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 1750
Arlequin
c.1888
Alternate titles: Arlequin. Etude pour le "Mardi-gras"; Harlekin; Harlekýn; Harlequin; Study for Mardi Gras
Chappuis (941); Venturi (1486): circa 1888
Graphite on laid paper
18 13/16 x 12 1/2 in. (47.8 x 31.7 cm)
Provenance
Exhibition History
S.V.U. Mánes, Municipal House, Prague, Francouzské umění XIX. a XX. století [French Art of the 19th–20th Centuries], May 26–June 1923, no. 154, as Harlekýn, lent by Halvorsen.
S.V.U. Mánes, Pavillon Mánes, Prague, Francouzští mistři [French Masters], December 1923, no. 32, as Harlekýn.
Galerie Thannhauser, Vereinshaus der Berliner Künstler, Berlin, Erste Sonderausstellung in Berlin, January 9–mid-February, 1927, no. 36, as Harlekin.
Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland, Meisterzeichnungen französischer Künstler von Ingres bis Cézanne, June 29–August 18, 1935, no. 190, as Harlekin, lent by Galerie Rosengart, Lucerne.
Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne, August 30–October 12, 1936, no. 138, as Harlekin, c. 1888, Galerie Rosengart, Lucerne.
Musée de Lyon, Palais Saint-Pierre, Lyon, France, Centenaire de Paul Cézanne, May 7–June 18, 1939, no. 70, as Arlequin, c. 1888, lent by Thannhauser.
Société des artistes indépendants, Grand Palais, Paris, 50e exposition - Centenaire du peintre indépendant Paul Cézanne, March 17–April 10, 1939, no. 45, as Arlequin, c. 1888, lent by M. Thannhauser.
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Modern Drawings, February 16–May 10, 1944, ill., p. 26, as Study for Mardi Gras, dated c. 1888, lent by Art Institute of Chicago.
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Cézanne: Paintings, Watercolors & Drawings, A Loan Exhibition, February 7–March 16, 1952, no. 72, ill., as Harlequin, c. 1888, The Art Institute Chicago. Traveled to: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, April 1–May 16, 1952.
Orangerie, Paris, De David à Toulouse-Lautrec: Chefs-d'oeuvre des collections américaines, April 20–July 5, 1955, no. 56, ill., pl. 64, as Arlequin. Etude pour le "Mardi-gras", c. 1888, lent by The Art Institute of Chicago.
Wildenstein Galleries, New York, Master Drawings from the Art Institute of Chicago, October 17–November 30, 1963, no. 108.
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, A Quarter Century of Collecting: Drawings Given to The Art Institute of Chicago, 1944–1970 by Margaret Day Blake, April 28–June 7, 1970, no. 34, 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. 80, ill. Traveled to: The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, April 17–May 16, 1971; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, June 1–July 3, 1971.
Cabinet des Dessins, Musée du Louvre, Paris, Dessins francais de l'Art Institute de Chicago: de Watteau a Picasso, 1976–77, no. 61, ill.
Städelschen Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany, Französische Zeichnungen aus dem Art Institute of Chicago, February 10–April 10, 1977, no. 69, ill.
Grand Palais, Paris, Cézanne, September 26, 1995–January 14, 1996, no. 123, ill. in color, p. 316, as Arlequin, c. 1888, lent by The Art Institute of Chicago, shown in Philadelphia only. Traveled to: Tate Gallery, London, February 8–April 28, 1996; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, May 26–September 1, 1996.
Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, Hungary, Cézanne and the Past: Tradition and Creativity, October 25, 2012–February 17, 2013, no. 67, ill.
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Cézanne Drawing, June 6–September 25, 2021, pl. 121, Art Institute of Chicago.
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Cezanne, May 15–September 5, 2022, no. 46, ill. shown in Chicago only. Traveled to: Tate Modern, London, October 6, 2022–March 12, 2023.
Published References
jč. "Kulturní kronika: Francouzští mistři [Cultural Chronicle: French Masters]." Lidové noviny (Brno) (December 13, 1923), p. 7, as Harlekýn.
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1486, ill. vol. II, as Arlequin.
Neumeyer, Alfred. Cézanne's Drawings. New York and London: Thomas Yoseloff, 1958, no. 23, ill.
Mathey, François. Les Impressionnistes et leur temps. Paris: Fernand Hazan, 1959, p. 142, ill.
Longstreet, Stephen. The Drawings of Cézanne. Los Angeles: Borden Publishing Company, ill.
Boisdeffre, PIerre, Pierre Cabanne, Raymond Cogniat. Cézanne. Collection Génies et Réalités. Paris: Hachette, 1966, fig. 162, p. 236, ill.
Andersen, Wayne V. Cézanne's Portrait Drawings. Cambridge, MA, London: MIT Press, 1970, no. 173, ill. dated c. 1888.
Chappuis, Adrien. The Drawings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1973, no. 941, ill., as Harlequin.
Barskaya, Anna and Evgenia Georgievskaia. Paul Cézanne: Bilder aus Museen der Sowjetunion. Leningrad: Aurora Art Publishers, 1983, ill. p. 138.
Athanassoglou-Kallmyer, Nina M. Cézanne and Provence: The Painter in His Culture. Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, 2003, p. 96, fig. 2.47, as Arlequin.
Feilchenfeldt, Walter. "Die Zeichnungen Cézannes: Kleine Formate: Skizzen. Grosse Formate: Aquarelle ohne Farbe." In "By Appointment Only": Schriften zu Kunst und Kunsthandel, Cézanne und Van Gogh. Wädenswil: Nimbus, 2005, p. 223, ill.
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Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Arlequin, c.1888 (FWN 1750)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=2626 (accessed on May 3, 2025).
