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 637
Au bord de l'étang
1876–77
Alternate titles: Bord de rivière; The Pond
Rewald (244): 1876–77; Venturi revised: 1872–74; Cézanne fils: circa 1875–80; Venturi (232): 1873–75
Oil on canvas
17 1/2 x 21 1/16 in. (44.5 x 53.5 cm)
Provenance
Exhibition History
Galerie Vollard, Paris, Paul Cézanne, November 11–December 15, 1895.
Salon d'Automne, Grand Palais, Paris, 3e exposition, October 18–November 25, 1905, no. 319 (?), as Bord de rivière.
Currier Gallery of Art, Manchester, New Hampshire, Monet and the Beginnings of Impressionism, October 8–November 6, 1949, no. 27.
Haags Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, the Netherlands, Paul Cézanne, June 1–August 1, 1956, no. 11.
Haus der Kunst, Munich, Paul Cézanne, October 12–November 18, 1956, no. 15, lent by Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, (Kunsthaus Lempertz), Cologne, Cézanne, Ausstellung zum Gedenken an sein 50. Todesjahr, December 1956–January 1957, no. 6, ill. lent by Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 100 Paintings from the Boston Museum, May 29–July 26, 1970, no. 64, ill.
Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C., Cézanne: An Exhibition in Honor of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Phillips Collection, February 27–March 28, 1971, no. 4. Traveled to: The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, April 17–May 16, 1971; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, June 1–July 3, 1971.
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Impressionism, June 15–October 14, 1973.
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Corot to Braque: French Paintings from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, April 21–June 17, 1979, no. 43, ill., as The Pond. Traveled to: Denver Museum of Art, Denver, February 13–April 20, 1980; Philbrook Art Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma, May 25–July 27, 1980; Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, September 20–November 23, 1980.
Isetan Museum of Art, Tokyo, Masterpieces of European Painting from The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, October 21–December 4, 1983. Traveled to: Fukuoka Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan, January 6–29, 1984; Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Kyoto, Japan, February 25–April 8, 1984.
Glasgow Art Museum, Glasgow, United Kingdom, The Birth of Impressionism, From Constable to Monet, May 23–September 7, 1997, listed p. 31, ill. p. 25.
National Art Center, Tokyo, Cézanne: Paris-Provence, March 28–May 11, 2012, no. 52, ill.
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Cézanne: In and Out of Time, November 11, 2020–February 8, 2021, MFA Boston Collection.
Published References
Bernard, Emile. Souvenirs sur Paul Cézanne: une conversation avec Cézanne: la méthode de Cézanne. Paris: R.G. Michel, 1925, ill. opposite p. 21.
Bernard, Émile. Souvenirs sur Paul Cézanne, Une Conversation avec Cézanne. Paris: R.G. Michel, 1926, ill. opp. p. 32.
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 232, ill. vol. II, as Au bord de l'étang.
Edgell, George Harold. French Painters in the Museum of Fine Arts: Corot to Utrillo. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1949, p. 51, ill.
Geist, Sidney. "The Secret Life of Paul Cézanne." Art International 19, no. 9 (November 20, 1975), p. 9, ill.
Shiff, Richard. Cézanne and the end of Impressionism: a study of the theory, technique, and a critical evaluation of modern art. Chicago; London: The Univesity of Chicago Press, 1984, p. 114, fig. 24, as The Pond, 1877-80.
Lewis, Mary Tompkins. Cézanne's Early Imagery. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1989, p. 109, fig. 52.
Kendall, Richard, ed. Cézanne & Poussin: A Symposium. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1993, pl. 29.
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. 244, ill. vol. 2, as Au bord de l'étang.
Cézanne, Paul. The Letters of Paul Cézanne. Edited and translated by Alex Danchev. London and Los Angeles: Thames & Hudson; Getty Publications, 2013, p. 186, ill.
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Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Au bord de l'étang, 1876–77 (FWN 637)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=247 (accessed on May 13, 2025).
