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FWN 647
L'Après-midi à Naples (avec servante noire)
1876–77
Alternate titles: Afternoon in Naples; L'Après-midi à Naples; L'Après-midi à Naples avec une servante noire; Le Petit Déjeuner; Nachmittag in Neapel - Der Rumpunsch; Nus, l'après-midi à Naples; Un après-midi à Naples
Rewald (291): 1876–77; Venturi revised: 1872–74; Cézanne fils: circa 1877; Venturi (224): 1872–75
Oil on canvas
14 5/8 x 17 11/16 in. (37 x 45 cm)
Vollard A stockbook: no. 3846, huile; deux personnages nus auxquels une négresse apporte un plateau de boissons, 37 x 45 cm (100 frs)
Vollard archives: photo no. 423, Annotated by Cezanne's son: circa 1877

Keywords

Provenance
Ambroise Vollard, Paris
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris (May 12, 1910)
Auguste Pellerin, Paris (May 12, 1910);
Jean-Victor Pellerin, Paris
Wildenstein Galleries, New York
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra (1985)
Exhibition History
1988–89a London and traveling
Royal Academy of Arts, London, Cézanne: The Early Years 1859–1872, April 22–August 21, 1988, no. 27, ill. shown in Washington, D.C. only. Traveled to: Musée d'Orsay, Cézanne: les années de jeunesse 1859-1872, Paris, September 19, 1988–January 1, 1989; National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., January 29–April 30, 1989.
1989 Basel
Kunstmuseum, Basel, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne: Die Badenden, September 10–December 10, 1989, no. 27, discussed pp. 96–100, pl. 66.
1993 Tübingen
Kunsthalle, Tübingen, Germany, Cézanne Gemälde, January 16–May 2, 1993, no. 11, ill.
1995–96 Paris and traveling
Grand Palais, Paris, Cézanne, September 26, 1995–January 14, 1996, no. 39, ill. Traveled to: Tate Gallery, London, February 8–April 28, 1996; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, May 26–September 1, 1996.
1998–99 Sydney
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Classic Cézanne, November 28, 1998–February 28, 1999, no. 43, ill., as L'Après-midi à Naples, c. 1875, lent by National Gallery of Australia, Canberra.
1999–2000 Yokohama and traveling
Yokohama Museum of Art, Yokohama, Japan, Cézanne and Japan, September 11–December 19, 1999, no. 52, ill., as L'Après-midi à Naples (avec servante noire). Traveled to: Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, Nagoya, Japan, January 5–March 12, 2000.
2005 Tübingen
Kunsthalle Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany, Bordell und Boudoir. Schauplätze der Moderne: Cézanne, Degas, Toulouse-Lautrec, Picasso, January 22–May 22, 2005, no. 19, ill. p. 87, as Nachmittag in Neapel - Der Rumpunsch, 1875-77.
2012 Tokyo
National Art Center, Tokyo, Cézanne: Paris-Provence, March 28–May 11, 2012, no. 46, ill.
2012–13 Budapest
Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, Hungary, Cézanne and the Past: Tradition and Creativity, October 25, 2012–February 17, 2013, no. 56, ill.
2017 Basel
Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel, Switzerland, The Hidden Cézanne: From Sketchbook to Canvas, June 10–September 24, 2017, no. 59, ill.
2022–23 Chicago and traveling
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Cezanne, May 15–September 5, 2022, no. 11, ill. shown in Chicago only. Traveled to: Tate Moderrn, London, October 6, 2022–March 12, 2023.
Published References
D'Ors 1930
Ors, Eugenio d.' Paul Cézanne. Paris: Editions des Chroniques du Jour, 1930, pl. 29, as Le Petit Déjeuner.
Zervos 1931
Zervos, Christian. "Les Problèmes de la jeune peinture: Le retour au sujet est-il probable?" Cahiers d'Art, nos. 3 and 4 (1931), p. 208, ill.
Di San Lazzaro 1936
Di San Lazzaro, Gualtieri. Paul Cézanne. Paris: Chroniques du Jour, 1936, fig. 42.
Raynal 1936
Raynal, Maurice. Cézanne. Paris: Editions de Cluny, 1936, pl. XVIII p. 45.
D'Ors 1936a
Ors, Eugenio d.' Paul Cézanne. New York: E. Weyhe, 1936, pl. 42.
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 224, ill. vol. II, as L'Après-midi à Naples.
Laver 1937
Laver, James. French Painting and the Nineteenth Century. London: B.T. Batsford, 1937, pl. 113.
Cogniat 1939a
Cogniat, Raymond. Cézanne. Paris: Pierre Tisné, 1939, pl. 35.
Rewald 1939c
Rewald, John. Cézanne, sa vie, son œuvre, son amitié pour Zola. Paris: Albin Michel, 1939, fig. 42.
Dorival 1948
Dorival, Bernard. Cézanne. Paris: Pierre Tisné, 1948, pl. 49, listed p. 151.
Beucken 1955
Beucken, Jean de. Un portrait de Cézanne. Paris: Gallimard, [1955], p. 122.
Badt 1956
Badt, Kurt. Die Kunst Cézannes. Munich: Prestel, 1956, pp. 226–27, 240.
Chappuis 1962
Chappuis, Adrien. Les dessins de Paul Cézanne au cabinet des estampes du Musée des beaux-arts de Bâle. Olten and Lausanne: Urs Graf, 1962, vol. 1, p. 62, fig. 28.
Lichtenstein 1964a
Lichtenstein, Sara. "Cézanne and Delacroix." The Art Bulletin 46, no. 1 (March 1964), fig. 11.
Badt 1965
Badt, Kurt. The Art of Cézanne. Translated by Sheila Ann Ogilvie. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1965, pp. 96, 291, 308.
Elgar 1975
Elgar, Frank. Cézanne. New York: Praeger, 1975, fig. 21.
Müller 1982
Müller, Joseph-Emile. Cézanne. Translated by Jane Brenton. Paris: Fernand Hazan, 1982, pl. 9.
Gazette des beaux-arts 1986
"Principales acquisitions des musées en 1985." La Chronique des arts: supplément à la Gazette des beaux-arts, no. 1406 (March 1986), p. 16, no. 95, ill., as Un après-midi à Naples, c. 1877.
Rewald 1986b
Rewald, John. Cézanne: A Biography. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1986, p. 68, ill.
Lévêque 1988
Lévêque, Jean Jacques. La Vie et l'oeuvre de Paul Cézanne. Courbevoie: ACR, 1988, p. 53, ill. in color.
Düchting 1989
Düchting, Hajo. Paul Cézanne: Natur wird Kunst. Cologne: Benedict Taschen Verlag, 1989, p. 48, ill.
Verdi 1992
Verdi, Richard. Cézanne. London and New York: Thames & Hudson, 1992, p. 69, fig. 56.
Bonafoux 1995
Bonafoux, Pascal. Cézanne: portrait. Paris: Editions Hazan, 1995, p. 177, ill.
Dossier de l'art 1995
Dossier de l'art. no. 25, Cézanne. Dijon: Editions Faton, September - October 1995, ill. p. 78, c. 1866-67.
Patin 1995
Patin, Sylvie. Cézanne. Paris: Editions Hazan, 1995, p. 48.
Schmitt 1995
Schmitt, Evmarie. Cézanne in der Provence. München and New York: Prestel, 1995, p. 33.
Doschka et al. 1996
Doschka, Roland et al. "Das Ewig Weibliche - L'Eternel Féminin." In Das Ewig Weibliche - L'Eternel Féminin: von Renoir bis Picasso. Munich: Prestel, 1996. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 11, as Nachmittag in Neapel - Der Rumpunsch, 1875-77.
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. 291, ill. vol. 2, as L'Après-midi à Naples (avec servante noire).
Ballas 2002
Ballas, Guila. Cézanne: baigneuses et baigneurs: thème et composition. Paris: Adam Biro, 2002, p. 311, no. 272, ill., as L'Après-midi à Naples avec une servante noire, 1876-77.
Rishel and Sachs 2009
Rishel, Joseph J., and Katherine Sachs. "The Making of an Exhibition." In Cézanne and Beyond. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art; New Haven: In association with Yale University Press, 2009. Exhibition catalogue, p. 14, fig. 1.23, as Afternoon in Naples, dated c. 1875–77; shown with Lucien Freud's painting after this work.
Coutagne 2011b
Coutagne, Denis. "Le Femme exposée." In Cézanne et Paris. Paris: Éditions de la Rmn-Grand Palais, 2011. Exhibition catalogue, p. 87, fig. 37, as L'Après-midi à Naples (avec servante noire).
Coutagne 2020
"Quand Cezanne rêve de Naples." In Cezanne et les Maîtres, rêve d'Italie. Vanves: Editions Hazan, 2020. Exhibition catalogue, p. 82, fig. 1.
Dauberville 2020
Dauberville, Guy-Patrice, and Floriane Dauberville. Paul Cezanne chez Bernheim-Jeune. Paris: Editions G-P.F. Dauberville & Archives Bernheim-Jeune, 2020, no. 259, ill., as Nus, l'après-midi à Naples.
Dombrowski, Ireson and Patry 2021
Dombrowski, André, Nancy Ireson, and Sylvie Patry, eds. Cézanne in the Barnes Foundation. New York: Rizzoli Electa in association with The Barnes Foundation, 2021, p. 128, fig. 4, as Afternoon in Naples.
Notes

Rewald (1996, pp. 193–94) connects the woman's pose and ewer with Trois baigneuses, 1874–75 (918) and the servant with Scipion (Le Nègre Scipion, c.1867 (422) and Usines près du plateau du Cengle, 1867–69 (51));  it has also been connected with Delacroix's Women of Algiers.

There is a closely related watercolor (L'Après-midi à Naples, 1870–72 (1830)).

L'Après-midi à Naples (avec servante noire), 1876–77 (FWN 647). Lucien Freud, After Cézanne, 1999-2000. Oil on canvas. National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
Lucien Freud, After Cézanne, 1999-2000. Oil on canvas. National Gallery of Australia, Canberra

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Record last updated April 7, 2021. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "L'Après-midi à Naples (avec servante noire), 1876–77 (FWN 647)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=289 (accessed on March 19, 2024).