The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne
An online catalogue raisonné under the direction of Walter Feilchenfeldt, Jayne Warman and David Nash
Catalogue entry
FWN 436
Portrait de l'artiste au fond rose
c.1875
Alternate titles: Autoportrait; Portrait de Cézanne sur fond rose; Portrait de l'artiste; Portrait de peintre; Selbstbildnis; Selbstporträt; Self Portrait; Self-Portrait with a Pink Background; Son Portrait
Rewald: (274) c.1875; Venturi revised: c.1876; Venturi: (286) 1873–76; Rivière: c.1880 (1993); Cooper: 1875–76; Gowing: 1873–74 (Burlington)
Oil on canvas
26 x 21 5/8 in. (66 x 55 cm)
Provenance
Private collection, Switzerland
Exhibition History
Salon d'Automne, Grand Palais, Paris, Rétrospective d'oeuvres de Cézanne, October 1–22, 1907, no. 22, as Portrait de peintre, lent by Pellerin.
Grosvenor Gallery, London, Art français, Expos. d'Art décoratif contemporain, 1800–1885, Summer 1914, no. 2, ill., as Son Portrait, lent by Pellerin.
Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris, Cézanne, May 20–October 11, 1936, no. 47, pl. II, as Portrait de Cézanne sur fond rose, lent by Lecomte.
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Cézanne: Paintings, Watercolors & Drawings, A Loan Exhibition, February 7–March 16, 1952, no. 39, ill., lent by Lecomte, catalogued but not exhibited. Traveled to: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, April 1–May 16, 1952.
Orangerie, Paris, Hommage à Cézanne, July 2–October 17, 1954, no. 33, pl. XIV, lent by private collection, Paris.
Galerie Beyeler, Basel, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne: Peintures, Aquarelles, Dessins, June–September 1983, no. 8, ill., (dated 1873–74), as Autoportrait, lent by Private collection.
Kunstmuseum, Basel, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne: Die Badenden, September 10–December 10, 1989, no. 17, pl. 68.
Kunsthalle, Tübingen, Germany, Cézanne Gemälde, January 16–May 2, 1993, no. 13, ill.
Grand Palais, Paris, Cézanne, September 26, 1995–January 14, 1996, no. 35, ill. Traveled to: Tate Gallery, London, February 8–April 28, 1996. Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, May 26–September 1, 1996.
Fondation Beyeler, Riehen/Basel, Switzerland, Cézanne und die Moderne, October 10, 1999–January 9, 2000, no. 5, ill., p. 33, as Portrait de l'artiste au fond rose.
Musée d'Orsay, Paris, De Cézanne à Giacometti : une grande donation aux musées de France [donation Philippe Meyer], October 17–November 19, 2000, no. 10, ill.
National Gallery of Art, Washington, District of Columbia, Cézanne in Provence, January 29–May 7, 2006, no. 1, ill., lent by Private collection (life interest to Orsay). Traveled to: Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, June 9–September 17, 2006.
Musée d'Orsay, Paris, Cézanne Portraits, June 13–September 24, 2017, no. 17, ill.
Musée d'Orsay, Paris, Cézanne Portraits, June 13–September 24, 2017, no. 5.2, ill. Traveled to: National Portrait Gallery, London, October 26, 2017–February 11, 2018. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C, March 25–July 1, 2018.
Published References
Pératé, André. "Le Salon d'Automne." Gazette des beaux-arts, vol. 38, periode 3 (November, 1907), p. 385, ill.
Rilke, Rainer Maria. "Letter to Clara Rilke dated Paris, Oct. 23, 1907." In Briefe über Cézanne. Wiesbaden: Erschienen im Insel-Verlag, 1952.
Meier-Graefe, Julius. Paul Cézanne, 3rd ed. Munich: R. Piper & Co, 1910, frontispiece.
Paul Cèzanne - Mappe. Munich: R. Piper & Co, 1912, pl. 1 as Selbstbildnis.
Borgmeyer, Charles Louis. The Master Impressionists. Chicago: The Fine Arts Press, 1913, p. 199, ill. as Self Portrait, Collection Pellerin.
Burger, Fritz. Cézanne und Hodler. Munich: Delphin Verlag, 1913, pl. 68 as Selbstporträt.
Meier-Graefe, Julius. Paul Cézanne. Munich: R. Piper & Co, 1913, frontispiece, dated c. 1880.
Meier-Graefe, Julius. Cézanne und sein Kreis: ein Beitrag zur Entwicklungsgeschichte: mit 127 Tonätzungen und fünfzehn Heliogravüren. Munich: R. Piper, 1918, ill. p. 110.
Westheim, Paul. Die Welt als Vorstellung. Potsdam–Berlin: Gustav Kiepenheuer Verlag, 1918, p. 118, ill.
Burger, Fritz. Cézanne und Hodler. Munich: Delphin Verlag, 1919, p. 69.
Burger, Fritz. Cézanne und Hodler. Munich: Delphin Verlag, 1920, pl. 69.
Meier-Graefe, Julius. Cézanne und sein Kreis: ein Beitrag zur Entwicklungsgeschichte: mit 171 Tonätzungen und einem Lichtdruck. Munich: R. Piper, 1922, ill. p. 131 as Selbstbildnis.
Burger, Fritz. Cézanne und Hodler. Munich: Delphin Verlag, 1923, pl. 68.
Meier-Graefe, Julius. Paul Cézanne, 5th ed. Munich: R. Piper, 1923, frontispiece.
Meier-Graefe, Julius. Cézanne. Translated by J. Holroyd-Reece. London: Ernest Benn, 1927, pl. XXI.
Brandt, Paul. Sehen und Erkennen. Leipzig: A. Kröner, 1929, p. 370, fig. 665.
Fry, Roger. "Cézannes Udvikling." Samleren 6 (1929), no. 7, ill.
Rivière, Georges. Cézanne: Le Peintre solitaire. Paris: Librairie Floury, 1933, p. 73, ill.
Faure, Élie. Cézanne. Paris: Editions Braun, 1936, pl. 28.
John Rewald et al. "Cézanne." L'amour de l'art 17, no. 5 (May 1936), fig. 59.
Tourrette, Gilles de la. "Paul Cézanne." Art et les Artistes 32 (July 1936), p. 331, ill. as Portrait de Cézanne sur fond rose, dated circa 1875.
Huyghe, René. "L'Exposition Cézanne à l'Orangerie." Bulletin des Musées de France 8, no. 6 (June 1936), p. 91, ill.
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 286, ill. vol. II as Portrait de l'artiste.
Huyghe, René. Cézanne. Paris: Plon, Éditions d'Art et d'Histoire, 1936, pl. 23.
Rilke, Rainer Maria. "Über zwei Bilder von Paul Cézanne." Die Kunst 54, no. 1 (October 1938), p. 32, ill.
Barnes, Albert C, and Violette de Mazia. The Art of Cézanne. New York: Harcourt Brace, 1939, no. 81, p. 204, ill. (analysis p. 339).
Rivière, Georges. Cézanne: Le Peintre solitaire. Paris: Librairie Floury, 1942, p. 75, ill.
Dorival, Bernard. Cézanne. Paris: Pierre Tisné, 1948, pl. 44, listed p. 150.
Guerry, Liliane. Cézanne et l'expression de l'espace. Paris: Flammarion, 1950, pl. 18.
Rilke, Rainer Maria. Briefe über Cézanne. Wiesbaden: Insel, 1952.
Storey, Benjamin. "Retrospettiva Cézanne." Emporium 115, no. 689 (May 1952), p. 195, ill.
Beucken, Jean de. Un portrait de Cézanne. Paris: Gallimard, [1955], ill, cover.
Guerry, Liliane. Cézanne et l'expression de l'espace. Paris: Albin-Michel, 1966, pl. 18.
Leonhard, Kurt. Paul Cézanne in Selbstzeugnissen und Bilddokumenten. Rheinbek bei Hamburg: Rowohlt, 1966, p. 143, ill.
Ikegami, Chuji. Cézanne. Tokyo: Shueisha, 1969, fig. 10.
Andersen, Wayne V. Cézanne's Portrait Drawings. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1970, p. 15, fig. 14.
Rewald, John. Cézanne: A Biography. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1986, p. 2, ill.
Düchting, Hajo. Paul Cézanne: Natur wird Kunst. Cologne: Benedict Taschen Verlag, 1989, p. 52, ill.
Gasquet, Joachim. Joachim Gasquet's Cézanne. Translated by C. Pemberton. London and New York: Thames & Hudson, 1991, p. 84, ill.
Bonafoux, Pascal. Cézanne: portrait. Paris: Editions Hazan, 1995, p. 76, ill.
Patin, Sylvie. Cézanne. Paris: Editions Hazan, 1995, p. 44.
Schmitt, Evmarie. Cézanne in der Provence. München and New York: Prestel, 1995, p. 72.
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. 274, ill. vol. 2 as Portrait de l'artiste au fond rose.
Kitschen, Friederike. "Cézannes Hüte. Zu einigen Selbstbildnissen von Paul Cézanne." Pantheon, Internationale Jahreszeitschrift für Kunst 66 (1998), p. 122, ill.
Lewis, Mary Tompkins. Cézanne. London: Phaidon, 2000, p. 173, pl. 107.
Platzman, Steven. Cézanne: The Self-Portraits. Berkeley: University of California, 2001, p. 86, 196, fig. 6 as Portrait de l'artiste au fond rose.
Cahn, Isabelle. "Chronology." In Jas de Bouffan: Cézanne, Société Paul Cézanne. Aix-en-Provence: Hexagone, 2004, fig. 148, ill. in color.
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: The Eye and the Mind, 2 vols. Marseille: Editions Crès, 2008, vol. 1, fig. 118; vol. 2, p. 92 as Portrait de l'artiste au fond rose.
Chardeau-Botteri, Stéphanie. "Cézanne et Guillaumin." In Paul Cezanne, Le chant de la terre. Martigny: Fondation Pierre Gianadda, 2017. Exhibition catalogue, p. 68, ill.
Some scholars have seen a stylistic and compositional connection with Camille Pissarro's self-portrait of 1873 (Musée d'Orsay) and his portrait of Cézanne from 1874 (on loan to National Gallery, London). Cézanne's pose in his self-portrait also resembles an etching of the artist by Pissarro from the same year. The copperplate is illustrated in Rewald (1996), p. 186, showing the etching in reverse.
Record last updated June 28, 2017. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Feilchenfeldt, Walter, Jayne Warman, and David Nash. "Portrait de l'artiste au fond rose, c.1875 (FWN 436)." The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. https://www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=275 (accessed on July 17, 2019).
