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Catalogue entry

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)
Vollard B stockbook: no. 3796, Portrait de femme en gris, 55 x 46 cm (100 frs)
Vollard archives: photo no. 307, Annotated by Cezanne's son: 1880–85
Private collection, London

Keywords

Provenance
Ambroise Vollard, Paris
Bernhard Koehler, Berlin (1908);
Bernhard Koehler, Jr., Berlin
Samuel Fischer, Berlin;
Gottfried Beermann-Fischer, Vienna
Paul Cassirer, Amsterdam (1936)
Knoedler Galleries, New York (June 1936)
William F.C. Ewing, New York (Mar. 1944)
Knoedler Galleries, New York (February 1953)
Walter Feilchenfeldt, Zurich (April 1953)
Alfred Hausammann, Zurich;
Estate of Alfred Hausammann, Switzerland
Walter Feilchenfeldt, Zurich (1985)
Heinz Berggruen, Paris (1985);
Sotheby's, London, June 25, 1985, no. 14, ill.; bought in
Harriet Griffin Fine Art, New York
Private collection, Japan
Walter Feilchenfeldt, Zurich
Private collection, New York
Christie's, London, Feb. 6, 2007, no. 18, ill.; bought in
Gagosian, New York
Private collection, United Kingdom;
Christie's, London, Feb. 28, 2017, no. 26, ill.
Private collection, London
Exhibition History
1909b Berlin
Paul Cassirer, Berlin, XII. Jahrgang, III. Ausstellung, November 17–December 12, 1909, no. 42, as Bildnis: Madame Cézanne, lent by Private collection [Bernhard Koehler].
1912 Cologne
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.
1940g New York
French Art Galleries, New York, Women and Children in French Painting, May 25–June 22, 1940, no. 1.
1956 Zurich
Kunsthaus, Zurich, Paul Cézanne, August 22–October 7, 1956, no. 69, pl. 31.
1956 Munich
Haus der Kunst, Munich, Paul Cézanne, October 12–November 18, 1956, no. 50, ill. lent by Private collection.
1983c Paris
Daniel Malingue, Paris, Maîtres impressionnistes et modernes, May 5–June 18, 1983, no. 2, ill.
2000 Vienna and traveling
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 1923
Rivière, Georges. Le Maître Paul Cézanne. Paris: Librairie Floury, 1923, p. 208 (describe?), as Portrait de Madame Guillaume.
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 577, ill. vol. II, as Portrait de Madame Cézanne.
Art News 1937d
"Notable Paintings in the Art Market, Part II." The Art News 36, no 13 (December 25, 1937), p. 10, ill. p. 11.
Hess 1957
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 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. 411, ill. vol. 2, as Femme assise.
Schmidt-Bauer 2001
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 2012
Schaefer, Barbara, ed. "Sonderbundausstellung 1912 - Rekonstruktion." 1912, Mission Moderne: die Jahrhundertschau des Sonderbundes. Cologne: Wienend, 2012. Exhibition catalogue, no. 132, p. 554.
Echte and Feilchenfeldt 2013d
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 April 19, 2024).