The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne
An online catalogue raisonné under the direction of Walter Feilchenfeldt, Jayne Warman and David Nash
Catalogue entry
FWN 104
La Seine au quai d'Austerlitz, d'après Guillaumin
1876–78
Alternate titles: Am Quai de Bercy in Paris; Bords de la Seine à Paris; Die Seine; Die Seine bei Bercy; La Seine à Bercy; La Seine à Bercy, d'après Guillaumin; Les Quais de la Seine; Schiffauslader [Geschäftsbücher]; The Seine at Bercy
Rewald: (293) 1876–78; Venturi revised: 1874–77; Venturi: (242) 1873–75; Rivière: 1876; Ratcliffe: 1875 or later; Machotka et al: 1876–78
Oil on canvas
23 3/16 x 28 5/16 in. (59 x 72 cm)
Vollard A stockbook: no. 3384, Bords de Seine, peinture à l'huile représentant une grue à sable et des déchargeurs avec des voitures attelées, 60 x 73 cm (400 frs)
Provenance
Exhibition History
Galerie Vollard, Paris, Paul Cézanne, November 15–December 1899 (exhibition catalogue), no. 18, tentative identification, as Bords de la Seine à Paris.
Paul Cassirer, Berlin, Sonderausstellung Paul Cézanne, April 22–June 15, 1904. The catalogue cover reads, "May–June 15, 1904," but the exhibition opened in April. (exhibition catalogue), no number, as Schiffauslader [Geschäftsbücher].
Paul Cassirer, Berlin, Cézanne-Ausstellung: Cézannes Werke in deutschem Privatbesitz: Gemälde, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, November–December 11, 1921.
The first major Cézanne exhibition in Germany consisting of paintings, watercolors and drawings from German private collections. Section III of the catalogue Zeichnungen comprises drawings without listing them. (exhibition catalogue; introduction by Julius Meier-Graefe). N.B. The lenders names do not appear in the catalogue, but are known from an annotated catalogue in the Rewald Papers, National Gallery Archive, no. 17, as Die Seine, lent by Th. Behrens.
The first major Cézanne exhibition in Germany consisting of paintings, watercolors and drawings from German private collections. Section III of the catalogue Zeichnungen comprises drawings without listing them. (exhibition catalogue; introduction by Julius Meier-Graefe). N.B. The lenders names do not appear in the catalogue, but are known from an annotated catalogue in the Rewald Papers, National Gallery Archive, no. 17, as Die Seine, lent by Th. Behrens.
Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany, Das Bild der Landschaft, 1934, no. 89.
Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris, Cézanne, May 20–October 11, 1936 (exhibition catalogue, 2nd revised edition)
A major exhibition commemorating the thirtieth anniversary of the artist's death. Catalogue notes by Charles Sterling, foreword by Jacques-Émile Blanche, and preface by Paul Jamot, no. 49, pl. XIII, as Les Quais de la Seine, lent by Kunsthalle Hamburg.
A major exhibition commemorating the thirtieth anniversary of the artist's death. Catalogue notes by Charles Sterling, foreword by Jacques-Émile Blanche, and preface by Paul Jamot, no. 49, pl. XIII, as Les Quais de la Seine, lent by Kunsthalle Hamburg.
Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris, Impressionnistes et romantiques français dans les musées allemands, 1951 (exhibition catalogue)
Works by Corot, Courbet, Daumier, Degas, Delacroix, Gauguin and others were also shown, no. 2, pl. 3, lent by Hamburger Kunsthalle.
Works by Corot, Courbet, Daumier, Degas, Delacroix, Gauguin and others were also shown, no. 2, pl. 3, lent by Hamburger Kunsthalle.
Haus der Kunst, Munich, Paul Cézanne, October 12–November 18, 1956 (exhibition catalogue; text by Fritz Novotny), no. 16, ill., lent by Kunsthalle Hamburg.
Kunsthaus, Zurich, Paul Cézanne, August 22–October 7, 1956 (exhibition catalogue; text by Gotthard Jedlicka). Watercolors and drawings were also shown, no. 22.
Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, (Kunsthaus Lempertz), Cologne, Cézanne, Ausstellung zum Gedenken an sein 50. Todesjahr, December, 1956–January, 1957 (exhibition catalogue; text by Ludwig Reidemeister), no. 8, ill., lent by Kunsthalle, Hamburg.
Nationalgalerie, Schloss Charlottenburg, Berlin, Die Ile de France und ihre Maler, September 29–November 24, 1963, no. 38, with photograph of the subject.
Kunstverein, Hamburg, Germany, Wegbereiter der modernen Malerei: Cézanne, Gauguin, van Gogh, Seurat, May 4–July 14, 1963 (exhibition catalogue), no. 6, pl. 14, as Die Seine bei Bercy, c. 1875, lent by Kunsthalle, Hamburg.
Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany, Picasso, Beckmann, Nolde und die Moderne: Meisterwerke aus frühen Privatsammlungen in Hamburg, March 23–June 17, 2001 (exhibition catalogue: Private Schätze: über das Sammeln von Kunst in Hamburg bis 1933), no. 16, ill. p. 102, as Am Quai de Bercy in Paris, c. 1973-75.
Musée du Luxembourg, Paris, Cézanne et Paris, October 12, 2011–February 26, 2012 (exhibition catalogue), no. 31, ill., p. 71, as La Seine à Bercy, d'après Guillaumin, lent by Kunsthalle Hamburg; shown with the original Guillaumin painting.
Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe, Cézanne - Metamorphosen, October 28, 2017–February 11, 2018 (exhibition catalogue edited by Alexander Eiling), no. 14, ill.
Published References
Meier-Graefe, Julius. Cézanne und sein Kreis: ein Beitrag zur Entwicklungsgeschichte: mit 127 Tonätzungen und fünfzehn Heliogravüren. Munich: R. Piper, 1918, ill. opposite p. 128.
Zeisho, Atzouji. Paul Cézanne. Tokyo: Rakuyodo, Taisho, 1921, fig. 16.
Meier-Graefe, Julius. Cézanne und sein Kreis: ein Beitrag zur Entwicklungsgeschichte: mit 171 Tonätzungen und einem Lichtdruck. Munich: R. Piper, 1922, ill. p. 159.
Rivière, Georges. Le Maître Paul Cézanne. Paris: Librairie Floury, 1923, p. 203, listed.
Katalog der neuen Meister. Hamburg, 1927, p. 29, ill.
Pfister, Kurt. Cézanne: Gestalt, Werk, Mythos. Potsdam: Gustav Kiepenheuer Verlag, 1927, fig. 46 as Die Seine, c. 1880.
Alazard, Jean. "La Peinture française au Musée de Hambourg." Amour de l'Art 11, no. 2 (February 1930), p. 105, ill.
Tolnay, Charles de. "Cézanne et la peinture en Europe." La Renaissance (Paris), vol. 19, nos. 5-6 (May–June 1936), ill. p. 6 as Les Quais de la Seine.
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 242, ill. vol. II as La Seine à Bercy.
Novotny, Fritz. Cézanne. Vienna: Phaidon, 1937, pl. 19.
Rewald, John. "Paysages de Paris: de Corot à Utrillo." La Renaissance (Paris), vol. 20, nos. 1-2 (January–February 1937), ill. p. [24] together with the painting by Guillaumin as Les Quais de la Seine.
Barnes, Albert C, and Violette de Mazia. The Art of Cézanne. New York: Harcourt Brace, 1939, no. 59, p. 175, ill.
Cassou, Jean. Les impressionnistes et leur époque. Paris: Cercle français d'art, 1953, pl. 53.
Taillander, Yvon. P. Cézanne. Milan: Antonio Vallardi, 1961, p. 40.
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. 61, fig. 26 (detail).
Feist, Peter Heinz. Paul Cézanne. Leipzig: E.A. Seemann, 1963, pp. 14, 44, pl. 18.
Reidemeister, Leopold. Auf den Spuren der Maler der Ile de France. Berlin: Propyläen Verlag, 1963, p. 110, ill.
Pool, Phoebe. Impressionism. New York: Praeger, 1967, pl. 150 as The Seine at Bercy, dated 1875–80.
Platte, Hans. "Zu einem Bild von Armand Guillaumin." In Museum und Kunst. Hamburg: Christians, 1970, pp. 163–66.
Rewald, John. "Cézanne et Guillaumin." Etudes d'art français offertes à Charles Sterling. Paris: Presses universitaires de France, 1975, fig. 214 (with corresponding painting by Guillaumin).
Plazy, Gilles. Cézanne. Fribourg: Editions Medea, 1981, p. 42.
Bernard, Bruce. The Impressionist Revolution. London: Orbis, 1986, p. 245, ill.
Rewald, John. Cézanne: A Biography. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1986, p. 131, ill.
Lévêque, Jean Jacques. La Vie et l'oeuvre de Paul Cézanne. Courbevoie: ACR, 1988, p. 71, ill. in color.
Arrouye, Jean. Cézanne: Paris, Provence. Paris: Textuel, 1995, p. 58, ill.
De Lartigue, Charles. Les paysages de Paul Cézanne. Lyon: Les Créations du Pélican, 1995, p. 34, ill.
Patin, Sylvie. Cézanne. Paris: Editions Hazan, 1995, p. 39.
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. 293, ill. vol. 2 as La Seine à Bercy, d'après Guillaumin.
Helin, Saskia. "Cézanne in Hamburg." In Private Schätze: über das Sammeln von Kunst in Hamburg bis 1933. Hamburg: Christians, 2001, pp. 44-45, ill. as Am Quai de Bercy in Paris.
Luckhardt, Ulrich. "Eduard L. Behrens und Theodor E. Behrens: Sammeln moderner Kunst in zwei Generationen." In Private Schätze: über das Sammeln von Kunst in Hamburg bis 1933. Hamburg: Christians, 2001, p. 39, ill. p. 40.
Feilchenfeldt, Walter. "Zur Rezeptionsgeschichte Cézannes in Deutschland." In "By Appointment Only": Schriften zu Kunst und Kunsthandel,
Cézanne und Van Gogh. Wädenswil: Nimbus, 2005, p. 142, ill.
Feilchenfeldt, Walter. "Doktor Gachet: Ein Freund von Cézanne und Van Gogh? Ein Beitrag zu Echtheitsfragen bei Cézanne." In "By Appointment Only": Schriften zu Kunst und Kunsthandel,
Cézanne und Van Gogh. Wädenswil: Nimbus, 2005, p. 260, ill.
Kitschen, Friederike. "Der liebe Gott der Malerei Cézanne in Deutschland nach den Kriegen." In In die Freiheit geworfen. Positionen zur deutsch-französischen Kunstgeschichte nach 1945, edited by Martin Schieder and Isabelle Ewig. Berlin: Akademie Verlag, 2006, p. 283, ill.
Mothe, Alain. Ce que voyait Cézanne: Les paysages impressionnistes à la lumière des cartes postales. Paris: Éditions de la Rmn-Grand Palais, 2011, pp. 18–19, ill. as La Seine au quai d'Austerlitz, d'après Guillaumin, with old postcard view titled "La Seine à travers Paris. Vue prise en amont du pont d'Austerlitz" and original Guillaumin painting.
Rubin, James. "Armand Guillaumin et Paul Cézanne en Île-de-France." In Cézanne et Paris. Paris: Éditions de la Rmn-Grand Palais, 2011. Exhibition catalogue, p. 71, ill. as La Seine à Bercy, d'après Guillaumin.
Société Paul Cézanne. P. Cézanne: À Paris et en Île de France. ed, Denis Coutagne. Marseille: Éditions Crès, 2011, p. 32, ill. as La Seine à Bercy, with Guillaumin original (p. 33).
Echte, Bernhard and Feilchenfeldt, Walter. "Paul Cézanne, 22. April bis 15. Juni 1904." Kunstsalon Paul Cassirer: Die Ausstellungen 1901-1905. vol. 2, "Man steht da und staunt". Wädenswil: Nimbus, 2011, p. 510, ill.
Coutagne, Denis. "Il paesaggio in Cézanne." In Cézanne: Les ateliers du midi. Milan: Skira, 2011. Exhibition catalogue, p. 48, fig. 26.
Colrat, Jean. Cézanne: Joindre les mains errantes de la nature. Paris-Sorbonne: PUPS, 2013, p. 153, pl. 52.
Chardeau-Botteri, Stéphanie. "Cézanne et Guillaumin." In Paul Cezanne, Le chant de la terre. Martigny: Fondation Pierre Gianadda, 2017. Exhibition catalogue, p. 72, fig. 6.
Rewald (1996, p. 200) noted that Cézanne copied the Guillaumin original. "But while repeating rather faithfully the elements of the painting, Cézanne did not proceed slavishly. Through the application of regular, often square brushstrokes and occasional impasto, his copy gained a tighter structure and a completely different texture, most noticable in the clouded sky. At the same time he softened as well as brightened he colors, providing new accents, such as the red of the barge and green of the crane, where Guilaumin had used duller tints."
Record last updated November 28, 2018. 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. "La Seine au quai d'Austerlitz, d'après Guillaumin, 1876–78 (FWN 104)." The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. http://www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=291 (accessed on April 18, 2019).