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)
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FWN 2166
D'après Pigalle: Mercure
c.1890
Alternate titles: After Pigalle: Mercury; Copie d'après le "Mercure" de Pigalle; Copie nach dem Merkur des Pigalle; Hermes, nach Pigalle; Le Mecure; Le Mercure de Pigalle; Mercure attachant sa sandale, d'après Pigalle; Studie nach Pigalle: Merkur
Chappuis (973); Venturi (1454): 1888–95
Graphite on wove paper
15 x 11 in. (38.1 x 27.9 cm)
Provenance
Exhibition History
Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne, August 30–October 12, 1936, no. 142, as Copie nach dem Merkur des Pigalle, c. 1890, lent by André Lhote, Paris.
Société des artistes indépendants, Grand Palais, Paris, 50e exposition - Centenaire du peintre indépendant Paul Cézanne, March 17–April 10, 1939, no. 47, as Copie d'après le "Mercure" de Pigalle, 1888-95, lent by André Lhote.
Galerie Beyeler, Basel, Switzerland, Impressionnistes: Monet, Renoir, Sisley, Degas, Pissaro, Cézanne, October–November 18, 1967, no. 5, ill., as Le Mercure de Pigalle, 1888-95.
Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, Watercolour and Pencil Drawings by Cézanne, September 19–November 4, 1973, no. 70, ill. in b/w, catalogue note: p. 165, as After Pigalle: Mercury, lent by Marianne Feilchenfeldt, Zurich. Traveled to: Hayward Gallery, London, November 13–December 30, 1973.
Kunsthalle, Tübingen, Germany, Paul Cézanne - Das zeichnerische Werk, October 21–December 31, 1978, no. 186, ill. p. 289, as Studie nach Pigalle: Merkur, c. 1890, lent by Private collection.
Grand Palais, Paris, Cézanne, September 26, 1995–January 14, 1996, no. 142, ill. in color, p. 354, as Mercure attachant sa sandale, d'après Pigalle, c. 1890, lent by Museum of Modern Art, NY. Traveled to: Tate Gallery, London, February 8–April 28, 1996; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, May 26–September 1, 1996.
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Cézanne Drawing, June 6–September 25, 2021, pl. 116, Museum of Modern Art, New York.
Published References
Bernard, Émile. "La technique de Paul Cézanne." L'Amour de l'art 1, no. 8 (December 1920), ill. p. 272, as Dessin inédit.
Gasquet, Joachim. Cézanne. Paris: Les Editions Bernheim-Jeune, 1921, p. 100, pl. p. 100, as Le Mecure.
Fontainas, André and Louis Vauxcelles. "Paul Cézanne." Histoire générale de l'art français de la Révolution à nos jours: la peinture, la gravure, le dessin. Paris: Librairie de France, 1922, ill. p. 222, as Dessin.
Glaser, Curt. Paul Cézanne. Leipzig: E.A. Seemann, 1922, pl. 20, as Hermes, nach Pigalle.
Meier-Graefe, Julius. Cézanne und sein Kreis: ein Beitrag zur Entwicklungsgeschichte: mit 171 Tonätzungen und einem Lichtdruck. Munich: R. Piper, 1922, ill. p. 143.
Gasquet, Joachim. Cézanne. Paris: Les Editions Bernheim-Jeune, 1926, pl. p. 164, as Le Mecure.
Klein, Jerome. The Lillie P. Bliss Collection. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1934, no. 18a.
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1454, ill. vol. II.
Berthold, Gertrude. Cézanne und die alten Meister. Stuttgart: W. Kohlhammer, 1958, p. 36, cat. no. 156.
Chappuis, Adrien. The Drawings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1973, no. 973, ill.
Ballas, Guila. Cézanne: baigneuses et baigneurs: thème et composition. Paris: Adam Biro, 2002, ill. p. 127, p. 305, no. 224, ill. c. 1890.
Record last updated June 5, 2021. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "D'après Pigalle: Mercure, c.1890 (FWN 2166)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=2660 (accessed on May 2, 2025).
