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 452
Femme assise
1879 (possibly later)
Alternate titles: Bildnis: Madame Cézanne; Madame Cézanne; Madame Cézanne Seated; Portrait de Madame Cézanne; Portrait de Madame Guillaume
Rewald (411): 1879 (possibly later); Venturi revised: 1893–94; Cézanne fils: 1880–85; Venturi (577): 1890–94; Rivière: 1880
Oil on canvas
21 5/8 x 18 1/8 in. (55 x 46 cm)
Private collection, London
Provenance
Private collection, Japan
Private collection, New York
Private collection, United Kingdom;
Private collection, London
Exhibition History
Paul Cassirer, Berlin, XII. Jahrgang, III. Ausstellung, November 17–December 12, 1909, no. 42, as Bildnis: Madame Cézanne, lent by Private collection [Bernhard Koehler].
Städtische Ausstellungshalle, Cologne, Internationale Kunstausstellung des Sonderbundes Westdeutscher Kunstfreunde und Künstler, May 25–September 30, 1912, no. 132, as Madame Cézanne, lent by B. Koehler.
French Art Galleries, New York, Women and Children in French Painting, May 25–June 22, 1940, no. 1.
Haus der Kunst, Munich, Paul Cézanne, October 12–November 18, 1956, no. 50, ill. lent by Private collection.
Daniel Malingue, Paris, Maîtres impressionnistes et modernes, May 5–June 18, 1983, no. 2, ill.
Kunstforum, Vienna, Cézanne: Vollendet unvollendet, January 20–April 25, 2000, no. 28, ill., (dated 1893–94), as Madame Cézanne Seated, lent by Private collection, Switzerland. Traveled to: Kunsthaus, Zürich, May 5–August 13, 2000 (initially planned to end on July 30 the exhibition was extended until August 13).
Published References
Rivière, Georges. Le Maître Paul Cézanne. Paris: Librairie Floury, 1923, p. 208 (describe?), as Portrait de Madame Guillaume.
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 577, ill. vol. II, as Portrait de Madame Cézanne.
"Notable Paintings in the Art Market, Part II." The Art News 36, no 13 (December 25, 1937), p. 10, ill. p. 11.
Hess, Walter. "Zum Bild des Menschen in der Kunst Cézanne." Die Kunst und das schöne Heim, no. 9 (June 1957), p. 336, ill., and on cover.
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. 411, ill. vol. 2, as Femme assise.
Schmidt-Bauer, Silvia. "Die Sammlung Bernhard Koehler." In Die Moderne und ihre Sammler: französische Kunst in deutschem Privatbesitz vom Kaiserreich zur Weimarer Republik, edited by Andrea Pophanken and Felix Billeter. Berlin: Akademie Verlag, 2001, p. 272.
Schaefer, Barbara, ed. "Sonderbundausstellung 1912 - Rekonstruktion." 1912, Mission Moderne: die Jahrhundertschau des Sonderbundes. Cologne: Wienend, 2012. Exhibition catalogue, no. 132, p. 554.
Echte, Bernhard and Feilchenfeldt, Walter. "Kollektion Paul Cézanne: 17. November bis 12. Dezember 1909." Kunstsalon Cassirer: Die Ausstellungen 1908-1910. vol. 4, "Ganz eigenartige neue Werte". Wädenswil: Nimbus, 2013, p. 315, ill.
Record last updated November 16, 2023. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Femme assise, 1879 (possibly later) (FWN 452)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=405 (accessed on May 1, 2025).
