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Catalogue entry

FWN 670
Arlequin
1888–90
Alternate titles: Harlekin; Harlequin; L'Arlequin
Rewald (621): 1888–90; Venturi revised: 1888; Venturi (553): 1888–90; Cooper: probably 1888–89, after No. 618; Gowing: c.1889 (Edinburgh)
Oil on canvas
36 3/16 x 25 5/8 in. (92 x 65 cm)
Vollard B stockbook: no. 4299, Arlequin, 92 x 65 cm (2400 frs)
Vollard archives: photo no. 281 and [195], Annotated by Cezanne's son: 1889
Private collection, Argentina

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Provenance
Ambroise Vollard, Paris
Emil Heilbut, Berlin (April 14, 1900)
Bruno und Paul Cassirer, Berlin
Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris (Nov. 29, 1901)
Ambroise Vollard, Paris (Nov. 29, 1901)
Maurice Gangnat, Paris
Paul Rosenberg, Paris (Nov. 2, 1916)
Jørgen Breder Stang, Oslo
Galerie Thannhauser, Lucerne (June 12, 1928)
Wildenstein Galleries, Paris, and Paul Guillaume, Paris
Lord Rothschild, Merton Hall, Cambridge
Alex Reid & Lefèvre, London
Private collection, Argentina
Exhibition History
1900 Berlin
Bruno and Paul Cassirer, Berlin, III. Jahrgang der Kunst-Austellungen, Winter 1900/1901, November 2 - beginning of December 1900, no. 13, as Harlekin, recently bought from Vollard by Emil Heilbut.
1907a Paris
Salon d'Automne, Grand Palais, Paris, Rétrospective d'oeuvres de Cézanne, October 1–22, 1907, no. 38, as L'Arlequin, lent by Gangnat.
1917b Paris
Paul Rosenberg, Paris, Art français du XIXe siècle au profit de l'Association Générale des mutilés de la guerre, June 25–July 13, 1917, no. 10, as Arlequin, lent by Rosenberg.
1917 Zurich
Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich, Französische Kunst des XIX. und XX. Jahrhunderts, October 5–November 14, 1917, no. 40, ill., as Arlequin, lent by S[tang].
1919 Paris
Paul Rosenberg, Paris, L'art français au XIXe siècle, 1919.
1928 Oslo
Nationalmuseum, Oslo, Norway, De David à Courbet, March–August 1928.
1929 New York
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, The museum's first loan exhibition: Cézanne, Gauguin, Seurat, van Gogh, November 8–December 7, 1929, no. 10, ill., (dated 1885–90), as Harlequin, lent by Private collection, Paris.
1935a London
Wildenstein Galleries, London, Nineteenth Century Masterpieces, May 9–June 15, 1935, no. 5, ill.
1936d London
New Burlington Galleries, London, Exhibition of Masters of French 19th Century Painting, October 1–31, 1936, no. 91, as Harlequin, lent by Rothschild.
1939b London
Rosenberg & Helft, London, Exhibition Cézanne (1839-1906) to celebrate his centenary, April 19–May 20, 1939, no. 16, ill. lent by Rothschild.
1952 Chicago and traveling
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Cézanne: Paintings, Watercolors & Drawings, A Loan Exhibition, February 7–March 16, 1952, no. 71, ill. lent by Rothschild. Traveled to: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, April 1–May 16, 1952.
1954 Edinburgh and traveling
Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Paintings by Cézanne, August 20–September 18, 1954, no. 44, pl. VI, as Arlequin, c. 1889, lent by Lord Rothschild. Traveled to: Tate Gallery, London, September 29–October 27, 1954.
1974–75 Pittsburgh
Carnegie Art Institute, Pittsburgh, Celebration: Inaugural Exhibition of the Sarah Scaife Gallery of the Museum of Art, October 26, 1974–January 5, 1975, no. 14, ill., as Harlequin, c. 1888, Private collection.
Published References
Coquiot 1917
Coquiot, Gustave. "Paul Cézanne." Le Carnet des artistes: art ancien, art moderne, arts appliqués, no. 9 (1917), ill. p. 8.
Salmon 1928
Salmon, André. "Letter from Paris." Apollo 8 (1928), pp. 226–27, ill.
Jamot 1929
Jamot, Paul. "L'art français en Norvège." La Renaissance (Paris; New York), vol. 12, no. 2 (February 1929), p. 95, ill. p. 75, as Arlequin, J.-B. Stang collection.
D'Ors 1930
Ors, Eugenio d.' Paul Cézanne. Paris: Editions des Chroniques du Jour, 1930, pl. 9.
Iavorskaia 1935b
Iavorskaia, Nina. Paul Cézanne. Milan: Hoepli, 1935, pl. XIX.
Di San Lazzaro 1936
Di San Lazzaro, Gualtieri. Paul Cézanne. Paris: Chroniques du Jour, 1936, fig. 11.
Faure 1936
Faure, Élie. Cézanne. Paris: Editions Braun, 1936, pl. 46.
Raynal 1936
Raynal, Maurice. Cézanne. Paris: Editions de Cluny, 1936, pl. XXIII p. 50.
D'Ors 1936a
Ors, Eugenio d.' Paul Cézanne. New York: E. Weyhe, 1936, pl. 11.
D'Ors 1936b
Ors, Eugenio d.' "Crise de Cézanne." Gazette des beaux-arts, vol. 15, periode 6 (June 1936), p. 365, fig. 3, as L'Arlequin, Note: added strip on bottom of canvas in illustration.
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 553, ill. vol. II, as Arlequin.
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.
Cogniat 1939a
Cogniat, Raymond. Cézanne. Paris: Pierre Tisné, 1939, pl. 75.
Loran 1943
Loran, Erle. Cézanne's Composition. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1943, p. 58, ill.
Guerry 1946
Guerry, Liliane. "Le Problème de l'équilibre spatial dans les portraits cézanniens de la période constructive." Etudes d'Art, no. 2 (1946), fig. 3.
Ragghianti 1947
Ragghianti, Carlo Ludovico. L'Impressionismo. Turin: Chiantore, 1947, pl. XLVI.
Jedlicka 1948
Jedlicka, Gotthard. Cézanne. Berne: Alfred Scherz Verlag, 1948, fig. 36, as Arlequin.
Loran 1952
Loran, Erle. "Cézanne in 1952." Quarterly (Art Institute of Chicago) 46, no. 1 (February 1, 1952), p. 6, ill. (detail).
Raynal 1954
Raynal, Maurice. Cézanne. Geneva: Skira, 1954, p. 80, ill.
Beucken 1955
Beucken, Jean de. Un portrait de Cézanne. Paris: Gallimard, [1955], p. 218.
Taillandier 1961
Taillander, Yvon. P. Cézanne. Milan: Antonio Vallardi, 1961, p. 64.
Murphy 1968
Murphy, Richard W. The World of Cézanne, 1839–1906. New York: Time-Life Books, 1968, p. 109.
Brion 1971
Brion, Marcel. Cézanne. Milan: Fratelli Fabbri, 1971, ill. p. 58.
Harris 1982
Harris, Nathaniel. The Art of Cézanne. London: Optimum Books, 1982, p. 69, ill. in color.
Barskaya 1983a
Barskaya, Anna and Evgenia Georgievskaia. Paul Cézanne: Bilder aus Museen der Sowjetunion. Leningrad: Aurora Art Publishers, 1983, ill. p. 137.
Rewald 1983a
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, p. 156, 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, p. 156, ill.
Düchting 1989
Düchting, Hajo. Paul Cézanne: Natur wird Kunst. Cologne: Benedict Taschen Verlag, 1989, p. 156, ill.
Cahn 1995b
Cahn, Isabelle. Paul Cézanne. Paris: Somogy Editions d'Art, 1995, p. 87, ill.
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. 621, ill. vol. 2, as Arlequin.
Bernstein 2009
Bernstein, Roberta. "Cézanne and Johns: 'At Every Point in Nature There Is Something to See.'" In Cézanne and Beyond. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art; New Haven: In association with Yale University Press, 2009. Exhibition catalogue, p. 488, pl. 194, as Harlequin.
Echte and Feilchenfeldt 2011a
Echte, Bernhard and Feilchenfeldt, Walter. "Sammlungen Paul Cézanne, Louis Corinth, […], 2. November bis Anfang Dezember 1900." Kunstsalon Bruno & Paul Cassirer: Die Ausstellungen 1898-1901. vol. 1, «Das Beste aus aller Welt zeigen». Wädenswil: Nimbus, 2011, p. 347, ill.

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Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Arlequin, 1888–90 (FWN 670)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=603 (accessed on April 25, 2024).