The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne
An Online Catalogue Raisonné under the Direction of Société Paul Cezanne
(Formerly directed by Walter Feilchenfeldt, Jayne Warman and David Nash)
FWN 654
La Barque; Le Départ sur l'eau; L'Embarquement de Dante
c.1878
Alternate titles: Départ sur l'eau; La Barque; also known as Le Départ sur l'eau; or l'Embarquement de Dante; Skizze
Rewald (372): c.1878; Venturi revised: 1874–77; Venturi (378): 1879–82; Rivière: 1876
Oil on canvas
10 x 13 in. (25.5 x 33 cm)
Private collection, Japan
Provenance
Exhibition History
Secession, Vienna, Entwicklung des Impressionismus in Malerei u. Plastik: XVI. Ausstellung der Vereinigung bildender Künstler Österreichs, Secession, January–February 1903, no. 63, as Skizze, lent by Vallotton.
Musée de Lyon, Palais Saint-Pierre, Lyon, France, Centenaire de Paul Cézanne, May 7–June 18, 1939, no. 22, lent by Mme Paul Vallotton.
Galerie Paul Vallotton, Lausanne, Switzerland, Exposition du 60e anniversaire, July 5–September 8, 1973, no. 3.
Galerie Beyeler, Basel, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne: Peintures, Aquarelles, Dessins, June–September 1983, no. 13, ill., as Départ sur l'eau.
Published References
Rivière, Georges. Le Maître Paul Cézanne. Paris: Librairie Floury, 1923, p. 203, listed (?)
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 378, ill. vol. II, as Départ sur l'eau.
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. 372, ill. vol. 2, as La Barque; also known as Le Départ sur l'eau; or l'Embarquement de Dante.
Notes
Félix Vallotton made a drawing after this work, which he acquired form Vollard. It was published in the 1914 Bernheim-Jeune volume on Cézanne.
Record last updated November 11, 2014. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "La Barque; Le Départ sur l'eau; L'Embarquement de Dante, c.1878 (FWN 654)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=368 (accessed on May 1, 2025).
