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)
FWN 1762
Le Fumeur
1892–96
Alternate titles: Der Raucher; Homme fumant; Kop van een Kaartspeler; Kopfstudie zu dem Bilde "Kartenspieler"; Man smoking; Man Smoking (Study for the Card Players)
Chappuis (1094); Venturi (1483): 1890–92
Graphite on laid paper
Watermark
19 11/16 x 12 5/8 in. (50 x 32 cm)
Provenance
Exhibition History
Museum Boymans, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, Teekeningen van Ingres tot Seurat, December 20, 1933–January 21, 1934, no. 8.
Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland, Meisterzeichnungen französischer Künstler von Ingres bis Cézanne, June 29–August 18, 1935, no. 180, lent by Herr Franz Koenigs, Haarlem.
Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne, August 30–October 12, 1936, no. 141, as Kopfstudie zu dem Bilde "Kartenspieler", 1890, lent by F. Koenigs, Haarlem.
Paul Cassirer, Amsterdam, Fransche meesters uit de XIX eeuw: teekeningen, aquarellen, pastels [...], July–August 1938, no. 24.
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Teekeningen van Fransche meesters 1800 - 1900, February 1946, no. 16, ill.
Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Le dessin français: de Fouquet à Cézanne, November–December 1949, no. 208, as Le Fumeur, 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.
Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, Musée Boymans de Rotterdam: dessins du XVe au XIXe siècle, February 20–April 20, 1952, no. 143, ill., pl. 36, as Le Fumeur, 1890-92 (erroneously listed as no. 175 in the 1935 Basel exhibition).
Haags Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, the Netherlands, Paul Cézanne, June 1–August 1, 1956, no. 125, ill. 1890-92, lent by Museum Boymans, Rotterdam.
Haus der Kunst, Munich, Paul Cézanne, October 12–November 18, 1956, no. 143, ill. 1890/92, lent by Museum Boijmans, Rotterdam.
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. 204, pl. 167 Album des planches, as Le Fumeur, lent by Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam. Traveled to: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, June 25–August 16, 1964.
Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, Watercolour and Pencil Drawings by Cézanne, September 19–November 4, 1973, no. 68, ill. in b/w, catalogue note: p. 164, as Man smoking, lent by Museum Boijmans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam; shown in London only. Traveled to: Hayward Gallery, London, November 13–December 30, 1973.
Kunsthalle, Tübingen, Germany, Paul Cézanne - Das zeichnerische Werk, October 21–December 31, 1978, no. 63, ill. p. 158, as Der Raucher, 1894-1896, lent by Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam.
Yokohama Museum of Art, Yokohama, Japan, Cézanne and Japan, September 11–December 19, 1999, no. 59, ill., as Le Fumeur, lent by Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam. Traveled to: Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, Nagoya, Japan, January 5–March 12, 2000.
Courtauld Gallery, London, Cézanne's Card Players, October 21, 2010–January 16, 2011, no. 17, ill., as Man Smoking (Study for the Card Players). Traveled to: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, February 9–May 8, 2011.
Published References
Meier-Graefe, Julius. Cézanne und sein Kreis: ein Beitrag zur Entwicklungsgeschichte: mit 127 Tonätzungen und fünfzehn Heliogravüren. Munich: R. Piper, 1918, ill. p. 11.
Meier-Graefe, Julius. Cézanne und sein Kreis: ein Beitrag zur Entwicklungsgeschichte: mit 171 Tonätzungen und einem Lichtdruck. Munich: R. Piper, 1922, ill. p. 11.
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1483, ill. vol. II (detail), as Le Fumeur.
v.D. "Fransche meesters uit de 19de eeuw. Teekeningen, aquarellen, pastels bij Paul Cassirer & Co. te Amsterdam." Algemeen Handelsblad (Amsterdam), July 26, 1938, p. 9 mentioned, as Kop van een Kaartspeler.
Cain, Julien (intruduction), Jean Vallery-Radot (preface). Art et Style. 23, Collection Koenigs. Musée Boymans: dessins de Pisanello à Cézanne. Paris, 2nd trimester 1952, ill. (n.p.), as Le Fumeur, 1890-92.
Mathey, François. Les Impressionnistes et leur temps. Paris: Fernand Hazan, 1959, p. 222, ill.
Reff, Theodore. "Cézanne and Poussin." Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes 23, nos. 1–2 (January–June 1960), p. 171.
Hoetink, Bernard. Franse Tekeningen uit de 19e Eeuw. Rotterdam: Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, 1968, no. 36, ill. dated 1891–92.
Andersen, Wayne V. Cézanne's Portrait Drawings. Cambridge, MA, London: MIT Press, 1970, no. 254, ill.
Chappuis, Adrien. The Drawings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1973, no. 1094, ill., as Man smoking.
Düchting, Hajo. Paul Cézanne: Natur wird Kunst. Cologne: Benedict Taschen Verlag, 1989, p. 19, ill.
Cachin, Françoise, and Joseph Rishel. Cézanne. Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux, 1995. Exhibition catalogue, p. 341, fig. 4 (detail), as Homme fumant, 1892-1896.
Haldemann, Anita. "The Hidden Cézanne." In The Hidden Cézanne: From Sketchbook to Canvas. Basel: Prestel, 2017. Exhibition catalogue, p. 15, fig. 4.
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Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Le Fumeur, 1892–96 (FWN 1762)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=2785 (accessed on May 2, 2025).
