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Catalogue entry

FWN 718
Bouquet au dahlia jaune
1872–73
Alternate titles: Bouquet du dahlia jaune; Bouquet with Yellow Dahlia
Rewald (214): 1872–73; Venturi revised: c.1873
Oil on canvas
21 1/4 x 25 3/8 in. (54 x 64.5 cm)
Signed lower right in red: P. Cezanne
Vollard archives: photo no. 177 and 428, Annotated by Cezanne's son: 1875
Musée d'Orsay, Paris (RF 1954 5)

Keywords

Provenance
Dr. Paul Gachet, Auvers-sur-Oise;
Paul Gachet fils, Auvers-sur-Oise;
Musée du Louvre, Paris (1954, Gift of Paul Gachet);
Musée du Louvre, galerie du Jeu de Paume, Paris (1954-1986);
Musée d'Orsay, Paris (1986)
Exhibition History
1954–55 Paris
Orangerie, Paris, Van Gogh et les peintres d'Auvers-sur-Oise, November 26, 1954–February 28, 1955, no. 4, ill., pl. IV, as Bouquet au dahlia jaune, 1873.
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. 6, ill. lent by Louvre.
1974b Paris
Orangerie, Paris, Cézanne dans les musées nationaux, July 19–October 14, 1974, extended until October 28, no. 12, ill. in b/w, as Bouquet au dahlia jaune.
1989b Paris
Musée Jacquemart-André, Paris, L'Europe des grands maitres quand ils étaient jeunes ... 1870-1970, September 21–November 12, 1989, no no., ill., as Bouquet au dahlia jaune, c. 1873.
1999 Paris and traveling
Grand Palais, Paris, Un ami de Cézanne et de Van Gogh: le docteur Gachet, January 28–April 26, 1999, no. 5 (P.G. II-11), ill., pp. 50–51 (with Louis van Ryssel (Gachet fils) copy), as Bouquet with Yellow Dahlia, 1873? lent by Musée d'Orsay, Paris. Traveled to: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Cézanne to Van Gogh: The Collection of Doctor Gachet, May 25–August 15, 1999; Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, September 24–December 5, 1999.
2005–06 New York and traveling
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Pioneering Modern Painting: Cézanne & Pissarro 1865–1885, June 26–September 12, 2005, no. 33, ill., p. 120 (dated c. 1873), as Bouquet du dahlia jaune. Traveled to: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, October 20, 2005–January 16, 2006; Musée d'Orsay, Paris, February 27–May 28, 2006 (Cézanne et Pissarro 1865-1885).
Published References
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, vol. I, p. 347, listed (Collection Gachet).
Florisoone 1952
Florisoone, Michel. "Van Gogh et les peintres d'Auvers chez le Dr. Gachet." L'Amour de l'art 31, nos. 64-66 (November, 1952), p. 23, ill.
Gachet 1953b
Gachet, Paul. Auvers 1873-1890, Souvenirs de Cézanne et de Van Gogh à Auvers: arrangement et notes de Paul Gachet 1928. Paris: Les Beaux-Arts, Éditions d'études et de documents, [1953], ill., as Bouquet au dahlia jaune.
Adhémar 1958
Adhémar, Hélène. Catalogue des peintures, pastels, sculptures impressionnistes du Musée du Louvre. Paris: Editions des Musées Nationaux, 1958, pp. 18–19, no. 35.
Bazin 1958
Bazin, Germain. Trésors de l'impressionnisme au Louvre. Paris: A. Somogy, 1958, ill. p. 274, 1873.
Sterling and Adhémar 1958
Sterling, Charles, and Hélène Adhémar. La Peinture au Musée du Louvre, vol. I. Paris: Éditions des Musées Nationaux, 1958, fig. 252.
Adhémar et al. 1973
Adhémar, Hélène, and Anne Dayez. Musée du Jeu de Paume. Paris: Editions des Musées Nationaux, 1973, listed p. 140, ill. p. 18, as Bouquet au dahlia jaune, c. 1873.
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. 114, ill., as Bouquet au dahlia jaune, c. 1873.
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. 214, ill. vol. 2, as Bouquet du dahlia jaune.
Stein 1999
Stein, Susan, with the assistance of Julie Steiner. "Summary Catalogue of Works by Major Artists (Volume II, Cézanne [catalogue raisonné by Paul Gachet fils)." Cézanne to Van Gogh: The Collection of Doctor Gachet. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1999. Exhibition catalogue, p. 202, P.G. II-11, ill., (no. 5 of cat.), as Bouquet with Yellow Dahlia, 1873?
Mothe et al. 2006
Mothe, Alain, et al. Cézanne à Auvers-sur-Oise. Saint-Ouen-L'Aumône: editions du Valharmeil, 2006, p. 69, ill. with Guillaumin painting depicting same tablecloth.
Chédeville and Hurtu 2021
Chédeville, François, and Raymond Hurtu. "Cezanne sur les bords de Marne." Société Cezanne, August 2021, fig. 9.
Notes

This work was probably painted at Dr Gachet's.  Armand Guillaumin used the same fabric in a still life dated July 1872.  Both paintings were in Dr. Gachet's collection.

Bouquet au dahlia jaune, 1872–73 (FWN 718). Armand Guillaumin, Nature morte: fleurs, faience et livres, dated July 1872, Musée d'Orsay; same fabric on table
Armand Guillaumin, Nature morte: fleurs, faience et livres, dated July 1872, Musée d'Orsay; same fabric on table
Record last updated February 4, 2021. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Bouquet au dahlia jaune, 1872–73 (FWN 718)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=218 (accessed on April 24, 2024).