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FWN 492
Madame Cezanne en robe rouge
1888–90
Alternate titles: Die Gattin des Künstlers; Femme assise (Madame Cezanne); Frau Cézanne; La femme à la robe grenat; Madame Cézanne; Madame Cézanne à la chaise jaune; Madame Cézanne au fauteuil jaune; Madame Cézanne in a Yellow Armchair; Madame Cézanne in a Yellow Chair; Mme Cézanne en rouge, assise dans un fauteuil jaune; Petit Portrait de Mme Cézanne en rouge; Portrait de femme du peintre; Portrait de Mme Cézanne dans un fauteuil
Rewald (653): 1888–90; Venturi revised: c.1890; Venturi (572): 1890–94
Oil on canvas
31 7/8 x 25 9/16 in. (80.9 x 64.9 cm)
Vollard B stockbook: no. 4405, portrait de Mme Cezanne, 81 x 65 cm (300 frs)
The Art Institute of Chicago (Wilson L. Mead Fund) (1948.54)

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Provenance
Ambroise Vollard, Paris (June 13, 1906)
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris (February 18, 1907)
Théodore Duret, Paris (Apr. 16, 1907)
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris
August Deusser, Düsseldorf (October 15, 1909)
Galerie Thannhauser, Lucerne, and Paul Rosenberg, Paris and New York (Nov. 30, 1923)
Alphonse Kann, Saint-Germain-en-Laye (Oct. 31, 1929)
Paul Rosenberg, Paris and New York
The Art Institute of Chicago (Apr. 1948)
Exhibition History
1908 Moscow
Offices of the Toison d'Or [Zolotoe Runo], Moscow, Salon de La Toison d'Or, April 11–May 24, 1908, no. 15, as Portrait de femme du peintre, lent by Bernheim-Jeune.
1909 Düsseldorf
Kunsthalle, Düsseldorf, Germany, Sonderbund Ausstellung, May–June 1909, no. 86, as La femme à la robe grenat, lent by Bernheim-Jeune.
1926 London
French Gallery, London, Great Masters of the French XIXth Century (Ingres to Picasso), February 25 - end of March 1926, no. 5, as Portrait de Mme Cézanne dans un fauteuil, 1890.
1928d New York
Wildenstein Galleries, New York, Paul Cézanne, January 1928, no. 19, as Madame Cezanne en robe rouge, lent by Rosenberg.
1931c Paris
Paul Rosenberg, Paris, Exposition d’oeuvres importantes de grands maîtres du dix-neuvième siècle prétées au profit de la Cité Universitaire de l’Université de Paris, May 18–June 27, 1931, no. 7, ill., as Mme Cézanne en rouge, assise dans un fauteuil jaune, 1888, lent by Monsieur A. K[ann].
1936c Paris
Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris, Cézanne, May 20–October 11, 1936, no. 75, as Petit Portrait de Mme Cézanne en rouge, lent by Kann.
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. 26, ill., (dated 1892), as Madame Cézanne au fauteuil jaune, 1892, lent by Alphonse Kahn.
1939b London
Rosenberg & Helft, London, Exhibition Cézanne (1839-1906) to celebrate his centenary, April 19–May 20, 1939, no. 17, ill., (dated 1892), lent by A.K.
1950 Minneapolis
Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, The Art of Cézanne, January 7–February 5, 1950, as Madame Cézanne au fauteuil jaune, lent by Art Institute of Chicago.
1952 Chicago and traveling
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Cézanne: Paintings, Watercolors & Drawings, A Loan Exhibition, February 7–March 16, 1952, no. 70, ill. lent by Art Institute of Chicago. Traveled to: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, April 1–May 16, 1952.
1957b New York
Paul Rosenberg, New York, Masterpieces Recalled, February 6–March 2, 1957, no. 19, ill.
1971 Washington, D.C. and traveling
Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C., Cézanne: An Exhibition in Honor of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Phillips Collection, February 27–March 28, 1971, no. 23. Traveled to: The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, April 17–May 16, 1971; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, June 1–July 3, 1971.
1975 Sydney and traveling
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Modern Masters: Manet to Matisse, April 10–May 11, 1975, no number, ill. Traveled to: National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia, May 28–June 22, 1975; The Museum of Modern Art, New York, August 4–September 28, 1975.
1985–86 Tokyo and traveling
Seibu Museum of Art, Tokyo, The Impressionist Tradition: Masterpieces from the Art Institute of Chicago, October 18–December 17, 1985, no. 48.
1993 Tübingen
Kunsthalle, Tübingen, Germany, Cézanne Gemälde, January 16–May 2, 1993, no. 42, ill.
1997–98 Stockholm
Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, Cézanne i blickpunkten, October 17, 1997–January 11, 1998, no. 6, ill., pp. 40–41 (dated 1888–90).
1998 St. Petersburg and traveling
State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation, Cézanne and the Russian Avant-Garde, August 9–September 24, 1998, no. 26, ill., (dated c. 1890). Traveled to: Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, October 15–November 18, 1998 (exhibition catalogue in Russian; text by Albert Kostenevich).
2006–07 New York and traveling
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Cézanne to Picasso: Ambroise Vollard, Patron of the Avant-Garde, September 14, 2006–January 7, 2007, no. 46, fig. 44, pp. 42, 343–34, as Madame Cézanne au fauteuil jaune. Traveled to: The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, February 17–May 13, 2007; Musée d'Orsay, Paris, June 19–September 16, 2007.
2008 Fort Worth
Kimbell Museum of Art, Fort Worth, Texas, The Impressionists: Master Paintings from the Art Institute of Chicago, June 29–November 2, 2008, no. 64, ill.
2011–12 Paris
Musée du Luxembourg, Paris, Cézanne et Paris, October 12, 2011–February 26, 2012, no. 13, ill., p. 31, as Madame Cézanne au fauteuil jaune, lent by The Art Institute of Chicago.
2014–15b New York
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Madame Cézanne, November 19, 2014–March 15, 2015, n.n., pl. 20, lent by The Art Institute of Chicago.
2017 Paris
Musée d'Orsay, Paris, Cézanne Portraits, June 13–September 24, 2017, no. 44, ill.
2017–18 Paris and traveling
Musée d'Orsay, Paris, Cézanne Portraits, June 13–September 24, 2017, no. 14.2, ill. Traveled to: National Portrait Gallery, London, October 26, 2017–February 11, 2018; National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C, March 25–July 1, 2018.
2022–23 Chicago and traveling
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Cezanne, May 15–September 5, 2022, no. 36, ill. Reflection: "I Paint Pictures too!" by Kerry James Marshall, p. 109. Traveled to: Tate Moderrn, London, October 6, 2022–March 12, 2023.
Published References
Piper & Co. 1912
Paul Cèzanne - Mappe. Munich: R. Piper & Co., 1912, pl. 6, as Die Gattin des Künstlers.
Čapek 1913
Čapek, Josef. "Tvořivá povaha moderní doby." Volné směry (Prague) 17 (1913), ill. p. 119.
Nebbia 1913
Nebbia, Ugo. "Sul movimento pittorico contemporaneo." Emporium 38 (December 1913), p. 422, ill.
Vollard 1914
Vollard, Ambroise. Paul Cézanne. Paris: Vollard, 1914, pl. 46.
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. 166.
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. 200.
Salmon 1923
Salmon, André. Cézanne. Paris: Librairie Stock, 1923, pl. 10.
Pfister 1927
Pfister, Kurt. Cézanne: Gestalt, Werk, Mythos. Potsdam: Gustav Kiepenheuer Verlag, 1927, fig. 74, as Frau Cézanne, c. 1885.
Meier-Graefe 1927a
Meier-Graefe, Julius. Cézanne. translated by J. Holroyd-Reece. London: Ernest Benn, 1927, pl. LXVII.
Watson 1928a
Watson, Forbes. "Recent Exhibitions." Arts 13, no. 1 (January 1928), p. 34, ill.
Watson 1928b
Watson, Forbes. "New York Exhibitions." Arts 13, no. 2 (February 1928), p. 107.
D'Ors 1930
Ors, Eugenio d.' Paul Cézanne. Paris: Editions des Chroniques du Jour, 1930, p. 52, ill.
Iavorskaia 1935a
Iavorskaia, Nina. Cézanne. Moscow: Ogiz-Izogiz, 1935, pl. 30.
Iavorskaia 1935b
Iavorskaia, Nina. Paul Cézanne. Milan: Hoepli, 1935, pl. XVI.
Combe 1936
Combe, Jacques. "L'influence de Cézanne." La Renaissance (Paris), vol. 19, nos. 5-6 (May–June 1936), ill. p. 27, as Madame Cézanne.
Di San Lazzaro 1936
Di San Lazzaro, Gualtieri. Paul Cézanne. Paris: Chroniques du Jour, 1936, fig. 5.
D'Ors 1936a
Ors, Eugenio d.' Paul Cézanne. New York: E. Weyhe, 1936, pl. 5.
Rewald 1936a
Rewald, John. "Cézanne et son oeuvre." L'Art sacré: revue mensuelle, special number, Cézanne (May 1936), p. 8, fig. 18 p. 28, as Madame Cézanne.
Huyghe 1936b
Huyghe, René. "Cézanne et son oeuvre." L'Amour de l'art 17, no. 5 (May 1936), fig. 61 p. 177, as Madame Cézanne, c. 1885.
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 572, ill. vol. II, as Madame Cézanne au fauteuil jaune.
Bagarry 1939
Bagarry, Adrien-Pierre. "Le centenaire de Cézanne." La Renaissance (Paris), vol. 22, no. 1 (March 1939), p. 7, ill., as Madame Cézanne au fauteuil jaune, 1892, A. K. collection.
Barnes and de Mazia 1939
Barnes, Albert C., and Violette de Mazia. The Art of Cézanne. New York: Harcourt Brace, 1939, no. 135, p. 262, ill. (analysis p. 373).
Jaloux 1939
Jaloux, Edmond. "Cézanne." Marianne: grand hebdomadaire politique et littéraire illustré (Paris) (February 22, 1939), ill. p. 13, as Madame Cézanne au fauteuil jaune.
Cogniat 1939a
Cogniat, Raymond. Cézanne. Paris: Pierre Tisné, 1939, cover, pl. 73.
Dorival 1948
Dorival, Bernard. Cézanne. Paris: Pierre Tisné, 1948, pl. 113, listed p. 164.
Rich 1948
Rich, Daniel Catton. "Two Great French Portraits." Bulletin of the Art Institute of Chicago 42, no. 6 (November 15, 1948), p. [79], ill. cover, as Madame Cézanne in a Yellow Chair.
Rewald 1948a
Rewald, John. "Cézanne's Theories about Art." Art News 47, no. 7 (November 1948), p. 35, ill.
Loran 1952
Loran, Erle. "Cézanne in 1952." Quarterly (Art Institute of Chicago) 46, no. 1 (February 1, 1952), p. 12, ill.
Arnheim 1954
Arnheim, Rudolf. Art and Visual Perception. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1954, pp. 22–26, fig. 16.
Beucken 1955
Beucken, Jean de. Un portrait de Cézanne. Paris: Gallimard, [1955], p. 225.
Art Institute of Chicago 1961
Paintings in The Art Institute of Chicago: A Catalogue of the Picture Collection. Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1961, p. 73, ill. p. 326, as Madame Cézanne in a Yellow Chair.
Novotny 1961
Novotny, Fritz. Cézanne. London: Phaidon, 1961, pl. 33.
Murphy 1968
Murphy, Richard W. The World of Cézanne, 1839–1906. New York: Time-Life Books, 1968, p. 105.
D'Harnoncourt 1971
D'Harnoncourt, Anne. "The Necessary Cézanne." Art Gallery 14, no. 6 (April 1971), p. 39, ill.
Elderfield 1971
Elderfield, John. "Drawing in Cézanne." Artforum 9, no. 10 (June 1971), p. 53, ill.
Sheppard 1979
Sheppard, Nathaniel, Jr. "3 Stolen Cézanne Works Recovered; Suspect Arrested." New York Times, May 24, 1979, ill.
Berger 1980
Berger, Klaus. "Krise des Impressionismus in den achtziger Jahren: Cézanne, Seurat, van Gogh, E. Bernard, Gauguin - Natur und Struktur." Japonismus in der westlichen Malerei: 1860-1920. Munich: Prestel, 1980, fig. 78, p. 123, as Madame Cézanne au fauteuil jaune, 1890.
Ponente 1981
Ponente, Nello, ed. Cézanne e le avanguardie. Rome: Officina Edizioni, 1981, Lux: pl. 27.
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. 195.
Kendall 1988
Kendall, Richard, ed. Cézanne: By Himself. London: Macdonald, 1988, p. 170, ill.
Düchting 1989
Düchting, Hajo. Paul Cézanne: Natur wird Kunst. Cologne: Benedict Taschen Verlag, 1989, p. 226, ill.
Verdi 1992
Verdi, Richard. Cézanne. London and New York: Thames & Hudson, 1992, p. 131, fig. 111.
Sollers 1995
Sollers, Philippe. Le Paradis de Cézanne. Paris: Gallimard, 1995, p. 60, 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. 653, ill. vol. 2, as Madame Cézanne au fauteuil jaune.
Feilchenfeldt, C. 2000a
Feilchenfeldt, Christina. "Portraits." In Cézanne: Finished, Unfinished. Ostfildern-Ruit: Hatje Cantz, 2000. Exhibition catalogue, p. 166, fig. 1, as Madame Cézanne au fauteuil jaune.
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. 42, fig. 44, as Madame Cézanne in a Yellow Armchair.
Sidlauskas 2009
Sidlauskas, Susan. Cézanne's Other: The Portraits of Hortense. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2009, pl. 14, as Madame Cézanne au fauteuil jaune.
Storr 2009
Storr, Robert. "La Famille Cézanne." In Cézanne and Beyond. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art; New Haven: Yale University Press, 2009. Exhibition catalogue, p. 52, fig. 2.8, as Madame Cézanne in a Yellow Chair, dated 1893–95.
Shiff 2010
Shiff, Richard. "He Painted." In Cézanne's Card Players. London: Paul Holberton Publishing, 2010. Exhibition catalogue, p. 76, fig. 45 (fig. 46, detail).
Cézanne 2011
Cézanne, Philippe. "Paul Cézanne: L'homme." In Cézanne et Paris. Paris: Éditions de la Rmn-Grand Palais, 2011. Exhibition catalogue, p. 30, ill., as Madame Cézanne au fauteuil jaune.
Chiappini 2011
Chiappini, Rudy. "Quel silenzio, in attesa del tempo della rivelazione." In Cézanne: Les ateliers du midi. Milan: Skira, 2011. Exhibition catalogue, p. 35, fig. 18.
Benedetti 2013b
Benedetti, Maria Teresa. "Gli artisti italiani e Cézanne." In Cézanne et gli artisti italiani del '900. Milan: Skira, 2013. Exhibition catalogue, p. 74, fig. 99.
Armstrong 2018
Armstrong, Carol. Cézanne's Gravity. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2018, fig. 92.
Dauberville 2020
Dauberville, Guy-Patrice, and Floriane Dauberville. Paul Cezanne chez Bernheim-Jeune. Paris: Editions G-P.F. Dauberville & Archives Bernheim-Jeune, 2020, no. 181, ill., as Femme assise (Madame Cezanne).
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. 195, fig. 12, as Madame Cézanne in a Yellow Chair.
Geskó 2021
Geskó, Judit. "Cezanne and Non-Arcadian Abstraction. What is 'Influence'? An Experimental Answer to Baxandall's Question." In Cezanne to Malevich, Arcadia to Abstraction. Budapest: Museum of Fine Arts, 2021. Exhibition catalogue, fig. 6.
Haskell 2022
Haskell, Caitlin. "Cezanne's Refusal." In Cezanne. Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 2022, p. 42, fig. 9.
Smith 2023
Smith, Paul. "Looking slowly with Cezanne." The Burlington Magazine 165 (April 2023), fig. 4.

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Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Madame Cezanne en robe rouge, 1888–90 (FWN 492)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=634 (accessed on April 19, 2024).