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)
FWN 432
Madame Cezanne accoudée
1873–74
Alternate titles: Madame Cézanne Leaning on a Table; Portrait de Madame Cézanne; Portrait de Mme Cézanne
Rewald (217): 1873–74; Venturi revised: 1872–75; Venturi (278): 1873–77
Oil on canvas
18 1/8 x 15 in. (46 x 38 cm)
Provenance
Exhibition History
Musée de Lyon, Palais Saint-Pierre, Lyon, France, Centenaire de Paul Cézanne, May 7–June 18, 1939, no. 13, lent by Boch.
Société des artistes indépendants, Grand Palais, Paris, 50e exposition - Centenaire du peintre indépendant Paul Cézanne, March 17–April 10, 1939, no. 8, as Portrait de Mme Cézanne, lent by M. E. B. ("exhibited for the first time").
Wildenstein Galleries, London, Homage to Paul Cézanne, July 1939, no. 13, lent by Boch, Montyon.
Palais de Beaulieu, Lausanne, Switzerland, Chefs-d'œuvre des collections suisses: de Manet à Picasso, May 1–October 25, 1964, no. 86, ill., as Madame Cezanne accoudée, 1873-1877, lent by Private collection, Geneva.
Orangerie, Paris, Chefs-d'oeuvre des collections suisses de Manet à Picasso, May 10–October 2, 1967, no. 86, ill. lent by Private collection, Geneva.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Madame Cézanne, November 19, 2014–March 15, 2015, n.n., pl. 1, as Madame Cézanne Leaning on a Table.
Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Martigny, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne: le chant de la terre, June 16–November 19, 2017, no. 85, ill. catalogued but not shown.
Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris, Cezanne et les Maîtres, rêve d'Italie, February 27–July 5, 2020, no. 58, ill. lent by Onyx Art Collection.
Published References
Vollard, Ambroise. Paul Cézanne: Huit phototypies d'après Cézanne;
Lettres de M.M. Jacques Flach, de L'Institut et André Suarès. Paris: Editions Crès, 1919, ill. between pp. 156 and 157.
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 278, ill. vol. II, as Madame Cezanne accoudée.
Buren, Anne H. van. "Madame Cézanne's Fashions and the Dates of Her Portraits." Art Quarterly 29, no. 2 (1966), fig. 2, p. 117.
Harris, Nathaniel. The Art of Cézanne. London: Optimum Books, 1982, p. 62, ill. in color.
Hommage à Anna et Eugène Boch. Pontoise: Musée de Pontoise, 1194. Exhibition catalogue, p. 71, as Portrait de Madame Cézanne.
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. 217, ill. vol. 2, as Madame Cezanne accoudée.
Cézanne, Philippe. "Paul Cézanne: L'homme." In Cézanne et Paris. Paris: Éditions de la Rmn-Grand Palais, 2011. Exhibition catalogue, p. 30, fig. 6, as Madame Cezanne accoudée.
Cézanne, Philippe. Paul Cezanne dépeint par ses contemporains. Lyon: Fage éditions, 2021, fig. 137.
Notes
The military influenced dress worn here by a twenty-three or twenty-four year old Hortense Fiquet (later Madame Cezanne), was fashionable during the Franco-Prussian War (1870–71).
Record last updated March 13, 2020. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Madame Cezanne accoudée, 1873–74 (FWN 432)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=221 (accessed on April 19, 2024).
