Catalogue entry

FWN 437

Portrait de Victor Chocquet

1876–77

Alternate titles: Bildnis Choquet; Le Portrait de Chocquet; M. Chocquet; Portrait d'homme; Portrait de Chocquet; Portrait de M. Chocquet; Portrait of M. Chocquet; Portrait of Victor Chocquet; Porträt des Herrn Choquet; Ritratto di Victor Choquet; Tête d'homme: Etude; Tête d'homme; Etude; Victor Chocquet

Rewald (292): 1876–77; Venturi revised: 1876–77; Venturi (283): 1876–77; Rivière: 1874 (1933); Cooper: 1875–76; Gowing: c.1875 (Edinburgh) and possibly 1876 (Burlington); Ratcliffe: 1875–77; Other: Novotny: 1876–7

Oil on canvas

18 1/8 x 14 3/16 in. (46 x 36 cm)

Signed at left in red: P. Cezanne

Vollard archives: photo no. 221, Annotated: Chocquet 1875

Private collection, New York

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Provenance

Victor Chocquet, Paris;

Mme veuve Chocquet (née Marie Buisson) (1891);

Chocquet Collection, Galerie G. Petit, Paris, July 1–4, 1899, hors catalogue

Josse and Gaston Bernheim-Jeune, Paris

Lord Rothschild, Merton Hall, Cambridge

Alex Reid & Lefevre, London, and Marlborough Galleries, London

Private collection, New York

Exhibition History

1877 Paris

6, rue Le Peletier, Paris, Troisième exposition de peinture, opening April 4, 1877, no. 29, as Tête d'homme; Etude.

1910a Paris

Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Paul Cézanne, January 10–22, 1910, no. 44, as M. Chocquet, lent by MM. X [Bernheim-Jeune priv.]

1926b Paris

Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Exposition rétrospective Paul Cézanne (1839-1906) au profit de la caisse du Monument Cézanne, June 1–30, 1926, no. 54, as Le Portrait de Chocquet, lent by Bernheim-Jeune.

1934f Paris

Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Cents ans de portraits français (1800–1900), October 15–November 12, 1934, no. 16.

1936d London

New Burlington Galleries, London, Exhibition of Masters of French 19^th Century Painting, October 1–31, 1936, no. 86, as Portrait of M. Chocquet, lent by Rothschild.

1938b Amsterdam

Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Honderd jaar Fransche kunst, July 2–September 25, 1938, no. 16, ill., as Portrait de Victor Chocquet, lent by Rothschild.

1942–43 London

National Gallery, London, Nineteenth Century French Painting, December 11, 1942–January 17, 1943, no. 67, as Portrait de M. Chocquet, 1875, lent by Rt. Hon. Lord Rothschild.

1948 Venice

Biennale Internationale d'Arte, Venice, Italy, Gli Impressionisti alla XXIV Biennale di Venezia, May 29–September 30, 1948, no. 38, ill., as Ritratto di Victor Choquet, 1875, lent by Lord Rothschild, Cambridge.

1952 Chicago and traveling

The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Cézanne: Paintings, Watercolors & Drawings, A Loan Exhibition, February 7–March 16, 1952, no. 37, ill. lent by Rothschild. Traveled to: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, April 1–May 16, 1952.

1954 Edinburgh and traveling

Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Paintings by Cézanne, August 20–September 18, 1954, no. 15, (dated c.1875), as Portrait de Chocquet, c. 1875, lent by Lord Rothschild; shown only in London. Traveled to: Tate Gallery, London, September 29–October 27, 1954.

1983 Philadelphia

Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Cézanne in Philadelphia Collections, July 19–August 21, 1983, no number, ill., addendum.

1986b Washington, D.C. and traveling

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., The New Painting, Impressionism: 1874–1886, January 17–April 6, 1986, no. 44, as Tête d'homme: Etude, Private collection, New York. Traveled to: de Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco, April 19–July 6, 1986.

1995–96 Paris and traveling

Grand Palais, Paris, Cézanne, September 26, 1995–January 14, 1996, no. 45, ill. Traveled to: Tate Gallery, London, February 8–April 28, 1996; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, May 26–September 1, 1996.

2008 Humlebæk

Louisiana Museum of Art, Humlebæk, Denmark, Cézanne & Giacometti: Paths of Doubt, February 20–June 29, 2008, no. 5, ill. p. 231, as Portrait de Victor Chocquet, lent by Private collection.

2015 Winterthur

Sammlung Oskar Reinhart "am Römerholz," Winterthur, Switzerland, Victor Chocquet: Freund und Sammler der Impressionisten, Renoir, Cézanne, Monet, Manet, February 20–June 7, 2015, no. 15, ill.

2017 Paris

Musée d'Orsay, Paris, Cézanne Portraits, June 13–September 24, 2017, no. 20, ill. shown in Washington only.

2017–18 Paris and traveling

Musée d'Orsay, Paris, Cézanne Portraits, June 13–September 24, 2017, no. 6.1, ill. shown in Washington only. Traveled to: National Portrait Gallery, London, October 26, 2017–February 11, 2018; National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C, March 25–July 1, 2018.

Published References

L.G. 1877

L.G. "Le salon des 'impressionnistes.'" La Presse (April 6, 1877), p. 2, ce visage en pain d'épice qui se détache du cadre n° 29.

Laurent-Pichat 1877

Laurent-Pichat, L. "Salon de 1877: III." Le Phare de la Loire (June 9, 1877), p. 2, La tête d homme qualifiée étude, est une plaisanterie [...].

Meier-Graefe 1910

Meier-Graefe, Julius. Paul Cézanne. Munich: R. Piper & Co., 1910, ill. p. 49.

Burger 1913

Burger, Fritz. Cézanne und Hodler. Munich: Delphin Verlag, 1913, pl. 68, as Porträt des Herrn Choquet.

Meier-Graefe 1913

Meier-Graefe, Julius. Paul Cézanne. Munich: R. Piper & Co., 1913, ill. p. 47.

Bernheim-Jeune 1914

Bernheim-Jeune, ed. Cézanne. With contributions by O. Mirbeau, T. Duret, L. Werth, et al. Paris: Editions Hollande, 1914, pl. XXIV.

Revista nova 1914b

Revista nova (Barcelona) Year II, no. 4 (2 May, 1914), ill. cover, as Retrat del colleccionista M. Choquet.

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. 114.

Bernheim-Jeune 1919

Bernheim-Jeune, ed. L'Art moderne et quelques aspects de l'art d'autrefois: cent-soixante-treize planches d'après la collection privée de MM. J. & G. Bernheim-Jeune, poèmes de Henri de Régnier , 2 vols. Paris: Bernheim-Jeune, 1919, pl. 11.

Burger 1919

Burger, Fritz. Cézanne und Hodler. Munich: Delphin Verlag, 1919, p. 71.

Gasquet 1921b

Gasquet, Joachim. Cézanne. Paris: Les Editions Bernheim-Jeune, 1921, p. 117, pl. (color) p. 116, as Portrait de Chocquet.

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. 137.

Wedderkop 1922b

Wedderkop, Harro von. Paul Cézanne. Leipzig: Klinkhardt und Biermann, 1922, ill.

Burger 1923

Burger, Fritz. Cézanne und Hodler. Munich: Delphin Verlag, 1923, pl. 70.

Klingsor 1923

Klingsor, Tristan L. Cézanne. Paris: Rieder, 1923, pl. 12.

Rivière 1923

Rivière, Georges. Le Maître Paul Cézanne. Paris: Librairie Floury, 1923, p. 38, ill. with erroneous owner; listed p. 201 with erroneous size and owner, as Portrait de M. Chocquet, Durand-Ruel.

Salmon 1923

Salmon, André. Cézanne. Paris: Librairie Stock, 1923, pl. 4.

Faure 1923a

Faure, Élie. P. Cézanne. Paris, 1923, pl. 6, as Portrait de M. Chocquet.

Pach 1925

Pach, Walter. Masters of Modern Art. New York: Viking Press, 1925, pl. 12 (comments p. 107).

Gasquet 1926

Gasquet, Joachim. Cézanne. Paris: Les Editions Bernheim-Jeune, 1926, pl. (color) p. 196, as Portrait de Chocquet.

Vauxcelles 1926

Vauxcelles, Louis. "A propos de Cézanne [Hommage à Paul Cézanne]." L'Art vivant (Paris), no. 37 (July 1, 1926), p. 485, ill., as Portrait de M. Chocquet.

Dormoy 1926a

Dormoy, Marie, translated by Margarete Mauthner. "Die Cézanne - Ausstellung bei Bernheim-Jeune." Kunst und Künstler 24, no. 11 (1926), p. 448.

Chamot 1927

Chamot, Mary. Review of Cézanne, by Julius Meier-Graefe. Apollo (December 1927), p. 260, ill.

Fry 1927a

Fry, Roger. Cézanne: A Study of His Development. New York: Macmillan, 1927, p. 55, fig. 20, pl. V.

Meier-Graefe 1927a

Meier-Graefe, Julius. Cézanne. translated by J. Holroyd-Reece. London: Ernest Benn, 1927, pl. XXVI.

Gasquet 1928

Gasquet, Joachim. Cézanne: 24 phototypies. Paris: Librairie de France, [1928], [pl. 10], as Portrait d'homme.

Fry 1929

Fry, Roger. "Cézannes Udvikling." Samleren 6 (July, August, September 1929), p. 134, ill.

D'Ors 1930

Ors, Eugenio d.' Paul Cézanne. Paris: Editions des Chroniques du Jour, 1930, pl. 2.

Gasquet 1930b

Gasquet, Joachim. Cézanne. Berlin: B. Cassirer, 1930, ill. opp. p. 140.

Rivière 1933

Rivière, Georges. Cézanne: Le Peintre solitaire. Paris: Librairie Floury, 1933, p. 45, ill.

Kahn 1934

Kahn, Gustave. "Art: Cent ans de portraits français: Galerie Bernheim Jeune." Mercure de France (November 15, 1934), p. 168.

René-Jean 1934

René-Jean. "Cent ans de portraits français 1800-1900." Comoedia (Paris), October 17, 1934, p. 2, as M. Chocquet.

Hazama, Adachi, and Nakogawa, eds. 1935

Hazama, Mosuke, Genichiri Adachi, and Kaziamasa Nakogawa, eds. Recueil important des oeuvres de Paul Cézanne. Vol. 1: Paysages, edited by Hazama. Vol. 2: Portraits et Nus., edited by Adachi. Vol. 3: Nature-mortes., edited by Nakogawa. Tokyo: Atorie-sha, 1935, vol. 2, Portraits et nus, pl. 1.

Joëts 1935

Joëts, Jules. "Lettres inédites: les impressionnistes et Chocquet." L'Amour de l'art 16, no. 4 (April 1935), p. 120, ill. 1880, Coll. Bernheim-Jeune.

Mack 1935

Mack, Gerstle. Paul Cézanne. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1935, fig. 20.

Iavorskaia 1935a

Iavorskaia, Nina. Cézanne. Moscow: Ogiz-Izogiz, 1935, pl. 18.

Venturi 1935b

Venturi, Lionello. "Paul Cézanne." L'Arte 6, nos. 4 and 5 (July 1935), p. 303, fig. 5.

Benesch 1936

Benesch, Otto. "Cézanne: zur 30. Wiederkehr seines Todestages am 22. Oktober." Die Kunst für Alle 52, no. 3 (December 1936), ill. p. 61, as Bildnis Choquet, c. 1877-78.

Besson 1936

Besson, George (introduction). "Paul Cézanne: 1839–1906." Estampes. Paris: Braun & Cie, August 1936 (no. 4), fig. 9 p. 5.

Di San Lazzaro 1936

Di San Lazzaro, Gualtieri. Paul Cézanne. Paris: Chroniques du Jour, 1936, fig. 2.

Faure 1936

Faure, Élie. Cézanne. Paris: Editions Braun, 1936, pl. 26.

Raynal 1936

Raynal, Maurice. Cézanne. Paris: Editions de Cluny, 1936, pl. LXVI p. 98.

D'Ors 1936a

Ors, Eugenio d.' Paul Cézanne. New York: E. Weyhe, 1936, pl. 2.

Venturi 1936b

Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 283, ill. vol. II, as Portrait de Victor Chocquet.

Huyghe 1936d

Huyghe, René. Cézanne. Paris: Plon, Éditions d'Art et d'Histoire, 1936, pl. 22.

Laver 1937

Laver, James. French Painting and the Nineteenth Century. London: B.T. Batsford, 1937, fig. 95.

Novotny 1937

Novotny, Fritz. Cézanne. Vienna: Phaidon, 1937, pl. 22.

Rewald 1937a

Rewald, John. "A propos du catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre de Paul Cézanne et de la chronologie de cette œuvre." La Renaissance (Paris), vol. 20, nos. 3-4 (March–April 1937), pp. 54 and 56, as Portrait de Victor Chocquet.

Barnes and de Mazia 1939

Barnes, Albert C., and Violette de Mazia. The Art of Cézanne. New York: Harcourt Brace, 1939, no. 61, p. 194, ill. (analysis pp. 323–24).

Cogniat 1939a

Cogniat, Raymond. Cézanne. Paris: Pierre Tisné, 1939, pl. 43.

Rivière 1942

Rivière, Georges. Cézanne: Le Peintre solitaire. Paris: Librairie Floury, 1942, p. 41, ill.

Rewald 1946

Rewald, John. The History of Impressionism. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1946, p. 316, ill.

Schildt 1946

Schildt, Göran. Cézanne. Stockholm: Wahlström & Widstrand, 1946, fig. 34.

Bazin 1947

Bazin, Germain. L'Epoque impressionniste. Paris: P. Tisné, 1947, pl. 38, as Portrait de Chocquet, 1876-77.

Novotny 1947

Novotny, Fritz. Cézanne. London: Phaidon Press, 1947, pl. 22, as Portrait de Victor Chocquet, 1876-77.

Dorival 1948

Dorival, Bernard. Cézanne. Paris: Pierre Tisné, 1948, pl. 48, listed p. 151.

Jedlicka 1948

Jedlicka, Gotthard. Cézanne. Berne: Alfred Scherz Verlag, 1948, fig. 18, as Portrait de Victor Chocquet.

Guerry 1950

Guerry, Liliane. Cézanne et l'expression de l'espace. Paris: Flammarion, 1950, p. 68.

Venturi 1950a

Venturi, Lionello. Impressionists and Symbolists: Manet, Degas, Monet, Pissarro, Sisley, Renoir, Cézanne, Seurat, Gauguin, Van Gogh, Toulouse-Lautrec. New York: Scribner, 1950, fig. 124.

Fry 1952

Fry, Roger. Cézanne: A Study of his Developement. London: Hogarth Press, 1952, p. 55, pl. V fig. 20, as Portrait of M. Chocquet.

Sargent 1952

Sargent, Winthrop. "Cézanne: The Great Paintings of a Frustrated Recluse Changed the Whole Course of Modern Art." Life 32, no. 8 (February 25, 1952), p. 80, ill.

Schapiro 1952a

Schapiro, Meyer. Cézanne. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1952, pp. 46–47, ill.

Bernheim de Villers 1954

Bernheim de Villers, Gaston. Un ami de Cézanne. Paris: Editions Bernheim-Jeune, 1954, pl. [6], as Portrait de Chocquet.

Raynal 1954

Raynal, Maurice. Cézanne. Geneva: Skira, 1954, p. 46, ill.

Beucken 1955

Beucken, Jean de. Un portrait de Cézanne. Paris: Gallimard, [1955], p. 144.

Badt 1956

Badt, Kurt. Die Kunst Cézannes. Munich: Prestel, 1956, cover, pp. 128–29.

Uchida 1960

Uchida, Sono. Cézanne. Tokyo: Misuzu-Shobo, 1960, p. 25, ill.

Rewald 1961

Rewald, John. The History of Impressionism. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1961, p. 368, ill.

Taillandier 1961

Taillander, Yvon. P. Cézanne. Milan: Antonio Vallardi, 1961, p. 17.

Feist 1963

Feist, Peter Heinz. Paul Cézanne. Leipzig: E.A. Seemann, 1963, p. 14, pl. 14.

Badt 1965

Badt, Kurt. The Art of Cézanne. Translated by Sheila Ann Ogilvie. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1965, cover, p. 167.

Guerry 1966

Guerry, Liliane. Cézanne et l'expression de l'espace. Paris: Albin-Michel, 1966, pl. 16.

Leonhard 1966

Leonhard, Kurt. Paul Cézanne in Selbstzeugnissen und Bilddokumenten. Rheinbek bei Hamburg: Rowohlt, 1966, p. 42, ill.

Pool 1967

Pool, Phoebe. Impressionism. New York: Praeger, 1967, pl. 149, as Victor Chocquet.

Murphy 1968

Murphy, Richard W. The World of Cézanne, 1839–1906. New York: Time-Life Books, 1968, p. 70.

Ikegami 1969

Ikegami, Chuji. Cézanne. Tokyo: Shueisha, 1969, fig. 11.

Rewald 1969

Rewald, John. "Chocquet et Cézanne." Gazette des beaux-arts, vol. 74, periode 6 (July–August 1969), pp. 47, 49, fig. 10 p. 48.

Schapiro 1973

Schapiro, Meyer. Paul Cézanne. Translated by Louis-Marie Ollivier. Paris: Nouvelles Editions Françaises, 1973, pl. 9, with comments.

Elgar 1975

Elgar, Frank. Cézanne. New York: Praeger, 1975, fig. 37.

Wadley 1975

Wadley, Nicholas. Cézanne and His Art. London: Hamlyn, 1975, pl. 90.

Brion-Guerry 1977

"The Elusive Goal." In Cézanne: The Late Work. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1977. Exhibition catalogue, p. 75, ill.

Venturi 1978

Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne. Geneva: Skira, 1978, p. 67, ill.

Harris 1982

Harris, Nathaniel. The Art of Cézanne. London: Optimum Books, 1982, p. 42, ill. in color.

Bonafoux 1986

Bonafoux, Pascal. Les Impressionnistes portraits et confidences. Geneva: Skira, 1986, p. 122, ill.

Rewald 1986b

Rewald, John. Cézanne: A Biography. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1986, p. 116, ill.

Rewald 1986d

Rewald, John. "Chocquet and Cézanne." In Studies in Impressionism, Edited by Irene Gordon and Frances Weitzenhoffer. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1986, p. 120, fig. 66, as Portrait of Victor Chocquet.

Lévêque 1988

Lévêque, Jean Jacques. La Vie et l'oeuvre de Paul Cézanne. Courbevoie: ACR, 1988, p. 97, ill. in color.

Distel 1989

Distel, Anne. Les Collectionneurs des impressionnistes: Amateurs et marchands. Paris: La Bibliothèque des arts, 1989, p. 136, ill.

Wadley 1989

Wadley, Nicholas. Cézanne and His Art. London: Hamlyn, 1989, p. 35, ill. in color.

Verdi 1992

Verdi, Richard. Cézanne. London and New York: Thames & Hudson, 1992, p. 80, fig. 67.

Bonafoux 1995

Bonafoux, Pascal. Cézanne: portrait. Paris: Editions Hazan, 1995, p. 212, ill.

Patin 1995

Patin, Sylvie. Cézanne. Paris: Editions Hazan, 1995, p. 45.

Cahn 1995b

Cahn, Isabelle. Paul Cézanne. Paris: Somogy Editions d'Art, 1995, p. 52, ill.

Cahn 1995c

Cahn, Isabelle. "Cézanne portraitiste." Dossier de l'art (Dijon), no. 25 (September - October 1995), ill. p. 44.

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. 292, ill. vol. 2, as Portrait de Victor Chocquet.

Baumann 2000

Baumann, Felix A. "Beyond the Uniform Picture Surface." In Cézanne: Finished, Unfinished. Ostfildern-Ruit: Hatje Cantz, 2000. Exhibition catalogue, p. 25, fig. 6, as Portrait de Victor Chocquet.

Lewis 2000

Lewis, Mary Tompkins. Cézanne. London: Phaidon, 2000, p. 174, fig. 108.

Feilchenfeldt 2005b

Feilchenfeldt, Walter. "Cézannes Sammler. Von Zola bis Annenberg." In "By Appointment Only": Schriften zu Kunst und Kunsthandel, Cézanne und Van Gogh. Wädenswil: Nimbus, 2005, p. 166, ill.

Kropmanns 2006

Kropmanns, Peter. Cézanne: Eine Biographie. Stuttgart: Reclam, 2006, ill. between pp. 116 and 117.

Machotka 2008

Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: The Eye and the Mind, 2 vols. Marseille: Editions Crès, 2008, vol. 1, fig. 123; vol. 2, p. 94, as Portrait de Victor Chocquet.

Cahn 2011

Cahn, Isabelle. "Face à la critique." In Cézanne et Paris. Paris: Éditions de la Rmn-Grand Palais, 2011. Exhibition catalogue, p. 182, fig. 96, as Portrait de Victor Chocquet.

Warman 2015

Warman, Jayne. "Chocquet und Cézanne – eine einzigartige Freundschaft." In Victor Chocquet – Freund und Sammler der Impressionisten, Renoir, Cézanne, Monet, Manet. Bern and Munich: Bundesamt für Kultur and Hirmer Verlag, 2015. Exhibition catalogue, p. 103, pl. 60, catalogue notes pp. 151–152.

Butler 2017

Butler, Augustin de. "Renoir et Cézanne, 1865–1881." In Paul Cezanne, Le chant de la terre. Martigny: Fondation Pierre Gianadda, 2017. Exhibition catalogue, p. 65, fig. 5.

Kendall 2017

Kendall, Richard. "Cézanne and His Early Critics." In Cézanne Metamorphoses. Munich and Karlsruhe: Prestel and Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, 2017. Exhibition catalogue, fig. 5.

Armstrong 2018

Armstrong, Carol. Cézanne's Gravity. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2018, fig. 53.

Dauberville 2020

Dauberville, Guy-Patrice, and Floriane Dauberville. Paul Cezanne chez Bernheim-Jeune. Paris: Editions G-P.F. Dauberville & Archives Bernheim-Jeune, 2020, no. 196, ill., as Portrait de Chocquet, installation photographs from 1910 exhibition, p. 83 and 1934 exhibition, p. 129, as well as photograph of work hanging in the Bernheim-Jeune residence at 107 avenue Henri Martin, p. 7.

Nagaï 2022a

Nagaï, Takanori. Truth in Panting: The Meaning of Cezanne's Practices for Modernizing Society. Tokyo: Sangesha Publishers Inc., 2022, pl. 15.

Record last updated March 24, 2022. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.

Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Portrait de Victor Chocquet, 1876–77 (FWN 437)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=290 (accessed on April 26, 2024).