Catalogue entry

FWN 639

La Partie de campagne

1876–77

Alternate title: Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe

Rewald (286): 1876–77; Venturi revised: c.1872; Cézanne fils: 1880–85; Venturi (234): 1873–75

Oil on canvas

6 11/16 x 10 3/16 in. (17 x 26 cm)

6 5/16 x 9 5/8 in. (16.1 x 24.5 cm)

Vollard A stockbook: no. 3847, huile; personnages s'abatant sur l'herbe, 15 x 23 cm (25 frs)

Vollard archives: photo no. 180, Annotated by Cezanne's son: 1880–85 ; in another hand: Mirbeau

Sotheby's, Paris

Provenance

Ambroise Vollard, Paris

Octave Mirbeau, Paris;

Mirbeau Collection, Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris, Feb. 24, 1919, no. 5, ill. (as Déjeuner sur l'Herbe); bought in;

Estate of Mme Octave Mirbeau, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, June 6, 1932, no. 1, ill.

Private collection;

Private collection, Geneva

Sotheby's, Paris, April 10, 2025, no. 104, ill.

Exhibition History

1910a Paris

Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Paul Cézanne, January 10–22, 1910, no. 32, as Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe, lent by O. Mirbeau.

2017 Martigny

Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Martigny, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne: le chant de la terre, June 16–November 19, 2017, no. 93, ill. lent by Private collection.

Published References

Venturi 1936b

Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 234, ill. vol. II, as La Partie de campagne.

Badt 1956

Badt, Kurt. Die Kunst Cézannes. Munich: Prestel, 1956, pp. 240–41.

Rewald 1996

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. 286, ill. vol. 2, as La Partie de campagne.

Colrat 2013

Colrat, Jean. Cézanne: Joindre les mains errantes de la nature. Paris-Sorbonne: PUPS, 2013, p. 306, fig. 138.

Notes

For two related watercolors and a drawing, see FWN nos. 1851, 1852 and 2249-TA.

Related work

Record last updated April 1, 2025. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.

Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "La Partie de campagne, 1876–77 (FWN 639)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=285 (accessed on May 2, 2025).