Catalogue entry

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)

The Museum of Modern Art, New York (Joan and Lester Avnet Fund)

Keywords

Figure compositions
Historical and Allegorical:
- Mercury / Mercure »
Studies
After sculpture:
- Pigalle »

Provenance

Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris

André Lhote, Paris

Lucas Lichtenhan, Basel (1951)

Johannes Hohl, Basel

Galerie Beyeler, Basel

Walter Feilchenfeldt, Zurich (1967)

The Museum of Modern Art, New York (1980)

Exhibition History

1936 Basel

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.

1939b 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.

1967b Basel

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.

1973 Newcastle upon Tyne and traveling

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.

1978 Tübingen

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.

1995–96 Paris and traveling

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.

2021a New York

Museum of Modern Art, New York, Cézanne Drawing, June 6–September 25, 2021, pl. 116, Museum of Modern Art, New York.

Published References

Bernard 1920b

Bernard, Émile. "La technique de Paul Cézanne." L'Amour de l'art 1, no. 8 (December 1920), ill. p. 272, as Dessin inédit.

Gasquet 1921b

Gasquet, Joachim. Cézanne. Paris: Les Editions Bernheim-Jeune, 1921, p. 100, pl. p. 100, as Le Mecure.

Fontainas and Vauxcelles 1922

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 1922

Glaser, Curt. Paul Cézanne. Leipzig: E.A. Seemann, 1922, pl. 20, as Hermes, nach Pigalle.

Meier-Graefe 1922

Meier-Graefe, Julius. Cézanne und sein Kreis: ein Beitrag zur Entwicklungsgeschichte: mit 171 Tonätzungen und einem Lichtdruck. Munich: R. Piper, 1922, ill. p. 143.

Arishima 1925

Arishima, Ikuma. Sezannu [Cézanne]. Tokyo: Ars, 1925, pl. 30.

Gasquet 1926

Gasquet, Joachim. Cézanne. Paris: Les Editions Bernheim-Jeune, 1926, pl. p. 164, as Le Mecure.

Klein 1934

Klein, Jerome. The Lillie P. Bliss Collection. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1934, no. 18a.

Venturi 1936b

Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1454, ill. vol. II.

Berthold 1958

Berthold, Gertrude. Cézanne und die alten Meister. Stuttgart: W. Kohlhammer, 1958, p. 36, cat. no. 156.

Chappuis 1973

Chappuis, Adrien. The Drawings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1973, no. 973, ill.

Kendall 1988

Kendall, Richard, ed. Cézanne: By Himself. London: Macdonald, 1988, p. 203, ill.

Lewis 2000

Lewis, Mary Tompkins. Cézanne. London: Phaidon, 2000, p. 258, fig. 161.

Ballas 2002

Ballas, Guila. Cézanne: baigneuses et baigneurs: thème et composition. Paris: Adam Biro, 2002, ill. p. 127, p. 305, no. 224, ill. c. 1890.

Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, Mercure attachant ses talonnières, marble, Musée du Louvre, Paris.

Related work

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 April 25, 2024).