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Catalogue entry

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

Keywords

Provenance
Ambroise Vollard, Paris
Félix Vallotton, Paris;
Paul Vallotton, Lausanne;
Sotheby's, London, July 4, 1979, no. 86, ill.; bought in;
Christie's, New York, Nov. 13, 1984, no. 125, ill.; bought in
Galerie Nichido, Tokyo
Private collection, Japan
Exhibition History
1903 Vienna
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.
1939 Lyon
Musée de Lyon, Palais Saint-Pierre, Lyon, France, Centenaire de Paul Cézanne, May 7–June 18, 1939, no. 22, lent by Mme Paul Vallotton.
1973 Lausanne
Galerie Paul Vallotton, Lausanne, Switzerland, Exposition du 60e anniversaire, July 5–September 8, 1973, no. 3.
1983 Basel
Galerie Beyeler, Basel, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne: Peintures, Aquarelles, Dessins, June–September 1983, no. 13, ill., as Départ sur l'eau.
Published References
Rivière 1923
Rivière, Georges. Le Maître Paul Cézanne. Paris: Librairie Floury, 1923, p. 203, listed (?)
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 378, ill. vol. II, as Départ sur l'eau.
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. 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 April 20, 2024).