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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)
Catalogue entry
FWN 215
Bassin et lavoir du Jas de Bouffan
1885–86
Alternate titles: Graveyard; La Fontaine; Le Jas de Bouffan; Le Jas de Bouffan (Aix-en-Provence); Le Jas de Bouffan or Les Marronniers du Jas de Bouffan; Les Marronniers; Les marronniers du Jas de Bouffan; Les Marronniers, Jas de Bouffan; Paysage; The Pool at the Jas de Bouffan
Rewald (566): 1885–86; Venturi revised: 1890–94; Venturi (648): 1888–90; Rivière: 1887; Cooper: c.1883 (Metropolitan Museum cat.); Machotka et al: 1887–89
Oil on canvas
25 1/2 x 31 13/16 in. (64.8 x 80.9 cm)
Vollard A stockbook: no. 3751, huile. deux grands arbres à fourche, au loin comme une crête de montagne, 65 x 81 cm (200 frs)
Provenance
Ambroise Vollard, Paris
Baron Denys Cochin, Paris (Nov. 28, 1901)
Josse and Gaston Bernheim-Jeune, Paris (1913)
Philip Sandblom, Stockholm
Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris and New York (May 1, 1946)
Stephen C. Clark, New York (Sept. 1946);
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (1960)
Exhibition History
1901b Paris
Société des artistes indépendants, Grandes serres de l'Exposition universelle (Cours-la-reine), Paris, 17e exposition, April 20–May 21, 1901, no. 155, as Paysage, lent by Vollard.1904 Brussels
La Libre Esthétique, Brussels, Exposition des peintres impressionnistes, February 25–March 29, 1904, no. 17, as La Fontaine, lent by Baron Cochin; tentative identification.1914a Paris
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Paul Cézanne, January 6–17, 1914, as Les Marronniers.1925c Paris
Musée des Arts décoratifs, Paris, Cinquante ans de peinture française, 1875-1925, May 28–July 12, 1925, no. 13, ill., as Les marronniers du Jas de Bouffan, 1887, lent by Bernheim-Jeune.1926b Paris
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Exposition rétrospective Paul Cézanne (1839-1906) au profit de la caisse du Monument Cézanne, June 1–30, 1926. (listed in the 1935 Stockholm exhibition catalogue as having been included in exhibition).1931d New York
Knoedler Galleries, New York, The Landscape in French Painting: XIX–XX Centuries, October–November 1931, no. 23, ill., as Le Jas de Bouffan (Aix-en-Provence).1931e Chicago
Knoedler Galleries, Chicago, French Landscapes, November 30–December 19, 1931, no. 13.1933b Chicago
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, A Century of Progress, June 1–November 1, 1933, no. 311, (dated 1887), lent by Knoedler.1934d Paris
Gazette des Beaux-Arts, Paris, Les etapes de l’art contemporain, II, Gauguin, ses Amis: l’école de Pont-Aven et l’académie Julien, February 26–March 25, 1934, no. 27, as Le Jas de Bouffan, lent by Bernheim-Jeune.1934c Paris
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Ecole de 1830, Ecole impressionniste, Ecole post-impressionniste, May 28–June 1934.1935c Paris
Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Quelques tableaux d'Ingres à Gauguin, June 11–July 13, 1935, no. 2, as Les marronniers du Jas de Bouffan.1935 Stockholm
Svensk-Franska Konstgalleriet, Stockholm, Mästerverk i fransk 1800-talskonst [Masterpieces of 19th century French art], December 1–31, 1935, no. 2, ill., as Les Marronniers, Jas de Bouffan, lent by Philip Sandblom.1946d New York
Century Association, New York, Paintings from the Stephen C. Clark Collection, June 6–September 28, 1946.1954b New York
Knoedler Galleries, New York, A Collector's Taste: Selections from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen C. Clark, January 12–30, 1954, no. 10, ill.1956 Aix-en-Provence
Pavillon de Vendôme, Aix-en-Provence, France, Exposition pour commémorer le cinquantenaire de la mort de Cézanne, July 21–August 15, 1956, no. 36, ill. lent by S.C. Clark.1958b New York
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Paintings from Private Collections: Summer Loan Exhibition, 1958, no. 17, as Graveyard, lent by Stephen C. Clark.1959d New York
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Paintings from Private Collections: Summer Loan Exhibition, 1959, no. 10, lent by Stephen C. Clark.1960a New York
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Paintings from Private Collections: Summer Loan Exhibition, 1960, no. 10, lent by Stephen C. Clark.1960 New Haven
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut, Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture Collected by Yale Alumni, May 19–June 26, 1960, no. 75.1987 Amsterdam
Rijksmuseum Vincent Van Gogh, Amsterdam, Franse meesters uit het Metropolitan Museum of Art: Realisten en Impressionisten, March 15–May 31, 1987, no. 25.1990 Edinburgh
National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Cézanne and Poussin: The Classical Vision in Landscape, August 9–October 21, 1990, no. 43, ill.1998–99 Sydney
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Classic Cézanne, November 28, 1998–February 28, 1999, no. 30, ill., as Bassin et lavoir du Jas de Bouffan, 1885-86, lent by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.2018 New York
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Public Parks, Private Gardens: Paris to Provence, March 12–July 29, 2018, p. 97, fig. 98.Published References
Bernheim-Jeune 1914
Bernheim-Jeune, ed. Cézanne. With contributions by O. Mirbeau, T. Duret, L. Werth, et al. Paris: Editions Hollande, 1914, pl. LV.Bernheim-Jeune 1919
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. 36.Rivière 1923
Rivière, Georges. Le Maître Paul Cézanne. Paris: Librairie Floury, 1923, p. 214, listed.L'Art vivant 1925
"L'actualité artistique." L'Art vivant (Paris), no. 12 (June 15, 1925), ill. p. [21], as Les marronniers du Jas de Bouffan.Tatlock 1931
Tatlock, R.R. "An Exhibition of French Landscapes in New York." The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs 59, no. 343 (October 1931), p. 194, fig. A pl. II p. [195], as Le Jas de Bouffan.Richard 1934
Richard, Marius. "Au profit des 'Amis de Delacroix': Gauguin et son temps." La Liberté, February 28, 1934, p. 4, as Le Jas de Bouffan.Hoppe 1935
Hoppe, Ragnar. "Från Corot till van Gogh: Femton mästerverk av franska målare och bildhuggare i Svensk-Franska Konstgalleriet [From Corot to van Gogh: Fifteen masterpieces by French painters and sculptors in the Swedish-French Art Gallery]." Konstrevy (Stockholm) XI (1935), ill. p. 166, as Les Marronniers, Jas de Bouffan.Rewald and Marschutz 1935b
Rewald, John, and Léo Marschutz. "Cézanne und der 'Jas de Bouffan.'" Forum, no. 9 (1935), p. 235 (ill. with photo. of motif).Raynal 1936
Raynal, Maurice. Cézanne. Paris: Editions de Cluny, 1936, pl. XLVI p. 75.Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 648, ill. vol. II, as Bassin et lavoir du Jas de Bouffan.Novotny 1938
Novotny, Fritz. Cézanne und das Ende der wissenschaftlichen Perspektive. Vienna: Anton Schroll, 1938, list of motifs: no. 45.Guerry 1950
Guerry, Liliane. Cézanne et l'expression de l'espace. Paris: Flammarion, 1950, p. 76.Beucken 1962
Beucken, Jean de. Cézanne. New York: Viking Press, 1962, pp. 76–77, ill.Sterling and Salinger 1967
Sterling, Charles, and Margaretta M. Salinger. French Paintings: A Catalogue of the Collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, vol. III. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1967, pp. 104–05, ill.Schapiro 1973
Schapiro, Meyer. Paul Cézanne. Translated by Louis-Marie Ollivier. Paris: Nouvelles Editions Françaises, 1973, p. 60, ill (reversed).Baetjer 1980
Baetjer, Katherine. European Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art by Artists Born before 1865: A Summary Catalogue. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1980, p. 26, ill. p. 615.Barskaya 1983a
Barskaya, Anna and Evgenia Georgievskaia. Paul Cézanne: Bilder aus Museen der Sowjetunion. Leningrad: Aurora Art Publishers, 1983, ill. p. 134.Moffett 1985
Moffett, Charles S. Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1985, pp. 186–87, ill.Kendall 1988
Kendall, Richard, ed. Cézanne: By Himself. London: Macdonald, 1988, p. 210, ill.Düchting 1989
Düchting, Hajo. Paul Cézanne: Natur wird Kunst. Cologne: Benedict Taschen Verlag, 1989, p. 17, ill.Schmitt 1995
Schmitt, Evmarie. Cézanne in der Provence. München and New York: Prestel, 1995, pp. 66-7.Machotka 1996
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: Landscape into Art. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1996, p. 132, fig. 118, with photographs of the motif, figs. 116 and 117, as Bassin et lavoir du Jas de Bouffan, dated 1880–90.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. 566, ill. vol. 2, as Bassin et lavoir du Jas de Bouffan.Coutagne 2004
Coutagne, Denis. "The Jas de Bouffan Landscapes." In Jas de Bouffan: Cézanne, Société Paul Cézanné. Aix-en-Provence: Hexagone, 2004, fig. 101, ill. in color.Société Paul Cézanne 2005
Société Paul Cézanne. P. Cézanne: Les sites provençaux. Edited by Pavel Machotka. Marseille: Editions Crès, 2005, p. 43, ill. with photos of motif (c. 1935 and c. 1976), p. 42, as Bassin et lavoir du Jas de Bouffan.Jensen 2006
Jensen, Robert. "Vollard and Cézanne: An Anatomy of a Relationship." In Cézanne to Picasso: Ambroise Vollard, Patron of the Avant-Garde. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art; New Haven: Yale University Press, 2006. Exhibition catalogue, p. 35, fig. 36, as The Pool at the Jas de Bouffan.Machotka 2008
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: The Eye and the Mind, 2 vols. Marseille: Editions Crès, 2008, vol. 1, fig. 226; vol. 2, p. 155, as Bassin et lavoir du Jas de Bouffan.Machotka 2014
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: Landscape into Art. Prague: Arbor Vitae, 2014, p. 125, fig. 41c, with black and white and color photos of motif, figs. 41a and 41b, as Bassin et lavoir du Jas de Bouffan, dated 1887–89.Société Paul Cezanne 2019
Cezanne, Jas de Bouffan: art et histoire. Under the scientific direction of Denis Coutagne and François Chédeville. Lyon; Aix-en-Provence: Fage édition; Société Paul Cezanne, 2019, fig. 293 p. 302 (figs. 294-295 photographs of motif, J. Rewald, c. 1935, P. Machotka, 1977 p. 302).Dauberville 2020
Dauberville, Guy-Patrice, and Floriane Dauberville. Paul Cezanne chez Bernheim-Jeune. Paris: Editions G-P.F. Dauberville & Archives Bernheim-Jeune, 2020, no. 100, ill., as Le Jas de Bouffan or Les Marronniers du Jas de Bouffan, photograph of painting in the Bernheim-Jeune residence at 107 avenue Henri Martin, p. 9.
Trees in front of the pool at the Jas de Bouffan.
John Rewald Archive, Department of Image Collections, National Gallery of Art Library, Washignton, D.C.
Photo: John Rewald, circa 1935; © Sabine Rewald
Site identified by John Rewald.
Photo: Pavel Machotka, 1977; © Courtesy Pavel Machotka Archive
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Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Bassin et lavoir du Jas de Bouffan, 1885–86 (FWN 215)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=553 (accessed on April 25, 2024).
