Catalogue entry

FWN 671

Arlequin

1888–90

Alternate titles: Harlequin; L'Arlequin; Mardi gras

Rewald (620): 1888–90; Venturi revised: 1888; Venturi (554): 1888–90; Rivière: 1888

Oil on canvas

39 3/8 x 25 5/8 in. (100 x 65 cm)

Vollard A stockbook: no. 3369, peinture à l'huile représentant un arlequin tenant à la main droite un bouquet de violettes et sous le bras une batte, 105 x 66 cm (250 frs)

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. (Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon)

Keywords

People
Family:
- Cezanne fils »
Figure compositions
Historical and Allegorical:
- Harlequin / arlequin »
Interiors
Wall decoration:
- baseboard »
Interiors
Furnishings:
- curtain / rideau »

Provenance

Ambroise Vollard, Paris

Emile Schuffenecker, Paris (Oct. 5, 1899)

Amédée Schuffenecker, Paris (1904)

Auguste Pellerin, Paris;

Jean-Victor Pellerin, Paris

Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, Upperville, Va. (1967);

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. (1985)

Exhibition History

1899b Paris

Galerie Vollard, Paris, Paul Cézanne, November 15–December 1899, no. 5, as L'Arlequin.

1932 London

Royal Academy of Arts, London, French Art, January 4–March 12, 1932, no. 515, as L'Arlequin, lent by Pellerin, Paris; Commemorative Catalogue: no. 287, pl. 140.

1933 Paris

Les Archives internationale de la danse, 6 rue Vital, Paris, Danse dans la peinture et la sculpture, June 1933, as Arlequin.

1936c Paris

Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris, Cézanne, May 20–October 11, 1936, no. 73, as Arlequin, lent by Pellerin.

1939a Paris

Paul Rosenberg, Paris, Exposition Cézanne (1839-1906), organisée à l'occasion de son centenaire au profit de l’œuvre de l'allaitement maternel, February 21–April 1, 1939, no. 24, ill., as Arlequin, 1890, lent by J.-V. Pell.

1986 Washington, D.C.

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Gifts to the Nation: Selected Acquisitions from the Collections of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, July 20–October 17, 1986.

1995–96 Paris and traveling

Grand Palais, Paris, Cézanne, September 26, 1995–January 14, 1996, no. 124, ill. shown in Paris and Philadelphia only. Traveled to: Tate Gallery, London, February 8–April 28, 1996; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, May 26–September 1, 1996.

2009 Aix-en-Provence

Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, Picasso, Cézanne, May 25–September 27, 2009, no. 71, ill., as Arlequin.

2009–10 The Hague

Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, the Netherlands, Cézanne, Picasso, Mondriaan: in nieuw perspectief, October 17, 2009–January 24, 2010, no. 18, ill., as Arlequin.

2012–13 Budapest

Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, Hungary, Cézanne and the Past: Tradition and Creativity, October 25, 2012–February 17, 2013, no. 66, ill.

2017 Basel

Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel, Switzerland, The Hidden Cézanne: From Sketchbook to Canvas, June 10–September 24, 2017, no. 81, ill.

Published References

Klingen 1918–19

"Cézanne og Kunstkritiken." Klingen vol. 2, nos. 10–12 (1918–19), frontispiece.

Levy 1920

Levy, Simon. "Lettre sur Cézanne." L'Amour de l'art 1, no. 8 (December 1920), ill. p. 288, as L'Arlequin.

Vauvrecy and Cezanne 1920

Vauvrecy; Paul Cézanne. "Vie de Cézanne'';''Lettres de Cézanne." L'Esprit nouveau: revue internationale d'esthétique, no. 2 (1920), ill. p. 144.

Rivière 1923

Rivière, Georges. Le Maître Paul Cézanne. Paris: Librairie Floury, 1923, p. 216, listed, ill. opp. p. 90, as Arlequin, dated 1888.

Ozenfant and Jeanneret 1924

Ozenfant, Amedée, and Charles Edouard Jeanneret. La Peinture moderne. Paris: Les Éditions Crès, 1924, p. 79, ill.

Goulinat 1925

Goulinat, J.-G. "Technique picturale: l'évolution du métier de Cézanne." L'Art vivant (Paris), no. 5 (March 1, 1925), p. 24, ill., as Arlequin.

Pfister 1927

Pfister, Kurt. Cézanne: Gestalt, Werk, Mythos. Potsdam: Gustav Kiepenheuer Verlag, 1927, fig. 105, as Mardi gras, c.1888.

Gasquet 1928

Gasquet, Joachim. Cézanne: 24 phototypies. Paris: Librairie de France, [1928], [pl. 3], as Arlequin.

Boll and Boll 1931

Boll, Marcel and André Boll. L'Art contemporain, sa raison d'être ses manifestations. Paris: Delagrave, 1931, p. 123, ill.

Cassou 1933

Cassou, Jean. "Expositions." Marianne: grand hebdomadaire littéraire illustré (Paris) (June 7, 1933), p. 15, ill., as L'Arlequin.

Rivière 1933

Rivière, Georges. Cézanne: Le Peintre solitaire. Paris: Librairie Floury, 1933, p. 119, ill.

Courthion 1933a

Courthion, Pierre. "La danse dans la peinture et la sculpture." Les Archives internationales de la danse (Paris) 3 (July 15, 1933), p. 111, as Arlequin.

Courthion 1933b

Courthion, Pierre. "Peintres et sculpteurs de la danse." Les Archives internationales de la danse (Paris) 5 (December 15, 1933), ill. p. 182, as Arlequin.

Venturi 1936b

Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 554, ill. vol. II, as Arlequin.

Novotny 1937

Novotny, Fritz. Cézanne. Vienna: Phaidon, 1937, pl. 54.

Rewald 1937a

Rewald, John. "A propos du catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre de Paul Cézanne et de la chronologie de cette œuvre." La Renaissance (Paris), vol. 20, nos. 3-4 (March–April 1937), p. 55, as Arlequin.

Barnes and de Mazia 1939

Barnes, Albert C., and Violette de Mazia. The Art of Cézanne. New York: Harcourt Brace, 1939, no. 105, ill. p. 236 (analysis p. 354).

Rivière 1942

Rivière, Georges. Cézanne: Le Peintre solitaire. Paris: Librairie Floury, 1942, p. 111, ill.

Novotny 1947

Novotny, Fritz. Cézanne. London: Phaidon Press, 1947, pl. 51, as Arlequin, 1888-90.

Beucken 1955

Beucken, Jean de. Un portrait de Cézanne. Paris: Gallimard, [1955], p. 218.

Andersen 1970

Andersen, Wayne V. Cézanne's Portrait Drawings. Cambridge, MA, London: MIT Press, 1970, p. 32, fig. 28.

Brion 1971

Brion, Marcel. Cézanne. Milan: Fratelli Fabbri, 1971, ill. p. 59.

Schapiro 1973

Schapiro, Meyer. Paul Cézanne. Translated by Louis-Marie Ollivier. Paris: Nouvelles Editions Françaises, 1973, p. 60, ill.

Barskaya 1983a

Barskaya, Anna and Evgenia Georgievskaia. Paul Cézanne: Bilder aus Museen der Sowjetunion. Leningrad: Aurora Art Publishers, 1983, ill. p. 137.

National Gallery of Art Annual Report 1986

National Gallery of Art Annual Report (1986), p. 35, listed, p. 125, ill.

Rewald 1986a

Rewald, John. "Paintings by Paul Cézanne in the Mellon Collection." In Essays in Honor of Paul Mellon, Collector and Benefactor, edited by John Wilmerding. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 1986, pp. 313–16, fig. 16 and colorpl. p. 288.

Rewald 1986b

Rewald, John. Cézanne: A Biography. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1986, pp. 1, 195, ill.

Kendall 1988

Kendall, Richard, ed. Cézanne: By Himself. London: Macdonald, 1988, p. 173, ill.

Patin 1995

Patin, Sylvie. Cézanne. Paris: Editions Hazan, 1995, p. 70.

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. 620, ill. vol. 2 and p. 31, ill. col. vol. 1, as Arlequin.

Athanassoglou-Kallmyer 2003

Athanassoglou-Kallmyer, Nina M. Cézanne and Provence: The Painter in His Culture. Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, 2003, p. 95, fig. 2.46, as Arlequin.

Feilchenfeldt 2005e

Feilchenfeldt, Walter. "Cézannes Gemälde: Formate und Themen, Echtheitsfragen." In "By Appointment Only": Schriften zu Kunst und Kunsthandel, Cézanne und Van Gogh. Wädenswil: Nimbus, 2005, p. 236, ill.

Schmidt 2007

Schmidt, Bertram. "Picasso und Cézanne. Zur Entstehung der kubistischen Bildsprache." In Jahrbuch der Staatlichen Kunstsammlungen in Baden-Württemberg 44, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Baden-Württemberg. Munich: Deutscher Kunstverlag, 2007, p. 90, fig. 5 (detail).

Grossvogel 2008

Grossvogel, Jill Elyse. "Towards a Rconstruction of the Schuffenecker Collection." In Claude-Emile Schuffenecker: catalogue raisonné: supplement, idem. Chicago: [s.n.], 2008, listed p. 37, as Harlequin.

Machotka 2008

Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: The Eye and the Mind, 2 vols. Marseille: Editions Crès, 2008, vol. 1, fig. 255; vol. 2, p. 169, as Arlequin.

Colrat 2013

Colrat, Jean. Cézanne: Joindre les mains errantes de la nature. Paris-Sorbonne: PUPS, 2013, p. 187, pl. 80.

Eiling et al. 2017

Eiling, Alexander, Anett Göthe, Astrid Reuter, Bettina Kaufmann, Eva-Maria Höllerer, Juliane Betz and Julia Lachenmann. "Catalog." In Cézanne Metamorphoses. Munich and Karlsruhe: Prestel and Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, 2017. Exhibition catalogue, p. 233 fig. 4.

Elderfield, Morton, Rey 2017

Elderfield, John, Mary Morton, Xavier Rey. Cézanne Portraits. Paris: Musée d'Orsay and Editions Gallimard, 2017. Exhibition catalogue, p. 166, fig. 48.

Elderfield, Morton, Rey 2017a

Elderfield, John, Mary Morton, Xavier Rey. Cézanne Portraits. London and Princeton, N,J.: National Portrait Gallery Publications and Princeton University Press, 2017. Exhibition catalogue, fig. 54.

Dauberville 2020

Dauberville, Guy-Patrice, and Floriane Dauberville. Paul Cezanne chez Bernheim-Jeune. Paris: Editions G-P.F. Dauberville & Archives Bernheim-Jeune, 2020, no. 207, ill., as Arlequin.

Cezanne 2021

Cézanne, Philippe. Paul Cezanne dépeint par ses contemporains. Lyon: Fage éditions, 2021, fig. 103.

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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. "Arlequin, 1888–90 (FWN 671)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=602 (accessed on April 20, 2024).