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)
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Venturi-Rewald Archive, NGA Library
FWN 115-TA
Le Dauphin du bassin au Jas de Bouffan
1878–79
Alternate titles: Jas de Bouffan: Le Dauphin; La Pièce d'eau du Jas de Bouffant; Le Dauphin; Le Dauphin or Le Dauphin du Jas de Bouffan
Rewald (379): 1878–79; Venturi revised: c.1876; Cézanne fils: 1885; Venturi (166): 1875–76
Oil on canvas
22 13/16 x 28 in. (58 x 71 cm)
Vollard A stockbook: no. 3480, huile; le bassin du Jas de Bouffan dans lequel se reflète tout la verdure d'alentour (200 frs)
Provenance
Exhibition History
Grafton Galleries, London, Second Post-Impressionist Exhibition, October 5–December 31, 1912, no. 4, as Le Dauphin, lent by M. Gaston Bernheim-Jeune, not for sale.
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Paul Cézanne, January 6–17, 1914, no. 20, as La Pièce d'eau du Jas de Bouffant, lent by Private collection.
Published References
Bernheim-Jeune, ed. Cézanne. With contributions by O. Mirbeau, T. Duret, L. Werth, et al. Paris: Editions Hollande, 1914, pl. XLIX.
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. 34.
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 166, ill. vol. II, as Jas de Bouffan: Le Dauphin.
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), p. 56.
Kostenevich, Albert. Hidden Treasures Revealed. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1995. Exhibition catalogue, p. 178, fig. 1.
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. 379, ill. vol. 2, as Le Dauphin du bassin au Jas de Bouffan.
Dauberville, Guy-Patrice, and Floriane Dauberville. Paul Cezanne chez Bernheim-Jeune. Paris: Editions G-P.F. Dauberville & Archives Bernheim-Jeune, 2020, no. 102, ill., as Le Dauphin or Le Dauphin du Jas de Bouffan, installation photograph from 1914 exhibition, p. 101, as well as photograph of painting in the Bernheim-Jeune residence at 107 avenue Henri Martin, p. 7 and Josse's at 17 rue Desbordes-Valmore, p. 12.
Notes
Rewald (1996) noted that the paint is thinly applied, diluted perhaps with turpentine, like a watercolor.
Venturi (1936) described the colors in the painting as: "Arbres verts et bleus. Mur et montagnes jaune-orange. Toits rouges. Toutes les couleurs se reflètent dans l'eau. Toile découverte; quelques touches bleues pour le ciel."
Record last updated August 19, 2021. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Le Dauphin du bassin au Jas de Bouffan, 1878–79 (FWN 115-TA)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=375 (accessed on July 16, 2025).
