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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)
Catalogue entry
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
Paul Cézanne fils, Paris
Walther Halvorsen, Oslo
Galerie Thannhauser, Lucerne (Sept. 27, 1927)
Galerie Rosengart, Lucerne
Justin K. Thannhauser, New York
The Art Institute of Chicago (1944)
Exhibition History
1923a Prague
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.1923c Prague
S.V.U. Mánes, Pavillon Mánes, Prague, Francouzští mistři [French Masters], December 1923, no. 32, as Harlekýn.1927c Berlin
Galerie Thannhauser, Vereinshaus der Berliner Künstler, Berlin, Erste Sonderausstellung in Berlin, January 9–mid-February, 1927, no. 36, as Harlekin.1935 Basel
Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland, Meisterzeichnungen französischer Künstler von Ingres bis Cézanne, June 29–August 18, 1935, no. 190, as Harlekin, lent by Galerie Rosengart, Lucerne.1936 Basel
Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne, August 30–October 12, 1936, no. 138, as Harlekin, c. 1888, Galerie Rosengart, Lucerne.1939 Lyon
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.1939b Paris
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.1944 New York
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.1952 Chicago and traveling
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, 1952.1955a Paris
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.1963h New York
Wildenstein Galleries, New York, Master Drawings from the Art Institute of Chicago, October 17–November 30, 1963, no. 108.1970 Chicago
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.1971 Washington, D.C. and traveling
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, 1971.1976–77 Paris
Cabinet des Dessins, Musée du Louvre, Paris, Dessins francais de l'Art Institute de Chicago: de Watteau a Picasso, 1976–77, no. 61, ill.1977 Frankfurt am Main
Städelschen Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany, Französische Zeichnungen aus dem Art Institute of Chicago, February 10–April 10, 1977, no. 69, ill.1995–96 Paris and traveling
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, 1996.2012–13 Budapest
Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, Hungary, Cézanne and the Past: Tradition and Creativity, October 25, 2012–February 17, 2013, no. 67, ill.2021a New York
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Cézanne Drawing, June 6–September 25, 2021, pl. 121, Art Institute of Chicago.2022–23 Chicago and traveling
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Cezanne, May 15–September 5, 2022, no. 46, ill. shown in Chicago only. Traveled to: Tate Moderrn, London, October 6, 2022–March 12, 2023.Published References
jč 1923
jč. "Kulturní kronika: Francouzští mistři [Cultural Chronicle: French Masters]." Lidové noviny (Brno) (December 13, 1923), p. 7, as Harlekýn.Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1486, ill. vol. II, as Arlequin.Chappuis 1957
Chappuis, Adrien. Dessins de Cézanne. Lausanne: 1957, pp. 80-81, no. 16, pl. 16.Neumeyer 1958
Neumeyer, Alfred. Cézanne's Drawings. New York and London: Thomas Yoseloff, 1958, no. 23, ill.Mathey 1959
Mathey, François. Les Impressionnistes et leur temps. Paris: Fernand Hazan, 1959, p. 142, ill.Taillandier 1961
Taillander, Yvon. P. Cézanne. Milan: Antonio Vallardi, 1961, p. 65, ill.Longstreet 1964
Longstreet, Stephen. The Drawings of Cézanne. Los Angeles: Borden Publishing Company, ill.Boisdeffre et al. 1966
Boisdeffre, PIerre, Pierre Cabanne, Raymond Cogniat. Cézanne. Collection Génies et Réalités. Paris: Hachette, 1966, fig. 162, p. 236, ill.Andersen 1970
Andersen, Wayne V. Cézanne's Portrait Drawings. Cambridge, MA, London: MIT Press, 1970, no. 173, ill. dated c. 1888.Chappuis 1973
Chappuis, Adrien. The Drawings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1973, no. 941, ill., as Harlequin.Barskaya 1983a
Barskaya, Anna and Evgenia Georgievskaia. Paul Cézanne: Bilder aus Museen der Sowjetunion. Leningrad: Aurora Art Publishers, 1983, ill. p. 138.Kendall 1988
Kendall, Richard, ed. Cézanne: By Himself. London: Macdonald, 1988, p. 172, ill.Athanassoglou-Kallmyer 2003
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 2005d
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.Related work
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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 5, 2024).
