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Catalogue entry

FWN 241
Maison au toit rouge (Jas de Bouffan)
1887–90
Alternate titles: Haus mit rotem Dach; Haus mit rotem Dach, das Anwesen Jas de Bouffan; La Maison rouge dans les arbres; Landschaft; Maison au toit rouge; Maison au Toit Rouge (House with Red Roof); Maison aux toits rouges; Rotes Haus unter Bäumen; The house with the red roof
Rewald (603): 1887–90; Venturi revised: 1886–88; Venturi (468): 1885–87
Oil on canvas
28 11/16 x 36 3/16 in. (73 x 92 cm)
Vollard archives: photo no. 505, Annotated by Cezanne's son: Jas de Bouffan 1888
Private collection, Germany

Keywords

Provenance
Ambroise Vollard, Paris
Paul Cassirer, Berlin (Nov. 5, 1913)
Margarete Oppenheim, Berlin
Justin K. Thannhauser, New York
Mr. and Mrs. Georg Hirschland, Essen and Mamaroneck
Peter Nathan, Zurich
Private collection, Germany
Exhibition History
1909b Berlin
Paul Cassirer, Berlin, XII. Jahrgang, III. Ausstellung, November 17–December 12, 1909, no. 15, as Landschaft, lent by Vollard.
1911b Berlin
Paul Cassirer, Berlin, XIII. Jahrgang, Winter 1910/1911, VIII. Ausstellung, March 1911, no. 2, as Haus mit rotem Dach.
1912 London
Grafton Galleries, London, Second Post-Impressionist Exhibition, October 5–December 31, 1912, no. 3, as La Maison rouge dans les arbres, tentative identification, lent by Vollard.
1913b Vienna
Galerie Miethke, Vienna, Französische Impressionisten, opening March 1, 1913, no. 20, as Rotes Haus unter Bäumen.
1913d Berlin
Paul Cassirer, Berlin, Degas / Cézanne [XVI. Jahrgang, 1913-14, Zweite Ausstellung], November 1–December 7, 1913, no. 31, ill., as Haus mit rotem Dach, Cassirer buys Nov. 5, 1913.
1921 Berlin
Paul Cassirer, Berlin, Cézanne-Ausstellung: Cézannes Werke in deutschem Privatbesitz: Gemälde, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, November–December 11, 1921, no. 14, ill., as Haus mit rotem Dach, lent by Frau Marg Oppenheim.
1925b Berlin
Paul Cassirer, Berlin, Impressionisten, September–October 1925, no. 6, as Haus mit rotem Dach.
1946 Marburg
Central Collecting Point de Marburg, Jubiläumsbau, Masterpieces of European Painting of the 19th and early 20th Century / Meisterwerke der europäischen Malerei des 19. und frühen 20. Jahrhunderts, April 14–June 2, 1946, no. 17, as Maison au Toit Rouge (House with Red Roof), Essen, Folkwan-Museum.
1952 Chicago and traveling
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Cézanne: Paintings, Watercolors & Drawings, A Loan Exhibition, February 7–March 16, 1952, no. 57, ill. lent by Mrs. G. Hirschland. Traveled to: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, April 1–May 16, 1952.
1959e New York
Wildenstein Galleries, New York, Loan Exhibition: Cézanne, November 5–December 5, 1959, no. 32, ill. lent by Mrs. G.S. Hirschland.
1993 Tübingen
Kunsthalle, Tübingen, Germany, Cézanne Gemälde, January 16–May 2, 1993, no. 48, ill.
1995–96 Paris and traveling
Grand Palais, Paris, Cézanne, September 26, 1995–January 14, 1996, no. 117, ill. shown in Paris only. Traveled to: Tate Gallery, London, February 8–April 28, 1996; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, May 26–September 1, 1996.
2000–01 Berlin
Nationalgalerie Berlin, Berlin, Cézanne in Berlin. 28 Werke aus den Staatlichen Museen und aus Privatbesitz, October 6, 2000–January 14, 2001, no. 13, ill.
2006 Washington, D.C. and traveling
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Cézanne in Provence, January 29–May 7, 2006, no. 29, ill., (dated 1885–86), Private collection. Traveled to: Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, June 9–September 17, 2006.
2011–12 Tübingen
Kunsthalle Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany, Cézanne, Renoir, Picasso & Co., September 17, 2011–January 29, 2012, listed p. 283, ill. pp. 62–63, as Haus mit rotem Dach, das Anwesen Jas de Bouffan, 1886-88, lent by Private Collection.
Published References
Braun 1911
Braun, Felix. "Salon Cassirer." National-Zeitung (Berlin), March 4,1911, No. 54, as Haus mit rotem Dach.
Osborn 1911
Osborn, Max. "Von deutscher und französischer Malerei." BZ am Mittag, March 4,1911, as Haus mit rotem Dach.
Meier-Graefe 1918a
Meier-Graefe, Julius. Cézanne und sein Kreis: ein Beitrag zur Entwicklungsgeschichte: mit 127 Tonätzungen und fünfzehn Heliogravüren. Munich: R. Piper, 1918, ill. p. 128.
Salmon 1921
Salmon, André. "La Captivité de Cézanne." Der Querschnitt 11, no. 7 (Christmas 1921), p. h, ill., as Haus mit rotem Dach.
Meier-Graefe 1922
Meier-Graefe, Julius. Cézanne und sein Kreis: ein Beitrag zur Entwicklungsgeschichte: mit 171 Tonätzungen und einem Lichtdruck. Munich: R. Piper, 1922, ill. p. 156.
Meier-Graefe 1923
Meier-Graefe, Julius. Paul Cézanne. Munich: R. Piper, 1923, ill. p. 35.
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 468, ill. vol. II, as Maison aux toits rouges.
Loran 1943
Loran, Erle. Cézanne's Composition. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1943, p. 51, pl. VI (with photograph of the motif).
Rewald 1986b
Rewald, John. Cézanne: A Biography. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1986, p. 173, ill.
Schmitt 1995
Schmitt, Evmarie. Cézanne in der Provence. München and New York: Prestel, 1995, p. 65.
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. 603, ill. vol. 2, as Maison au toit rouge (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. 95, 122, ill. in color.
Feilchenfeldt 2005a
Feilchenfeldt, Walter. "Zur Rezeptionsgeschichte Cézannes in Deutschland." In "By Appointment Only": Schriften zu Kunst und Kunsthandel, Cézanne und Van Gogh. Wädenswil: Nimbus, 2005, p. 146, ill.
Riley 2006
Riley, Bridget. "Cézanne in Provence." The Burlington Magazine 148, no. 1242 (September 2006), pp. 621-22, fig. 44 and cover, as The house with the red roof, 1885-86.
Machotka 2008
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: The Eye and the Mind, 2 vols. Marseille: Editions Crès, 2008, vol. 1, fig. 227; vol. 2, p. 156, as Maison au toit rouge (Jas de Bouffan).
Machotka 2011a
Machotka, Pavel. "Des paysages du nord aux premiers pas du cubisme." In Cézanne et Paris. Paris: Éditions de la Rmn-Grand Palais, 2011. Exhibition catalogue, p. 192, fig. 106, as Maison au toit rouge, dated 1887-90.
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. 312, ill.
Echte and Feilchenfeldt 2016a
Echte, Bernhard and Feilchenfeldt, Walter. "Kollektionen von Paul Cézanne, Ferdinand Hodler, Leopold Kalckreuth […]: März 1911." In Kunstsalon Cassirer: Die Ausstellungen 1910-1912 vol. 5, "Verheissung und Erfüllung zugleich". Wädenswil: Nimbus, 2016, p. 251, ill.
Record last updated October 24, 2023. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Maison au toit rouge (Jas de Bouffan), 1887–90 (FWN 241)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=586 (accessed on March 28, 2024).