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Catalogue entry

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)
Vollard archives: photo no. 588
Onyx Art Collection

Keywords

Provenance
Eugène Boch, Monthyon
Wildenstein Galleries, Paris, London, and New York
M. Motte, Geneva
Mme Roger Firmenich, Geneva
Christie's, New York, May 9, 2001, no. 23, ill.; bought in
Private collection
Onyx Art Collection
Exhibition History
1939 Lyon
Musée de Lyon, Palais Saint-Pierre, Lyon, France, Centenaire de Paul Cézanne, May 7–June 18, 1939, no. 13, lent by Boch.
1939b Paris
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").
1939d London
Wildenstein Galleries, London, Homage to Paul Cézanne, July 1939, no. 13, lent by Boch, Montyon.
1964 Lausanne
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.
1967b Paris
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.
2014–15b New York
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.
2017 Martigny
Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Martigny, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne: le chant de la terre, June 16–November 19, 2017, no. 85, ill. catalogued but not shown.
2020 Paris
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 1919b
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 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 278, ill. vol. II, as Madame Cezanne accoudée.
Van Buren 1966
Buren, Anne H. van. "Madame Cézanne's Fashions and the Dates of Her Portraits." Art Quarterly 29, no. 2 (1966), fig. 2, p. 117.
Ramuz 1968
Ramuz, Charles Ferdinand. Cézanne Formes. Lausanne: International Art Book, 1968, pl. 8.
Brion 1971
Brion, Marcel. Cézanne. Milan: Fratelli Fabbri, 1971, ill. p. 75.
Harris 1982
Harris, Nathaniel. The Art of Cézanne. London: Optimum Books, 1982, p. 62, ill. in color.
Musée de Pontoise 1994
Hommage à Anna et Eugène Boch. Pontoise: Musée de Pontoise, 1194. Exhibition catalogue, p. 71, as Portrait de Madame Cézanne.
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. 217, ill. vol. 2, as Madame Cezanne accoudée.
Cézanne 2011
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.
Cezanne 2021
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 24, 2024).