The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne
An online catalogue raisonné under the direction of Walter Feilchenfeldt, Jayne Warman and David Nash
FWN 646
L'Après-midi à Naples (avec servante blanche)
1876–77
Alternate titles: L'Après-midi à Naples; Personnages
Rewald: (290) 1876–77; Venturi revised: 1872–74; Cézanne fils: circa 1877; Venturi: (223) 1872–75; Cooper: 1872–73; Ratcliffe: 1872; Other: P Gachet: 1873
Oil on canvas
11 13/16 x 15 11/16 in. (30 x 40 cm)
Vollard A stockbook: no. 3839, huile; 2 personnages nus auxquels une bonne apporte un plateau de boissons, 30 x 40 cm (100 frs)
Vollard archives: photo no. 422, Annotated by Cezanne's son: circa 1877
Private collection, London
Provenance
Private collection;
Private collection, London
Exhibition History
Orangerie, Paris, Hommage à Cézanne, July 2–October 17, 1954, no. 23, lent by private collection, Paris.
Kunstmuseum, Basel, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne: Die Badenden, September 10–December 10, 1989, no. 8, discussed pp. 96–100, pl. 65.
National Gallery, London, Painters' Painting: From Freud to Van Dyck, June 23–September 4, 2016, no. 3, ill., p. 3.
Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel, Switzerland, The Hidden Cézanne: From Sketchbook to Canvas, June 10–September 24, 2017, no. 61, ill.
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Cezanne, May 15–September 5, 2022, no. 9, ill. Private collection. Traveled to: Tate Moderrn, London, October 6, 2022–March 12, 2023.
Published References
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 223, ill. vol. II, as L'Après-midi à Naples.
Lichtenstein, Sara. "Cézanne and Delacroix." The Art Bulletin 46, no. 1 (March 1964).
Schapiro, Meyer. "The Apples of Cézanne: An Essay on the Meaning of Still-Life." Art News Annual 34 (1968), p. 39, pl. 11.
Schapiro, Meyer. Paul Cézanne. Translated by Louis-Marie Ollivier. Paris: Nouvelles Editions Françaises, 1973, p. 57, ill.
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. 290, ill. vol. 2, as L'Après-midi à Naples (avec servante blanche).
Ballas, Guila. Cézanne: baigneuses et baigneurs: thème et composition. Paris: Adam Biro, 2002, p. 311, no. 270, ill., as L'Après-midi à Naples, 1872-75.
Andersen, Wayne V. Cézanne and the Eternal Feminine. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004, p. 122, fig. 66; p. 128, fig. 74 (detail).
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: The Eye and the Mind, 2 vols. Marseille: Editions Crès, 2008, vol. 1, fig. 87; vol. 2, p. 78, as L'Après-midi à Naples (avec servante blanche).
Baker, Christopher. "Painters' Paintings." The Burlington Magazine 153, no. 1362 (September 2016), p. 748, fig. 46.
Dauberville, Guy-Patrice, and Floriane Dauberville. Paul Cezanne chez Bernheim-Jeune. Paris: Editions G-P.F. Dauberville & Archives Bernheim-Jeune, 2020, no. 171, ill., as Personnages.
Record last updated April 5, 2021. 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. "L'Après-midi à Naples (avec servante blanche), 1876–77 (FWN 646)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. https://www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=288 (accessed on January 31, 2023).
