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 631
Un peintre au travail (Justin Gabet?)
c.1874–75
Alternate titles: Der Maler; Le Peintre; Le Peintre au travail; Maler im Freien; Pissarro peignant; Sitzender Arbeiter; Un peintre au travail
Rewald (233): c.1874–75; Venturi revised: c.1872; Cézanne fils: 1877; Venturi (237): 1872–75; Rivière: c.1872–73
Oil on canvas
9 3/8 x 13 3/8 in. (24 x 34 cm)
Vollard B stockbook: no. 4177, Peintre dans la campagne, 24 x 34 cm (80 frs)
Vollard archives: photo no. 14, Annotated by Cezanne's son: 1877
Provenance
Frederick C. Hamilton, Denver;
Exhibition History
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Paul Cézanne, January 10–22, 1910, no. 5, as Le Peintre, for sale.
Galerie Miethke, Vienna, Französischer Meister, December 17, 1913–January 18, 1914, no. 26 (?), as Sitzender Arbeiter.
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Paul Cézanne, January 6–17, 1914, no. 8, as Le Peintre au travail, for sale.
Kunsthalle, Bremen, Germany, Internationale Ausstellung, February 1–March 31, 1914, no. 76, as Der Maler, lent by Bernheim-Jeune, for sale.
Galerie Ernst Arnold, Dresden, Germany, Französische Malerei des XIX. Jahrhunderts, April–May 1914, no. 9, as Der Maler, lent by Bernheim-Jeune.
Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland, Cézanne, February 6–March 6, 1921, no. 29, as Le Peintre, lent by Muller.
Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne, August 30–October 12, 1936, no. 13, as Maler im Freien, c. 1875, lent by Private collection.
Galerie Beyeler, Basel, Switzerland, Petits Formats, May–July 1978, no. 23, ill.
Published References
Meier-Graefe, Julius. Cézanne und sein Kreis: ein Beitrag zur Entwicklungsgeschichte: mit 127 Tonätzungen und fünfzehn Heliogravüren. Munich: R. Piper, 1918, ill. p. 105.
Meier-Graefe, Julius. Cézanne und sein Kreis: ein Beitrag zur Entwicklungsgeschichte: mit 171 Tonätzungen und einem Lichtdruck. Munich: R. Piper, 1922, ill. p. 122, as Der Maler, c. 1873.
Rivière, Georges. Le Maître Paul Cézanne. Paris: Librairie Floury, 1923, p. 200, listed.
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 237, ill. vol. II, as Un peintre au travail.
Rewald, John. "A propos du catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre de Paul Cézanne et de la chronologie de cette œuvre." La Renaissance (Paris), vol. 20, nos. 3-4 (March–April 1937), p. 54, as ...la toile ...
Hattis, Phyllis. "Zu den Bildern in der 'Schanzmühle.'" Du 38, no. 8 (August 1978), p. 49, ill.
Coutagne, Denis, et al. Sainte-Victoire Cézanne. Aix-en-Provence: Musée Granet, 1990. Exhibition catalogue, p. 27, fig. 4 (detail).
Verdi, Richard. Cézanne. London and New York: Thames & Hudson, 1992, p. 63, fig. 51, c. 1873.
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. 233, ill. vol. 2, as Un peintre au travail (Justin Gabet?).
Colrat, Jean. Cézanne: Joindre les mains errantes de la nature. Paris-Sorbonne: PUPS, 2013, p. 422, pl. 184.
Dauberville, Guy-Patrice, and Floriane Dauberville. Paul Cezanne chez Bernheim-Jeune. Paris: Editions G-P.F. Dauberville & Archives Bernheim-Jeune, 2020, no. 194, ill., as Le Peintre, installation photographs from 1910 exhibition, p. 85, and 1914 exhibition, p. 102.
Notes
Justin Gabet (1844–1907) was a childhood friend of the Cézanne's and a cabinetmaker by trade.
Record last updated January 4, 2022. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Un peintre au travail (Justin Gabet?), c.1874–75 (FWN 631)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=237 (accessed on September 11, 2024).
