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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 497
Le Garçon au gilet rouge
1888–90
Alternate titles: Boy in a Red Waistcoat; Boy in the Red Vest; Boy with a Red Vest; Boy with red Vest; Garçon au gilet rouge; Il farsetto rosso; Knabe mit roter Weste; L'homme au gilet rouge; L'Italien au gilet rouge; Le Gilet rouge; Ritratto del signor
Rewald (659): 1888–90; Venturi revised: c.1895; Venturi (682): 1890–95; Cooper: 1893–94; Gowing: 1888–90; Reff: early 1890s (MoMA)
Oil on canvas
36 3/16 x 28 11/16 in. (92 x 73 cm)
Vollard B stockbook: no. 4349, Portrait de jeune homme italien debout (voir le No. 4157), 92 x 73 cm (3000 frs)
Vollard archives: photo no. 534, Annotated: 1888
Provenance
Ambroise Vollard, Paris
Egisto Fabbri, Florence and Paris (Jan. 1896)
Ambroise Vollard, Paris
Egisto Fabbri, Florence and Paris (Oct. 25, 1907)
Paul Rosenberg, Paris (Nov. 1928)
Jakob Goldschmidt, Berlin and New York (1929)
Goldschmidt Collection, Sotheby's, London, Oct. 15, 1958, no. 6, ill.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, Upperville, Va.;
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.. (1995)
Exhibition History
1895 Paris
Galerie Vollard, Paris, Paul Cézanne, November 11–December 15, 1895, Fabbri buys.1910a Paris
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Paul Cézanne, January 10–22, 1910, no. 25, as Le Gilet rouge, lent by E. Fabbri.1920 Venice
Biennale, Venice, Italy, Mostra Individuale di Paul Cézanne, April 15–October 31, 1920, no. 9, (dated 1880), as Il farsetto rosso, lent by Fabbri.1921 Basel
Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland, Cézanne, February 6–March 6, 1921, no. 34, as L'Italien au gilet rouge, lent by Fabbri.1936f Paris
Paul Rosenberg, Paris, Le grand siècle, June 15–July 11, 1936, no. 5, as L'homme au gilet rouge, 1895, lent by Private collection.1936d London
New Burlington Galleries, London, Exhibition of Masters of French 19th Century Painting, October 1–31, 1936, no. 94, as Garçon au gilet rouge, lent by Private collection.1937d New York
Knoedler Galleries, New York, French Figure Pieces of the XIXth Century, March 29–April 10, 1937, no. 17, ill.1939 San Francisco
Department of Fine Arts, Treasure Island, San Francisco, Golden Gate International Exposition: Masterworks for five centuries, February 18–October 29, 1939, no. 137, ill., as Boy with red Vest, lent by Mr. Jakob Goldschmidt, New York.1940f New York
New York World's Fair, New York, Masterpieces of Art, May–October 1940, no. 347, ill., as Boy with a Red Vest, lent by Jakob Goldschmidt.1941b New York
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, French Painting from David to Toulouse-Lautrec, February 6–March 26, 1941, no. 8, fig. 46.1942d New York
Paul Rosenberg, New York, A Loan Exhibition of Paintings by Cézanne (1839-1906) for the Benefit of Fighting France, November 19–December 19, 1942, no. 18, ill. lent by Goldschmidt.1945b New York
Wildenstein Galleries, New York, Four Centuries of Portraits, July–September 1945, no. 34.1947b New York
Wildenstein Galleries, New York, Cézanne, March 27–April 26, 1947, no. 53, ill. lent by Goldschmidt.1949c New York
Durand-Ruel, New York, What They Said: Postscript to Art Criticism, November 28–December 17, 1949, no. 10, ill.1950–51a Philadelphia
Philadelphia Museum of Arts, Philadelphia, Diamond Jubilee Exhibition, Masterpieces of Painting, November 4, 1950–February 11, 1951, no. 83, ill., as Boy with a Red Vest, lent by J. Goldschmidt.1953d New York
Greenwich House Music School Committee, New York, The Jakob Goldschmidt Collection, 1953, no number, p. 2.1955a Paris
Orangerie, Paris, De David à Toulouse-Lautrec: Chefs-d'oeuvre des collections américaines, April 20–July 5, 1955, no. 3, pl. 66, lent by J. Goldschmidt.1966 Washington, D.C.
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., French Paintings from the Collections of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon and Mrs. Mellon Bruce, March 18–May 1, 1966, no. 70, 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. 24. Traveled to: The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, April 17–May 16, 1971; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, June 1–July 3, 1971.1991 Washington, D.C.
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Art for the Nation, March 17–June 16, 1991, no number, ill., pp. 236–37.2004–05 Essen
Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany, Cézanne: Aufbruch in die Moderne, September 18, 2004–January 16, 2005, listed p. 232, ill. p. 53, as Le Garçon au gilet rouge.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. 38, fig. 29, pp. 28, 340, as Le Garçon au gilet rouge. Traveled to: The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, February 17–May 13, 2007; Musée d'Orsay, Paris, June 19–September 16, 2007.2008 Madrid
Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, Modigliani y su tiempo, February 5–May 18, 2008, no. 2, ill., as Boy in a Red Waistcoat.2017 Paris
Musée d'Orsay, Paris, Cézanne Portraits, June 13–September 24, 2017, no. 45, ill.2017–18 Paris and traveling
Musée d'Orsay, Paris, Cézanne Portraits, June 13–September 24, 2017, no. 15.1, 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.Published References
Natanson 1895
Natanson, Thadée. "Paul Cézanne." La Revue Blanche 9, no. 50 (December 1, 1895), p. 498.Henraux 1920
Henraux, Lucien. "I Cézanne della raccolta Fabbri." Dedalo vol. 1, no. 1 (1920), ill. p. 57, as Ritratto del signor, 1878.Henraux 1924
L.[ucien] H.[enraux]. "Une grande collection de Cézanne en Italie: la collection Egisto Fabbri." L'Amour de l'art 5, no. 11 (November 1924), ill. p. 339, as L'homme au gilet rouge, 1878.D'Ors 1930
Ors, Eugenio d.' Paul Cézanne. Paris: Editions des Chroniques du Jour, 1930, pl. 5.Di San Lazzaro 1936
Di San Lazzaro, Gualtieri. Paul Cézanne. Paris: Chroniques du Jour, 1936, fig. 7.D'Ors 1936a
Ors, Eugenio d.' Paul Cézanne. New York: E. Weyhe, 1936, pl. 7.Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 682, ill. vol. II, as Garçon au gilet rouge.Davidson 1937
Davidson, Martha. "Figure Pieces by the French Masters." Art News 35 (April 3, 1937), p. 12, ill.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. 54, as Garçon au gilet rouge.Cogniat 1939a
Cogniat, Raymond. Cézanne. Paris: Pierre Tisné, 1939, pl. 71.Wehle 1941
Wehle, Harry B. "French Painting from David to Toulouse-Lautrec." Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art 36, no. 2 (February 1941), p. 34, as Boy in the Red Vest.Dorival 1948
Dorival, Bernard. Cézanne. Paris: Pierre Tisné, 1948, pl. 114, listed p. 164.Rousseau 1952a
Rousseau, Théodore, Jr. "Cézanne as an Old Master." Art News 51 (April 1952), p. 31, ill.Schapiro 1952a
Schapiro, Meyer. Cézanne. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1952, pp. 92, 93, ill.Hofmann 1953
Hofmann, Werner. Paul Cézanne (1839-1906). Munich, Vienna, Basel: Kurt Desch, 1953, pl. 26, as Knabe mit roter Weste, 1890-95.Rousseau 1953
Rousseau, Théodore, Jr. Paul Cézanne, 1839–1906. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1953, pl. 26.Beucken 1955
Beucken, Jean de. Un portrait de Cézanne. Paris: Gallimard, [1955], p. 237.Art et Style 1955a
Rousseau, Théodore, Jr. Art et Style. 34, De David à Toulouse-Lautrec dans les collections et musées américains. Paris, 1st trimester, 1955, ill. in color (n.p.), as Garçon au gilet rouge.Saarinen 1958
Saarinen, Aline B. "A Painting That Tells Modern Art's Story." New York Times Magazine, November 2, 1958, p. 16, ill.Perruchot 1961
Perruchot, Henri. Dix Grands Peintres. Paris: Gauthier-Languereau, 1961, p. 135.Haftmann 1965b
Haftmann, Werner. Malerei im 20. Jahrhundert: eine Bild-Enzyklopädie. Munich: Prestel, 1965, listed p. 405, fig. 1 p. 17, as Knabe mit roter Weste, 1890-5 (Private collection, USA).Goldwater 1966
Goldwater, Robert J. "The Glory That Was France." Art News 65, no. 1 (March 1966), p. 42, ill.Murphy 1968
Murphy, Richard W. The World of Cézanne, 1839–1906. New York: Time-Life Books, 1968, p. 184.Schapiro 1973
Schapiro, Meyer. Paul Cézanne. Translated by Louis-Marie Ollivier. Paris: Nouvelles Editions Françaises, 1973, pl. 33, with comments.Elgar 1975
Elgar, Frank. Cézanne. New York: Praeger, 1975, fig. 80.Venturi 1978
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne. Geneva: Skira, 1978, p. 121, ill.Brettell 1986
Brettell, Richard. "The Bartletts and the 'Grande Jatte:' Collecting Modern Painting in the 1920s." Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies 12, no. 2 (1986), fig. 7.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. 310–13, fig. 13.Rewald 1986b
Rewald, John. Cézanne: A Biography. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1986, p. 197, ill.Kendall 1988
Kendall, Richard, ed. Cézanne: By Himself. London: Macdonald, 1988, p. 166, ill.Rewald 1989
Rewald, John. Cézanne and America: Dealers, Collectors, Artists and Critics, 1891–1921. Princeton: Princeton University Press; London: Thames & Hudson, 1989, pp. 25, 49, 337, fig. 5.Wattenmaker et al 1993
Wattenmaker, Richard et al. Great French Paintings from The Barnes Foundation. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1993. Exhibition catalogue, p. 116, fig. 3.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. 659, ill. vol. 2, as Le Garçon au gilet rouge.Lewis 2000
Lewis, Mary Tompkins. Cézanne. London: Phaidon, 2000, p. 254, fig. 156.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. 147, ill.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. 28, fig. 29 (detail), as Boy in a Red Waistcoat.Wavrin 2007
Wavrin, Isabelle de. "Ambroise Vollard: les recettes d'un marchand d'art de légende." Beaux-arts magazine (Paris) 277 (July 2007), p. 60, ill., as Garçon au gilet rouge.Bardazzi 2007b
Bardazzi, Francesca, ed. Cézanne in Florence: Two Collectors and the 1910 Exhibition of Impressionism. Translated by John Venerella. Milan: Mondadori Electa, 2007. Exhibition catalogue, p. 264, fig. 28, as Le Garçon au gilet rouge, Fabbri copy ill. p. 145.Santulli 2011
Santulli, Michele. Modelle e modelli ciociari nell'arte europea a Roma, Parigi, Londra nel 1800/1900. Arpino: Edizioni Ciociaria Sconosciuta, p. 132, fig, 55 and pl. III (the sitter is Michele de Rosa, born June 11, 1875).Semmer 2011b
Semmer, Laure-Caroline. "'Le Garçon au gilet rouge': Le pari de la figure." In Cézanne et Paris. Paris: Éditions de la Rmn-Grand Palais, 2011. Exhibition catalogue, p. 125, fig. 59, as Le Garçon au gilet rouge.Harris 2013
Harris, Neil. Capital Culture: J. Carter Brown, the National Gallery of Art, and the Reinvention of the Museum Experience. Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 2013, p. 418.Morton 2016
Morton, Mary. "Paul Mellon: Private collector for the public." In Collecting for the Public: Works that Made a Difference. Essays for Peter Hecht. London: Paul Holberton Publishing, 2016, cover, p. 35, 36 fig. 12.Tapié 2017
Tapié, Alain. "Cézanne, la pensée piente." In Paul Cezanne, Le chant de la terre. Martigny: Fondation Pierre Gianadda, 2017. Exhibition catalogue, p. 97, ill.France-Lanord 2018
France-Lanord, Hadrien. La couleur et la parole: les chemins de Paul Cézanne et de Martin Heidegger. Paris: Gallimard, 2018, ill. p. 56, as Le Garçon au gilet rouge.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. 199, fig. 1, as Boy in a Red Waistcoat.
Egisto Fabbri, A Corner of the Artist's Studio, Paris, oil on canvas, 18 x 15 inches. Also in the background are two still lifes (FWN754 and 769), also belonging to Fabbri.
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Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Le Garçon au gilet rouge, 1888–90 (FWN 497)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=640 (accessed on April 19, 2024).
