 26, 2024).