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Catalogue entry

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)
Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam (Gift of D.C. van Beuningen)

Keywords

Provenance
Ambroise Vollard, Paris?
Simon Meller, Budapest, Paris and Munich
Paul Cassirer, Amsterdam (1933)
Franz Koenigs, Haarlem (1934)
Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam (1940)
Exhibition History
1933–34b Rotterdam
Museum Boymans, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, Teekeningen van Ingres tot Seurat, December 20, 1933–January 21, 1934, no. 8.
1935 Basel
Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland, Meisterzeichnungen französischer Künstler von Ingres bis Cézanne, June 29–August 18, 1935, no. 180, lent by Herr Franz Koenigs, Haarlem.
1936 Basel
Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne, August 30–October 12, 1936, no. 141, as Kopfstudie zu dem Bilde "Kartenspieler", 1890, lent by F. Koenigs, Haarlem.
1938c Amsterdam
Paul Cassirer, Amsterdam, Fransche meesters uit de XIX eeuw: teekeningen, aquarellen, pastels [...], July–August 1938, no. 24.
1946 Amsterdam
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Teekeningen van Fransche meesters 1800 - 1900, February 1946, no. 16, ill.
1949–50 Brussels and traveling
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.
1952d Paris
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).
1956 The Hague
Haags Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, the Netherlands, Paul Cézanne, June 1–August 1, 1956, no. 125, ill. 1890-92, lent by Museum Boymans, Rotterdam.
1956 Zurich
Kunsthaus, Zurich, Paul Cézanne, August 22–October 7, 1956, no. 188, ill., pl. 75.
1956 Munich
Haus der Kunst, Munich, Paul Cézanne, October 12–November 18, 1956, no. 143, ill. 1890/92, lent by Museum Boijmans, 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. 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.
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. 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.
1978 Tübingen
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.
1999–2000 Yokohama and traveling
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.
2010–11 London and traveling
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
Vollard 1914
Vollard, Ambroise. Paul Cézanne. Paris: Vollard, 1914, p. 107, ill.
Meier-Graefe 1918a
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 1922
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 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1483, ill. vol. II (detail), as Le Fumeur.
v.D. 1938
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.
Rachlik 1948
Rachlik, Frantisek. Cézanne. Prague, 1948, pl. 2.
Art et Style 1952
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.
Badt 1956
Badt, Kurt. Die Kunst Cézannes. Munich: Prestel, 1956, fig. 14.
Chappuis 1957
Chappuis, Adrien. Dessins de Cézanne. Lausanne: 1957, p. 84, no. 25, pl. 25.
Mathey 1959
Mathey, François. Les Impressionnistes et leur temps. Paris: Fernand Hazan, 1959, p. 222, ill.
Reff 1960a
Reff, Theodore. "Cézanne and Poussin." Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes 23, nos. 1–2 (January–June 1960), p. 171.
Hoetink 1968
Hoetink, Bernard. Franse Tekeningen uit de 19e Eeuw. Rotterdam: Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, 1968, no. 36, ill. dated 1891–92.
Siblík 1969
Siblík, Jiří. Paul Cézanne: Kresby [Drawings]. Prague: Odeon, 1969, fig. 21.
Andersen 1970
Andersen, Wayne V. Cézanne's Portrait Drawings. Cambridge, MA, London: MIT Press, 1970, no. 254, ill.
Chappuis 1973
Chappuis, Adrien. The Drawings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1973, no. 1094, ill., as Man smoking.
Düchting 1989
Düchting, Hajo. Paul Cézanne: Natur wird Kunst. Cologne: Benedict Taschen Verlag, 1989, p. 19, ill.
Cachin and Rishel 1995
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 2017
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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Record last updated December 7, 2021. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
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 April 20, 2024).