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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 1752
Portrait de madame Cezanne
1887–90
Alternate titles: Bildnis der Frau des Künstlers; Bildnis Madame Cézanne; La femme de l'artiste; Portrait d'Hortense Cézanne, femme de l'artiste; Portrait de madame Hortense Cézanne, femme du peintre; Portrait de Mme Cézanne; Portrait Madame Cézanne; Portrait of Mme Cézanne; Retrato de Madame Cézanne
Chappuis (1065); Venturi (1467): 1883–86
Graphite on laid paper
20 x 12 11/16 in. (48.5 x 32.2 cm)
Provenance
Ambroise Vollard, Paris
Simon Meller, Budapest, Paris and Munich
Paul Cassirer, Amsterdam (1933)
Franz Koenigs, Haarlem (1934)
Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam
Exhibition History
1933–34b Rotterdam
Museum Boymans, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, Teekeningen van Ingres tot Seurat, December 20, 1933–January 21, 1934, no. 6.1935 Haarlem
Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem, the Netherlands, Fransche Impressionisten, January 10–31, 1935, no. 33.1935 Basel
Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland, Meisterzeichnungen französischer Künstler von Ingres bis Cézanne, June 29–August 18, 1935, no. 179, as Portrait Madame Cézanne, lent by Herr Franz Koenigs, Haarlem.1936 Basel
Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne, August 30–October 12, 1936, no. 137, as Bildnis der Frau des Künstlers, c. 1886, lent by F. Koenigs, Haarlem.1938c Amsterdam
Paul Cassirer, Amsterdam, Fransche meesters uit de XIX eeuw: teekeningen, aquarellen, pastels [...], July–August 1938, no. 21.1946 Amsterdam
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Teekeningen van Fransche meesters 1800 - 1900, February 1946, no. 14.1949–50 Brussels and traveling
Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Le dessin français: de Fouquet à Cézanne, November–December 1949, no. 206, ill., pl. 15, as Portrait de Mme Cézanne, 1883-1886, lent by Museum Boymans, Rotterdam. Traveled to: Museum Boymans, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, December 25, 1949–February 6, 1950 (Tekeningen van Franse meesters: van Fouquet tot Cézanne); Musée national de l'Orangerie des Tuileries, Paris, February–March 1950.1952 Chicago and traveling
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Cézanne: Paintings, Watercolors & Drawings, A Loan Exhibition, February 7–March 16, 1952, no. 45, ill., as Portrait of Mme Cézanne, 1883-86, lent by The Franz Koenig's Collection, Haarlem, NL. Traveled to: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, April 1–May 16, 1952.1952d Paris
Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, Musée Boymans de Rotterdam: dessins du XVe au XIXe siècle, February 20–April 20, 1952, no. 141, as Portrait de Mme Cézanne, 1883-86 (erroneously listed as no. 171 in the 1935 Basel exhibition).1955–56 Chicago and traveling
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, French Drawings: Masterpieces from Seven Centuries, October 13–November 27, 1955, no. 156, ill., pl. 40, lent by Boymans Museum. Traveled to: Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, December 7–27, 1955; Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, January 10–February 12, 1956; California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, March 6–April 10, 1956.1961 Vienna
Österreichische Galerie, Belvedere, Vienna, Paul Cézanne, April 14–June 18, 1961, no. 97, pl. 97, c. 1885.1961 Aix-en-Provence
Pavillon de Vendôme, Aix-en-Provence, France, Exposition Cézanne: Tableaux, Aquarelles, Dessins, July 1–August 15, 1961, no. 48, ill. in b/w, pl. 24, as La femme de l'artiste, 1890-1895, lent by Museum Boymans, Rotterdam.1964 Paris and traveling
Institut néerlandais, Paris, Le dessin français de Claude à Cézanne dans les collections hollandaises complété d'un choix d'autographes des artistes exposés, May 4–June 14, 1964, no. 202, pl. 164 Album des planches, as Portrait de madame Hortense Cézanne, femme du peintre, lent by Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam. Traveled to: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, June 25–August 16, 1964.1971 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. 77, ill. Traveled to: The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, April 17–May 16, 1971; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, June 1–July 3, 1971.1978 Tübingen
Kunsthalle, Tübingen, Germany, Paul Cézanne - Das zeichnerische Werk, October 21–December 31, 1978, no. 59, ill. p. 155, as Bildnis Madame Cézanne, 1888-1890, lent by Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam.1982 Liège and traveling
Musée Saint-Georges, Liège, Belgium, Cézanne, March 12–May 9, 1982, no. 41, ill., as Portrait d'Hortense Cézanne, femme de l'artiste, 1887-1890, lent by Museum Boijmans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam. Traveled to: Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, June 12–August 31, 1982 (exhibition catalogue; preface by Denis Coutagne).1982 Aix-en-Provence
Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, Cézanne, June 12–August 31, 1982, no. 41, ill., as Portrait d'Hortense Cézanne, femme de l'artiste, 1887-1890, lent by Museum Boijmans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam.1984 Madrid
Museo Español de Arte Contemporáneo, Madrid, Paul Cézanne, March 9–April 1984, no. 72, ill., as Retrato de Madame Cézanne, 1887-1890, lent by Museum Boijmans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam.1995–96 Paris and traveling
Grand Palais, Paris, Cézanne, September 26, 1995–January 14, 1996, no. 112, ill. in color, p. 293, as Portrait de madame Cezanne, 1887-1890, lent by Museum Boymans, Rotterdam. Traveled to: Tate Gallery, London, February 8–April 28, 1996; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, May 26–September 1, 1996.1999–2000 Yokohama and traveling
Yokohama Museum of Art, Yokohama, Japan, Cézanne and Japan, September 11–December 19, 1999, no. 71, ill., as Portrait de Mme Cézanne, lent by Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam. Traveled to: Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, Nagoya, Japan, January 5–March 12, 2000.2014–15b New York
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Madame Cézanne, November 19, 2014–March 15, 2015, n.n., pl. 37, lent by Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen.Published References
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1467, ill. vol. II, as Portrait de madame Cezanne.Art et Style 1950
Bouchot-Saupique, Jacqueline (introduction). Art et Style. 14, Les maîtres du dessin français: de Fouquet à Cézanne. Paris, 1st trimester 1950, ill. in b/w (n.p.), as Portrait de madame Cezanne.Neumeyer 1958
Neumeyer, Alfred. Cézanne's Drawings. New York and London: Thomas Yoseloff, 1958, no. 37, ill.Cogniat 1959
Cogniat, Raymond. Le Siècle des impressionnistes. Paris: Flammarion, 1959, p. 81, 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, p. 18, ill.Van Buren 1966
Buren, Anne H. van. "Madame Cézanne's Fashions and the Dates of Her Portraits." Art Quarterly 29, no. 2 (1966), p. 118, dated 1886–88.Hoetink 1968
Hoetink, Bernard. Franse Tekeningen uit de 19e Eeuw. Rotterdam: Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, 1968, no. 34, ill. dated circa 1887.Leymarie 1969
Leymarie, Jean. Dessins impressionistes De Manet à Renoir. Geneva: Éditions d'Art Albert Skira, 1969, p. 87, ill. c. 1883-86.Siblík 1969
Siblík, Jiří. Paul Cézanne: Kresby [Drawings]. Prague: Odeon, 1969, fig. 12.Andersen 1970
Andersen, Wayne V. Cézanne's Portrait Drawings. Cambridge, MA, London: MIT Press, 1970, no. 69, ill.Chappuis 1973
Chappuis, Adrien. The Drawings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1973, no. 1065, ill., as Portrait of Mme Cézanne.Venturi 1978
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne. Geneva: Skira, 1978, p. 68, no. 12, ill. p. 74, as Portrait de madame Cezanne, 1887-90.Mráz 1987
Mráz, Bohumír. Aquarelles et dessins impressinnistes. [Gennevilliers]: Ars Mundi, 1987, pl. 80, listed p. 203, as Retrato de Madame Cézanne, 1883-1886.Düchting 1989
Düchting, Hajo. Paul Cézanne: Natur wird Kunst. Cologne: Benedict Taschen Verlag, 1989, p. 126, ill.Verdi 1992
Verdi, Richard. Cézanne. London and New York: Thames & Hudson, 1992, p. 130, fig. 109.Terrasse 1995
Terrasse, Antoine. Les aquarelles de Cézanne. Paris: Flammarion, 1995, p. 125, ill.Machotka 2008
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: The Eye and the Mind, 2 vols. Marseille: Editions Crès, 2008, vol. 1, fig. 267; vol. 2, p. 177, as Retrato de Madame Cézanne.Sidlauskas 2009
Sidlauskas, Susan. Cézanne's Other: The Portraits of Hortense. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2009, p. 167, fig. 50.Prat 2011
Prat, Louis-Antoine. Le Dessin français au XIXe siècle. Paris: Somogy Editions d'Art, 2011, p. 613, no. 1466, ill. in color, as Portrait de madame Cezanne, 1887-1890.Verdi 2013
Verdi, Richard. "[Untitled]." Review of Cézanne: A Life, by Alex Danchev. The Burlington Magazine 155, no. 1320 (March 2013), p. 185, fig. 35 p. 186, as Portrait of Mme Cézanne.Verdi 2015
Verdi, Richard. "Rembrandt and Cézanne." The Burlington Magazine 157, no. 1350 (September 2015), fig. 20, as Portrait of Mme Cézanne, c. 1887-90.Record last updated December 8, 2018. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Portrait de madame Cezanne, 1887–90 (FWN 1752)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=2754 (accessed on May 6, 2024).
