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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)
Catalogue entry
FWN 424
Portrait d'Antoine-Fortuné Marion
1870–71
Alternate titles: Bildnis Marion; Portrait de Fortuné Marion; Portrait de Marion; Portrait of Antoine-Forarion
Rewald (177): c.1871; Venturi revised: c.1868; Venturi (129): 1870–71; Rivière: 1865; Ratcliffe: possibly summer 1867; Machotka et al: c.1871; Other: Barr: 1867–68
Oil on canvas
16 x 12 13/16 in. (40.6 x 32.5 cm)
Provenance
Antoine-Fortuné Marion, Marseille
Joseph Cavalier
Kurt Mettler, Paris (1929)
Arnold Mettler-Specker, St. Gallen
Sotheby's, London, Feb. 17, 1932, no. 131, bought in
Arnold Mettler-Specker, St. Gallen
Kunstmuseum Lucerne (on loan, 1934)
Kunsthalle Basel (Lukas Lichtenhan, on consignment 1935-1936)
Galerie Tanner, Zurich (1937)
Robert von Hirsch, Basel;
Von Hirsch Collection, Sotheby's, London, June 26, 1978, no. 714, ill.
Kunstmuseum Basel (1978)
Exhibition History
1930b Paris
Galerie Mettler, Paris, Exposition de Portraits, January 15–February 8, 1930, no. 7bis.1931a Paris
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Cézanne, May 18–29, 1931.1936 Basel
Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne, August 30–October 12, 1936, no. 8, as Bildnis Marion, 1870-71, lent by A. Mettler-Specker, St. Gallen.1943 Basel
Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland, Kunstwerke des 19. Jahrhunderts aus Basler Privatbesitz, May 1–July 4, 1943, no. 315.1956 Zurich
Kunsthaus, Zurich, Paul Cézanne, August 22–October 7, 1956, no. 8, lent by Private collection, Switzerland.2006 Washington, D.C. and traveling
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Cézanne in Provence, January 29–May 7, 2006, no. 11, ill., (dated 1866–67). Traveled to: Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, June 9–September 17, 2006.2017 Paris
Musée d'Orsay, Paris, Cézanne Portraits, June 13–September 24, 2017, no. 4, ill.2017–18 Paris and traveling
Musée d'Orsay, Paris, Cézanne Portraits, June 13–September 24, 2017, no. 1.2, ill. Traveled to: National Portrait Gallery, London, October 26, 2017–February 11, 2018; National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C, March 25–July 1, 2018.Published References
Coquiot 1919
Coquiot, Gustave. Paul Cézanne. Paris: Ollendorf, 1919, pp. 18, 37, as Portrait de Marion.Rivière 1923
Rivière, Georges. Le Maître Paul Cézanne. Paris: Librairie Floury, 1923, p. 196, listed.Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 129, ill. vol. II, as Portrait de Marion.Barr 1937
Barr, Jr., Alfred H. "Cézanne, d'après les lettres de Marion à Morstatt (1865-1868)." Gazette des beaux-arts, vol. 17, periode 6 (January 1937), fig. 2 p. 39, as Portrait de Fortuné Marion.Scolari and Barr 1938
Scholari, Margaret, and Alfred Barr. "Cézanne in the Letters of Marion to Morstatt, 1865–68." Magazine of Art 31, no. 2 (February 1938), pp. 84–89; no. 4 (April 1938), pp. 86–87 and note 9, fig. 3.Vollard 1938
Vollard, Ambroise. En écoutant Cézanne, Degas, Renoir. Paris: B. Grasset, 1938, p. 20, as Portrait de Marion.Dorival 1948
Dorival, Bernard. Cézanne. Paris: Pierre Tisné, 1948, pp. 29, 134.Rewald 1948b
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: A Biography. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1948, fig. 20.Rewald 1950a
Rewald, John. Cézanne. London: Phoenix House, 1950, fig. 9.Beucken 1962
Beucken, Jean de. Cézanne. New York: Viking Press, 1962, p.43, ill. (detail).Geelhaar 1978
Geelhaar, Christian. "Paul Cézannes Porträt von Fortune Marion." Basler Zeitung, July 4, 1978, p. 29, ill.Venturi 1978
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne. Geneva: Skira, 1978, p. 12, ill.Kendall 1988
Kendall, Richard, ed. Cézanne: By Himself. London: Macdonald, 1988, p. 44, ill.Lévêque 1988
Lévêque, Jean Jacques. La Vie et l'oeuvre de Paul Cézanne. Courbevoie: ACR, 1988, p. 28, ill. in color.Du 1989
"Das Tor zur Moderne. Paul Cézanne in Schweizer Sammlungen." Du 49, no. 9 (September 1989), p. 37, ill.Geelhaar 1992
Geelhaar, Christian. Kunstmuseum Basel. Die Geschichte der Gemäldesammlung und eine Auswahl von 250 Meisterwerken. Zurich: Eidolon, 1992, p. 154.Cachin and Rishel 1995
Cachin, Françoise, and Joseph Rishel. Cézanne. Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux, 1995. Exhibition catalogue, p. 92, fig. 2.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. 177, ill. vol. 2, as Portrait d'Antoine-Fortuné Marion.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. 22, ill. in color.Machotka 2008
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: The Eye and the Mind, 2 vols. Marseille: Editions Crès, 2008, vol. 1, fig. 62; vol. 2, p. 58, as Portrait d'Antoine-Fortuné Marion.Dombrowski 2013
Dombrowski, André. Cézanne, Murder, and Modern Life. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2013, p. 47, fig. 22.Mettler 2019
Mettler, Kurt. Tagebücher 1927–1930. Zurich: Limmat Verlag, 2019, p. 983, ill., as Portrait d'Antoine-Fortuné Marion.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. 68 p. 82.Causey 2020
Causey, Faya. "Finds." In Cézanne, The Rock and Quarry Paintings. Princeton: Princeton University Art Museum; New Haven: Yale University Press. Exhibition catalogue, p. 43, fig. 25, as Portrait of Antoine-Forarion, dated 1870–71.Cezanne 2021
Cézanne, Philippe. Paul Cezanne dépeint par ses contemporains. Lyon: Fage éditions, 2021, fig. 18.Notes
Marion (1846-1900) was a childhood friend of the artist. He became a professor on the science faculty and director of the Musée d'Histoire Naturelle in Marseille.
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. "Portrait d'Antoine-Fortuné Marion, 1870–71 (FWN 424)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=184 (accessed on April 26, 2024).
