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 636
La Femme étranglée
1875–76
Alternate titles: Combat de femmes; Die gewürgte Frau; La femme étranglée; The Strangeled Woman
Rewald (247): 1875–76; Venturi revised: c.1871; Cézanne fils: 1875; Venturi (123): 1870–72
Oil on canvas
12 3/16 x 9 13/16 in. (31 x 25 cm)
Vollard B stockbook: no. 3731, L'assassinat, 31 x 25 cm (125 frs)
Vollard archives: photo no. 326, Annotated by Cezanne's son: 1875
Provenance
Exhibition History
Haags Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, the Netherlands, Paul Cézanne, June 1–August 1, 1956, no. 6.
Kunsthaus, Zurich, Paul Cézanne, August 22–October 7, 1956, no. 11, lent by Private collection, France.
Haus der Kunst, Munich, Paul Cézanne, October 12–November 18, 1956, no. 7, ill. lent by Private collection, France.
Orangerie, Paris, Cézanne dans les musées nationaux, July 19–October 14, 1974, extended until October 28, no. 5, ill. in b/w, as La femme étranglée.
Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, [Collection of Marc Kaganovitch], Summer 1978, no. 39, c. 1870-72. Traveled to: Hermitage Museum, Leningrad, Russian Federation, Summer 1978.
National Gallery - Waldstein Riding School, Prague, Od Courbeta k Cézannovi: obrazy z let 1848-1886 ze sbírek francouzských muzeí [From Courbet to Cézanne: paintings from 1848-1886, from the collections of French museums], September–October 1982, no. 16, ill. c. 1870-72. Traveled to: Nationalgalerie - Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Berlin, December 10, 1982–February 20, 1983.
Nationalgalerie - Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Berlin, Von Courbet bis Cézanne: Französische Malerei 1848-1886, December 10, 1982–February 20, 1983, no. 16, ill. in b/w, as La Femme étranglée, c. 1870-72.
Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York, From Courbet to Cézanne: A New 19th Century Preview of the Musée d'Orsay, March 13–May 5, 1986, no. 32, p. 87, ill. p. 86, as The Strangeled Woman. Traveled to: Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, June 1–August 3, 1986.
Musée Jacquemart-André, Paris, L'Europe des grands maitres quand ils étaient jeunes ... 1870-1970, September 21–November 12, 1989, no no., ill., as La Femme étranglée, c. 1870/72.
Fondation Beyeler, Riehen/Basel, Switzerland, Cézanne und die Moderne, October 10, 1999–January 9, 2000, no. 6, ill., p. 106, as La Femme étranglée.
Kunsthalle Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany, Bordell und Boudoir. Schauplätze der Moderne: Cézanne, Degas, Toulouse-Lautrec, Picasso, January 22–May 22, 2005, no. 17, ill. 81, as Die gewürgte Frau, 1875-76.
Louisiana Museum of Art, Humlebæk, Denmark, Cézanne & Giacometti: Paths of Doubt, February 20–June 29, 2008, no. 4, ill. p. 17, as La Femme étranglée, lent by Musée d'Orsay.
Musée d'Orsay, Paris, Sade: attaquer le soleil, September 14, 2014–January 25, 2015, no. 60, ill., listed p. 326, as La Femme étranglée.
Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel, Switzerland, The Hidden Cézanne: From Sketchbook to Canvas, June 10–September 24, 2017, no. 51, ill.
Musée d'Orsay, Paris, Orsay par Julian Schabel, October 10, 2018–January 13, 2021, no. 13, ill., as La Femme étranglée.
Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris, Cezanne et les Maîtres, rêve d'Italie, February 27–July 5, 2020, no. 7, ill. lent by Musée d'Orsay.
Published References
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 123, ill. vol. II, as La Femme étranglée.
Rewald, John. Cézanne, sa vie, son œuvre, son amitié pour Zola. Paris: Albin Michel, 1939, fig. 26.
Chappuis, Adrien. Les dessins de Paul Cézanne au cabinet des estampes du Musée des beaux-arts de Bâle. Olten and Lausanne: Urs Graf, 1962, vol. 1, p. 52, fig. 22.
Adhémar, Hélène. "Galerie du Jeu de Paume: Dernières acquisitions: Donation Max et Rosy Kaganovitch." La Revue du Louvre et des musées de France, nos. 4-5 (1973), p. 290, fig. 5, as La femme étranglée, 1870-72.
Adhémar, Hélène, and Anne Dayez. Musée du Jeu de Paume. Paris: Editions des Musées Nationaux, 1973, listed p. 162, ill. p. 125, as La femme étranglée, c. 1870-72.
Schapiro, Meyer. Paul Cézanne. Translated by Louis-Marie Ollivier. Paris: Nouvelles Editions Françaises, 1973, p. 32, ill.
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. 186 (fig. 2).
Compin, Isabelle et Anne Roquebert. Catalogue sommaire illustré des peintures du musée du Louvre et du musée d'Orsay. 3, École Française, A-K. Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux, 1986, p. 115, ill., as La femme étranglée, c. 1870-72.
Patin, Sylvie. "The Collectors of Cézanne's Early Works." In Cézanne: The Early Years 1859-1872. London: Royal Academy of Arts, 1988. Exhibition catalogue, fig. 34.
Plazy, Gilles. Cézanne ou la peinture absolue. Paris: Editions Liana Levi, 1988, p. 47, ill. in color.
Düchting, Hajo. Paul Cézanne: Natur wird Kunst. Cologne: Benedict Taschen Verlag, 1989, p. 36, ill.
Lewis, Mary Tompkins. Cézanne's Early Imagery. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1989, p. 151, fig. 85.
Krumrine, Mary Louise. "Paul Cézanne: The Bathers." In Paul Cézanne: The Bathers. Basel: Museum of Fine Arts, 1989. Exhibition catalogue, ill. 20 p. 42.
Cachin, Françoise, and Joseph Rishel. Cézanne. Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux, 1995. Exhibition catalogue, p. 108, fig. 1.
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. 247, ill. vol. 2, as La Femme étranglée.
Maloon, Terence. "Classic Cézanne." In Classic Cézanne. Sydney: Art Gallery of New South Wales, 1998. Exhibition catalogue, p. 31, fig. 13.
Platzman, Steven. Cézanne: The Self-Portraits. Berkeley: University of California, 2001, p. 54, ill., as La Femme étranglée.
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: The Eye and the Mind, 2 vols. Marseille: Editions Crès, 2008, vol. 1, fig. 74; vol. 2, p. 71, as La Femme étranglée.
Dombrowski, André. "Cézanne peignant le meurtre." In Cézanne et Paris. Paris: Éditions de la Rmn-Grand Palais, 2011. Exhibition catalogue, p. 106, fig. 49, as La Femme étranglée.
Colrat, Jean. Cézanne: Joindre les mains errantes de la nature. Paris-Sorbonne: PUPS, 2013, p. 258, pl. 118.
Dombrowski, André. Cézanne, Murder, and Modern Life. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2013, pl. 1.
Dauberville, Guy-Patrice, and Floriane Dauberville. Paul Cezanne chez Bernheim-Jeune. Paris: Editions G-P.F. Dauberville & Archives Bernheim-Jeune, 2020, no. 172, ill., as Combat de femmes.
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Record last updated May 16, 2023. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "La Femme étranglée, 1875–76 (FWN 636)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=250 (accessed on September 10, 2024).
