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Catalogue entry

FWN 113
La Maison abandonnée
1878–79
Alternate titles: Das verlassene Haus; Deserted House; Geborstenes Haus; Haus des Gehängten; La maison abandonnée; La maison abandonnée au Tholonet; La Maison du pendu; Paysage provençal
Rewald (351): 1878–79; Venturi revised: 1890–94; Cézanne fils: Le Tholonet 1887; Venturi (659): 1892–94; Rivière: 1887; Vollard: 1887
Oil on canvas
19 5/16 x 23 in. (49 x 58.5 cm)
Vollard C stockbook: no. 7055, maison dans paysage provençal, 50 x 60 cm
Vollard archives: photo no. 322, Annotated by Cezanne's son: Le Tholonet 1887
Private collection, New York

Keywords

Provenance
Ambroise Vollard, Paris
Eugène Blot, Paris;
Blot Collection, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, May 9–10 1900, no. 19, ill.; bought in;
Blot Collection, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, May 10, 1906, no. 17, ill.
Auguste Pellerin, Paris
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris (February 6, 1909)
Ambroise Vollard, Paris (June 25, 1910 in an exchange)
Ralph M. Coe, Cleveland;
Heirs of Ralph M. Coe;
Sotheby's, London, Nov. 23, 1960, no. 41, ill.; bought in
Wildenstein Galleries, Paris, London, and New York
Dimitri Jodidio, Boston
Christie's, New York, May 19, 1981, no. 307, ill.
Private collection, New York;
Sotheby's, New York, May 14, 1985, no. 30A, ill.; bought in
[Stephen Hahn, New York]
Private collection, Japan
Stephen Hahn, New York [private];
Sotheby's, London, June 30, 1998, no. 8, ill.
Private collection, New York
Exhibition History
1895 Paris
Galerie Vollard, Paris, Paul Cézanne, November 11–December 15, 1895, possibly shown.
1904b Paris
Salon d'Automne, Grand Palais, Paris, Salle Cézanne, October 15–November 15, 1904, no. 17, as La Maison abandonnée, lent by Blot.
1909 Munich
Munich, Frühjahr-Ausstellung der Münchener Sezession, Spring 1909, no. 30, as Das verlassene Haus.
1910–11 London
Grafton Galleries, London, Manet and the Post-Impressionists, November 8, 1910–January 15, 1911, no. 62, as La Maison du pendu, lent by Vollard.
1911 London
Stafford Gallery, London, Pictures by Paul Cézanne and Paul Gauguin, November–December 1911, no. 5, as La Maison abandonnée, lent by Vollard.
1921 Cleveland
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Fifty-Three French Paintings of the Latter Nineteenth Century, July 13–August 15, 1921, lent by Ralph Coe.
1922–24 Cleveland
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Extended Loan, 1922–24.
1926 Cleveland
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Fifty Years of French Art, October 29–November 29, 1926.
1928d New York
Wildenstein Galleries, New York, Paul Cézanne, January 1928, no. 17, as La Maison abandonnée, lent by Coe.
1931–35 Cleveland
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, 1931–35.
1936 Cleveland
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition, June 26–October 4, 1936, no. 253.
1936 Toledo
Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio, Cézanne and Gauguin, November 1–December 13, 1936, no. 25, ill., as Deserted House, lent by R. Coe.
1947b New York
Wildenstein Galleries, New York, Cézanne, March 27–April 26, 1947, no. 54, lent by Coe.
1949 Oberlin
Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, Ohio, 1949.
1956 New Haven
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut, Pictures Collected by Yale Alumni, May 8–June 18, 1956, no. 113, ill.
1959e New York
Wildenstein Galleries, New York, Loan Exhibition: Cézanne, November 5–December 5, 1959, no. 40, ill. lent by Coe.
1967b Basel
Galerie Beyeler, Basel, Switzerland, Impressionnistes: Monet, Renoir, Sisley, Degas, Pissaro, Cézanne, October–November 18, 1967, no. 4, ill., as La maison abandonnée au Tholonet, c. 1885.
1993 Tübingen
Kunsthalle, Tübingen, Germany, Cézanne Gemälde, January 16–May 2, 1993, no. 24, ill.
Published References
Meier-Graefe 1910
Meier-Graefe, Julius. Paul Cézanne. Munich: R. Piper & Co., 1910, ill. p. 59.
Faure 1911
Faure, Élie. "Paul Cézanne." L'Art décoratif 13, no. 157 (October 5, 1911), p. 119, ill.
Burger 1913
Burger, Fritz. Cézanne und Hodler. Munich: Delphin Verlag, 1913, pl. 97, as Haus des Gehängten.
Meier-Graefe 1913
Meier-Graefe, Julius. Paul Cézanne. Munich: R. Piper & Co., 1913, ill. p. 59.
Vollard 1914
Vollard, Ambroise. Paul Cézanne. Paris: Vollard, 1914, pls. 20 and 44.
Burger 1918
Burger, Fritz. Cézanne und Hodler. Munich: Delphin Verlag, 1918, pp. 96–97, pl. 102.
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. 145.
Burger 1919
Burger, Fritz. Cézanne und Hodler. Munich: Delphin Verlag, 1919, p. 102.
Bell 1920
Bell, Clive. "The Tyranny of Names and Dates." Arts and Decoration 12, no. 4 (February 20, 1920), p. 235, ill.
Milliken 1921
Milliken, William Mathewson. "French Impressionists at the Cleveland Museum of Art." Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 8, no. 6/7 (June- July 1921), p. 105.
Vollard 1921
Vollard, Ambroise. Paul Cézanne. Munich: Kurt Wolfe Verlag, 1921, ill. opp. p. 70, as Das verlassene Haus, dated 1887.
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. 176.
Burger 1923
Burger, Fritz. Cézanne und Hodler. Munich: Delphin Verlag, 1923, pl. 101.
Klingsor 1923
Klingsor, Tristan L. Cézanne. Paris: Rieder, 1923, pl. 15.
Meier-Graefe 1923
Meier-Graefe, Julius. Paul Cézanne. Munich: R. Piper, 1923, ill. p. 61.
Rivière 1923
Rivière, Georges. Le Maître Paul Cézanne. Paris: Librairie Floury, 1923, p. 215, listed.
Hagen 1927
Hagen, Oskar. Art Epochs and Their Leaders: A Survey of the Genesis of Modern Art. New York: C. Scribner's Sons, 1927, pl. 108.
Meier-Graefe 1927a
Meier-Graefe, Julius. Cézanne. translated by J. Holroyd-Reece. London: Ernest Benn, 1927, pl. L.
D'Ors 1930
Ors, Eugenio d.' Paul Cézanne. Paris: Editions des Chroniques du Jour, 1930, pl. 11.
Blot 1934
Blot, Eugène. Histoire d'une collection de tableaux modernes, 50 ans de peinture (de 1882 à 1932). Paris: Editions d'Art, 1934, p. 36.
Combe 1936
Combe, Jacques. "L'influence de Cézanne." La Renaissance (Paris), vol. 19, nos. 5-6 (May–June 1936), ill. p. 29, as La Maison du pendu.
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 659, ill. vol. II, as La Maison abandonnée.
Novotny 1937
Novotny, Fritz. Cézanne. Vienna: Phaidon, 1937, pl. 68.
Vollard 1937
Vollard, Ambroise. Souvenirs d'un marchand de tableaux. Paris: Albin Michel, 1937, pl. 7.
Cogniat 1939a
Cogniat, Raymond. Cézanne. Paris: Pierre Tisné, 1939, pl. 80.
Kuhn 1947
Kuhn, Walt. "Cézanne: Delayed Finale." Art News 46, no. 2 (April 1947), p. 15.
Novotny 1947
Novotny, Fritz. Cézanne. London: Phaidon Press, 1947, pl. 70, as Paysage provençal, 1892-94.
Coe 1960
Coe, Ralph T. "Letters: Cézanne's 'La Maison abandonnée.'" The Burlington Magazine 102, no. 688 (July 1960), p. 329, as La Maison abandonnée.
Reff 1960b
Reff, Theodore. "A New Cézanne Exhibition." The Burlington Magazine 102, no. 684 (March 1960), p. 117.
Ramuz 1968
Ramuz, Charles Ferdinand. Cézanne Formes. Lausanne: International Art Book, 1968, pl. 22.
Brion 1971
Brion, Marcel. Cézanne. Milan: Fratelli Fabbri, 1971, ill. p. 65.
Reff 1977c
Reff, Theodore. "Painting and Theory in the Final Decade." In Cézanne: The Late Work. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1977. Exhibition catalogue, p. 25, ill.
Schmitt 1995
Schmitt, Evmarie. Cézanne in der Provence. München and New York: Prestel, 1995, p. 83.
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. 351, ill. vol. 2, as La Maison abandonnée.
Athanassoglou-Kallmyer 2003
Athanassoglou-Kallmyer, Nina M. Cézanne and Provence: The Painter in His Culture. Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, 2003, p. 129, fig. 3.29, as La Maison abandonnée.
Robbins 2006a
Robbins, Anne. "Less a Luxury Than a Necessity: Collecting Cézanne in Britain." In Cézanne in Britain. London: Kate Bell, 2006. Exhibition catalogue, p. 19, fig. 6.
Robins 2010
Robins, Anna Gruetzner. "'Manet and the Post-Impressionists': a checklist of the exhibition." The Burlington Magazine 152, no. 1293 (December 2010), p. 785.
Bonfort 2016
Bonfort, ed., Didier. Dans les pas de P. Cezanne, Valcros - Bellevue - Montbriand. Didier Bonfort, ed.. Aix-en-provence: Sauvegarde des paysages de Cezanne, February 2016, p. 34, ill., as La Maison abandonnée (the exact location unconfirmed).
Kitschen 2017
Kitschen, Friederike. "Das Papierne Museum: Julius Meier-Graefe und die Vergegenwärtigung Paul Cézannes in Bild und Wort." In Julius Meier-Graefe: Grenzgänger der Künste, Becker, Ingeborg and Stephanie Marchal (editors). Berlin: Deutscher Kunstverlag, 2017, p. 189, fig. 8 p. 191 (reproduction of ill. in Meier-Graefe 1918), as Geborstenes Haus.
Dauberville 2020
Dauberville, Guy-Patrice, and Floriane Dauberville. Paul Cezanne chez Bernheim-Jeune. Paris: Editions G-P.F. Dauberville & Archives Bernheim-Jeune, 2020, no. 67, ill., as La maison abandonnée.
Cezanne 2021
Cézanne, Philippe. Paul Cezanne dépeint par ses contemporains. Lyon: Fage éditions, 2021, fig. 70.
Record last updated March 30, 2021. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "La Maison abandonnée, 1878–79 (FWN 113)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=347 (accessed on April 24, 2024).