Catalogue entry

FWN 575
La Femme au perroquet
1862–64
Alternate titles: Femme au perroquet; Femme et oiseau; Woman with a Parrot
Rewald (26): 1862–64; Venturi revised: c.1866; Venturi (99): 1864–68; Rivière: 1869; Cooper: 1862
Oil on boxwood
11 x 7 7/8 in. (28 x 20 cm)
Vollard archives: photo no. 91, Annotated by Cezanne's son: 1865
Christie's, New York

Keywords

Provenance
Ambroise Vollard, Paris
Jos Hessel, Paris (July 4, 1912)
Auguste Pellerin, Paris;
M. et Mme René Lecomte, Paris;
Private collection;
Pellerin Collection, Christie's, New York, Nov. 8, 1999, no. 139, ill.
Exhibition History
1954 Paris
Orangerie, Paris, Hommage à Cézanne, July 2–October 17, 1954, no. 3, pl. II, lent by private collection, Paris.
Published References
Meier-Graefe 1904
Meier-Graefe, Julius. "Cézanne und sein Kreis: Paul Cézanne." In Entwicklungsgeschichte der modernen Kunst: vergleichende Betrachtungen der bildenden Künste, als Beitrag zu einer neuen Aesthetik vol. 1. Stuttgart: Jul. Hoffmann, 1904, p. 168, as Femme au perroquet.
Meier-Graefe 1908
Meier-Graefe, Julius. "Cézanne and his Circle: Paul Cézanne." In Modern Art: Being a Contribution to a New System of Aesthetics. vol. I, translated by Florence Simmonds and George W. Chrystal. London: Heinemann, 1908, p. 268, as Femme au perroquet.
Rivière 1923
Rivière, Georges. Le Maître Paul Cézanne. Paris: Librairie Floury, 1923, p. 199 (listed).
Raynal 1936
Raynal, Maurice. Cézanne. Paris: Editions de Cluny, 1936, pl. IV p. 31.
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 99, ill. vol. II, as La Femme au perroquet.
Ely 1984
Ely, Bruno. "Cézanne, L'Ecole de dessin et le Musée d'Aix." In Cézanne au Musée d'Aix. Aix-en-Provence: Musée Granet, 1984. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 179.
Lewis 1989
Lewis, Mary Tompkins. Cézanne's Early Imagery. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1989, pp. 133–38, fig. 69.
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. 26, ill. vol. 2, as La Femme au perroquet.
Machotka 2008
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: The Eye and the Mind, 2 vols. Marseille: Editions Crès, 2008, vol. 1, fig. 19; vol. 2, p. 37, as La Femme au perroquet, Private collection, Paris.
Colrat 2013
Colrat, Jean. Cézanne: Joindre les mains errantes de la nature. Paris-Sorbonne: PUPS, 2013, p. 413, pl. 181.
Dauberville 2020
Dauberville, Guy-Patrice, and Floriane Dauberville. Paul Cezanne chez Bernheim-Jeune. Paris: Editions G-P.F. Dauberville & Archives Bernheim-Jeune, 2020, no. 192, ill., as Femme et oiseau.
Dombrowski, Ireson and Patry 2021
Dombrowski, André, Nancy Ireson, and Sylvie Patry, eds. Cézanne in the Barnes Foundation. New York: Rizzoli Electa in association with The Barnes Foundation, 2021, p. 134, fig. 2, as Woman with a Parrot.
Record last updated October 27, 2023. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "La Femme au perroquet, 1862–64 (FWN 575), on boxwood." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=42 (accessed on April 23, 2024).