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FWN 564
Les Quatre Saisons: L'Automne
1860–61
Alternate titles: Herbst; L'Automne; Les Quatres Saisons
Rewald (7): 1860–61; Venturi (6)
Wall painting, detached and mounted on canvas
123 5/8 x 40 7/8 in. (314 x 104 cm)
Vollard W stockbook: no. 5510, L'Automne (18,750 Fr)

Keywords

Provenance
Jas de Bouffan, Aix-en-Provence
Louis Granel, Aix-en-Provence
Jos. Hessel, Paris
Georges Bernheim, Paris
Ambroise Vollard, Paris (Oct. 16, 1923);
Estate of Ambroise Vollard;
Petit Palais, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris (1950)
Exhibition History
1918 Paris
Galerie Hessel, Paris, [Quatre panneaux décoratifs de Cézanne], April 1918.
1953a Paris
Petit Palais, Paris, Un siècle d'art français, 1850–1950, 1953, no. 402, as Les Quatre Saisons: L'Automne, 1852-1862.
1988–89a London and traveling
Royal Academy of Arts, London, Cézanne: The Early Years 1859–1872, April 22–August 21, 1988, no. 1d, ill. p. 6 (p. 19 French ed.) fig. 4 photograph of the alcove in the salon of the Jas de Bouffan with Les quatre saisons. 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.
1998 Bonn
Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Bonn, Germany, Die großen Sammlungen VII: Von Ingres bis Cézanne, Kunst des 19. Jahrhunderts aus der Sammlung des Musée du Petit Palais, Paris, May 27–September 27, 1998, no. 193, ill., as L'Automne, 1861-62.
2006 Washington, D.C. and traveling
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Cézanne in Provence, January 29–May 7, 2006, no. 5, lent by Petit Palais, shown in Aix only. Traveled to: Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, June 9–September 17, 2006.
2011–12 Milan
Palazzo Reale, Milan, Cézanne: Les ateliers du midi, October 20, 2011–February 26, 2012, no. 5, ill. lent by Petit Palais, musée des Beaux Arts de la Ville de Paris.
2012 Tokyo
National Art Center, Tokyo, Cézanne: Paris-Provence, March 28–May 11, 2012, no. 17, ill.
2022 Paris
Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris, Le décor impressionniste: aux sources des nymphéas, March 2–July 11, 2022, no. 29, ill., p. 61.
Published References
Pératé 1907
Pératé, André. "Le Salon d'Automne." Gazette des beaux-arts, vol. 38, periode 3 (November, 1907), p. 388.
Faure 1911
Faure, Élie. "Paul Cézanne." L'Art décoratif 13, no. 157 (October 5, 1911), p. 115.
Burger 1913
Burger, Fritz. Cézanne und Hodler. Munich: Delphin Verlag, 1913, pl. 169, as Herbst.
Allard 1914
Allard, Roger. "Die Kennzeichen der Erneuerung in der Malerei." In Der Blaue Reiter, Vasily Kandinsky and Franz Marc (editors). Munich: Piper & Co., 1914 (2nd ed.), ill. p. 35.
Vollard 1917
Vollard, Ambroise. "Cézanne's Studio." The Soil 1, no. 3 (March 1917), ill. between pp. 106 and 107 (detail).
Le Curieux 1918
Le Curieux. "Quatre panneaux décoratifs de Cézanne." La Renaissance de l'art français et des industries de luxe (Paris), vol. 1, no. 2 (April 1918), pp. 33-34, as L'Automne.
Burger 1919
Burger, Fritz. Cézanne und Hodler. Munich: Delphin Verlag, 1919, p. 190.
Coquiot 1919
Coquiot, Gustave. Paul Cézanne. Paris: Ollendorf, 1919, p. 41, as les quatre Saisons.
Burger 1920
Burger, Fritz. Cézanne und Hodler. Munich: Delphin Verlag, 1920, pl. 188.
Zeisho 1921
Zeisho, Atzouji. Paul Cézanne. Tokyo: Rakuyodo, Taisho, 1921, fig. 34.
Burger 1923
Burger, Fritz. Cézanne und Hodler. Munich: Delphin Verlag, 1923, pl. 188.
Rivière 1923
Rivière, Georges. Le Maître Paul Cézanne. Paris: Librairie Floury, 1923, pp. 13, 69 (detail), 196 (listed), as L'Automne, dated 1863, Hessel.
Gasquet 1928
Gasquet, Joachim. Cézanne: 24 phototypies. Paris: Librairie de France, [1928], [pl. 1], as L'Automne.
Fry 1929
Fry, Roger. "Cézannes Udvikling." Samleren 6 (July, August, September 1929), p. 100, ill. (detail).
D'Ors 1930
Ors, Eugenio d.' Paul Cézanne. Paris: Editions des Chroniques du Jour, 1930, pl. 25.
Rivière 1933
Rivière, Georges. Cézanne: Le Peintre solitaire. Paris: Librairie Floury, 1933, p. 3, ill.
Mack 1935
Mack, Gerstle. Paul Cézanne. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1935, pp. 145–47, pl. 12.
Di San Lazzaro 1936
Di San Lazzaro, Gualtieri. Paul Cézanne. Paris: Chroniques du Jour, 1936, fig. 38.
Raynal 1936
Raynal, Maurice. Cézanne. Paris: Editions de Cluny, 1936, pl. II p. 11.
D'Ors 1936a
Ors, Eugenio d.' Paul Cézanne. New York: E. Weyhe, 1936, pl. 38.
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 6, ill. vol. II, as Les Quatres Saisons.
Rewald 1936e
Rewald, John. Cézanne et Zola. Paris: Editions A. Sedrowski, 1936, fig. 13.
Mack 1938
Mack, Gerstle. La Vie de Paul Cézanne. Translated by Nancy Bouwens. Paris: Gallimard, 1938, ill. opposite p. 129.
Cogniat 1939a
Cogniat, Raymond. Cézanne. Paris: Pierre Tisné, 1939, pl. 1.
Rivière 1942
Rivière, Georges. Cézanne: Le Peintre solitaire. Paris: Librairie Floury, 1942, p. 5, ill.
Dorival 1948
Dorival, Bernard. Cézanne. Paris: Pierre Tisné, 1948, pl. 2, listed p. 141, erroneously entitled L'Eté.
Sargent 1952
Sargent, Winthrop. "Cézanne: The Great Paintings of a Frustrated Recluse Changed the Whole Course of Modern Art." Life 32, no. 8 (February 25, 1952), p. 78, ill.
Cooper 1955a
Cooper, Douglas. "Au Jas de Bouffan." L'Oeil 2 (February 15, 1955), p. 15, ill. p. 16.
Elles 1958
Elles, Iris. Das Stilleben in der französischen Malerei des 19. Jahrhunderts. Zurich: Origo Verl, 1958, pp. 100–01.
Beucken 1962
Beucken, Jean de. Cézanne. New York: Viking Press, 1962, p. 22, ill.
Murphy 1968
Murphy, Richard W. The World of Cézanne, 1839–1906. New York: Time-Life Books, 1968, p. 16.
Ikegami 1969
Ikegami, Chuji. Cézanne. Tokyo: Shueisha, 1969, fig. 4.
Schapiro 1973
Schapiro, Meyer. Paul Cézanne. Translated by Louis-Marie Ollivier. Paris: Nouvelles Editions Françaises, 1973, ill. p. 55.
Venturi 1978
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne. Geneva: Skira, 1978, p. 4, ill.
Ponente 1980
Ponente, Nello. Paul Cézanne. Bologna: Capitol, 1980, ill. pp. 10, 14–15.
Harris 1982
Harris, Nathaniel. The Art of Cézanne. London: Optimum Books, 1982, p. 17, ill. in color.
Ely 1984
Ely, Bruno. "Cézanne, L'Ecole de dessin et le Musée d'Aix." In Cézanne au Musée d'Aix. Aix-en-Provence: Musée Granet, 1984. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 175.
Bernard, B. 1986
Bernard, Bruce. The Impressionist Revolution. London: Orbis, 1986, p. 112, ill.
Rewald 1986b
Rewald, John. Cézanne: A Biography. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1986, p. 46, ill.
Lévêque 1988
Lévêque, Jean Jacques. La Vie et l'oeuvre de Paul Cézanne. Courbevoie: ACR, 1988, p. 45, ill. in b/w.
Gasquet 1991
Gasquet, Joachim. Joachim Gasquet's Cézanne. Translated by C. Pemberton. London and New York: Thames & Hudson, 1991, p. 67, ill.
Cachin and Rishel 1995
Cachin, Françoise, and Joseph Rishel. Cézanne. Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux, 1995. Exhibition catalogue, p. 89, fig. 1.
Patin 1995
Patin, Sylvie. Cézanne. Paris: Editions Hazan, 1995, p. 29.
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. 7, ill. vol. 2 and p. 21, ill. col. vol. 1, as Les Quatre Saisons: L'Automne.
Lewis 2000
Lewis, Mary Tompkins. Cézanne. London: Phaidon, 2000, p. 25, fig. 9.
Wagner 2002
Wagner, Christoph. "'Primitivismus' und Konstruktion des Sichtbaren. Facetten der Cézanne Rezeption in der Kunstheorie der Moderne und im russischen Cézanneismus." In Die russische Avantgarde und Paul Cézanne. Bönen: Kettler, 2002. Exhibition catalogue, p. 122, fig. 2.
Athanassoglou-Kallmyer 2003
Athanassoglou-Kallmyer, Nina M. Cézanne and Provence: The Painter in His Culture. Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, 2003, p. 82, fig. 2.30, as Les Quatre Saisons: L'Automne.
Lewis 2004
Lewis, Mary Tompkins. "Cézanne's Paintings in the Grand Salon at Jas de Bouffan." In Jas de Bouffan: Cézanne, Société Paul Cézanne. Aix-en-Provence: Hexagone, 2004, fig. 43, ill. in color.
Colrat 2013
Colrat, Jean. Cézanne: Joindre les mains errantes de la nature. Paris-Sorbonne: PUPS, 2013, p. 335, pl. 156.
Nagaï 2015
Nagaï, Takanori. "Cézanne and the meaning of 'copying.'" Bijutsu Forum 21, no. 31 (May 2015), p. 118, ill.
Nagaï 2016
Nagaï, Takanori. "Cézanne and Jas de Bouffan." In Le "basho" dans l'art moderne français. Tokyo: Sangensha, 2016, p. 112, ill.
Nagaï 2018
Nagaï, Takanori. "What Copying Meant to Cezanne." Aesthetics, no. 21 (2018), fig. 5.
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. 84d p. 101 (figs. 226, 227 digital reconstitutions of the Jas de Bouffan's Grand Salon before and after 1867 pp. 242-243).
Les Quatre Saisons: L'Automne, 1860–61 (FWN 564). The salon of the Jas de Bouffan with Cézanne's murals still in place, circa 1900.
John Rewald Archive, Department of Image Collections, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
The salon of the Jas de Bouffan with Cézanne's murals still in place, circa 1900. John Rewald Archive, Department of Image Collections, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

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Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Les Quatre Saisons: L'Automne, 1860–61 (FWN 564), Wall painting, detached and mounted on canvas." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=23 (accessed on March 28, 2024).