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 1029-TA
Vue de la ferme du Jas de Bouffan
c.1874
Alternate title: View of the farm at the Jas de Bouffan
Chappuis (737): early 1874
Graphite and ink on paper
6 5/16 x 9 13/16 in. (16 x 25 cm)
Draft of a letter to a collector in Pontoise in the artist's hand: Je vais quitter Auvers dans quelques jours pour aller me fixer à Paris. Je prends en conséquence la liberté de me rappeler à vous.
Si vous désirez que je signe la toile dont vus m'avez parlé, veuillez la fair remettre chez M. Pissarro, où j'y mettrai mon nom.
Agréez mes sincères salutations.
Provenance
Published References
Cézanne, Paul. Correspondance. Edited by John Rewald. Paris: Bernard Grasset, 1937, fig. 16.
Chappuis, Adrien. The Drawings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1973, no. 737, ill., as View of the farm at the Jas de Bouffan.
Notes
The letter was probably written in Auvers at the beginning of 1874 to the local grocer, Armand Rondest, who owned several paintings by Cezanne (FWN 69, 720, 721), all of which are signed by the artist.
Record last updated January 6, 2019. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Vue de la ferme du Jas de Bouffan, c.1874 (FWN 1029-TA)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=2413 (accessed on May 1, 2025).
