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© The Armand Hammer Collection. Gift of the Armand Hammer Foundation. Hammer Museum
FWN 674
Garçon couché
c.1890
Alternate titles: Boy by the Brook; Garçon étendu sur l'herbe; Jeune homme au repos; Jeune homme dans un paysage; La sieste; Ragazzo disteso sull'erba
Rewald (682): c.1890; Venturi revised: 1885–87; Venturi (391): 1882–87
Oil on canvas
21 1/4 x 25 13/16 in. (54 x 65.5 cm)
Vollard A stockbook: no. 3372, huile‚ un paysage représentant un enfant couché sur coude au bord d'une rivière. au 2e plan arbres et maisons, 54 x 65 cm (150 frs)
Vollard C stockbook: no. 7100, Jeune homme étendant au bord de l'eau, 56 x 65 cm
Vollard W stockbook: no. 1163, jeune homme étendu plein air; huile, 54 x 65 (35,000)
Vollard archives: photo no. 310, Annotated by Cezanne's son: Jas de Bouffan, 1895
Armand Hammer Museum, Los Angeles

Keywords

Provenance
Ambroise Vollard, Paris
Galerie Rosengart, Lucerne (June 26, 1929)
Josef Stransky, New York (Aug. 9, 1929); on temporary deposit at the Worcester Art Museum
Wildenstein Galleries, New York
Arnold Kirkeby, New York;
Kirkeby Collection, Parke-Bernet, New York, Nov. 19, 1958, no. 16, ill.
Marlborough Galleries, London
Armand Hammer Foundation, Los Angeles;
Armand Hammer Museum, Los Angeles
Exhibition History
1926b Paris
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Exposition rétrospective Paul Cézanne (1839-1906) au profit de la caisse du Monument Cézanne, June 1–30, 1926, no. 5, as Jeune homme dans un paysage, probably lent by Vollard.
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. 13, ill., (dated c. 1870), as Boy by the Brook, lent by Stransky, N.Y.
1933b Chicago
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, A Century of Progress, June 1–November 1, 1933, no. 318a.
1933–34 Worcester
Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, Massachusetts, Loan Exhibition of the New Museum Building, 1933–34.
1934 San Francisco
California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, French Painting from the XVth Century to the Present, June 8–July 8, 1934, no. 65.
1936 Kansas City
William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art, Kansas City, Kansas, Nineteenth Century French Painting, 1936.
1936a London
Wildenstein Galleries, London, "Collection of a collector": Modern French Paintings from Ingres to Matisse, The Private Collection of the Late Josef Stransky, July 1936, no. 18.
1936 Toledo
Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio, Cézanne and Gauguin, November 1–December 13, 1936, no. 29, ill., as La sieste, lent by Wildenstein.
1937 San Francisco
San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, Paul Cézanne: Exhibition of Paintings, Water-colors, Drawings and Prints, September 1–October 4, 1937, no. 16, ill. lent by Wildenstein.
1939d London
Wildenstein Galleries, London, Homage to Paul Cézanne, July 1939, no. 30, lent by Wildenstein.
1945a New Haven
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut, 1945.
1947 Cincinnati
Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, Paintings by Paul Cézanne, February 5–March 9, 1947, no. 4, ill. lent by Wildenstein.
1947b New York
Wildenstein Galleries, New York, Cézanne, March 27–April 26, 1947, no. 19, lent by Stransky Estate.
1948 Milwaukee
Milwaukee Art Center, Milwaukee, Masters of Impressionism, October 8–November 15, 1948, no. 9.
1949 Syracuse
Syracuse University Art Galleries, Syracuse, New York, Fifteen Impressionists, 1949, no. 20.
1949b Montreal
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, Manet to Matisse: An Exhibition of 19th and 20th Century French Paintings, May 27–June 26, 1949, no. 8.
1953 Aix-en-Provence and traveling
Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, Cézanne: Peintures, Aquarelles, Dessins, July 4–August 4, 1953, no. 12, lent by Worcester Museum. Traveled to: Musée Masséna, Nice, France, August 8–September 12, 1953; Musée des Beaux-Arts, Grenoble, France, September 15–October 18, 1953.
1958 Los Angeles and traveling
University of California, Los Angeles, California Collects: North and South, January 20–February 23, 1958, no. 29, ill. Traveled to: California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, March 7–April 6, 1958.
1959b London
Marlborough Galleries, London, XIX and XX Century European Masters, Summer 1959, no. 10, ill.
1968–77 New York and traveling
Hammer Galleries, New York, The Armand Hammer Collection, November 7–December 7, 1968, first exhibited XI, not shown XV.
Traveled to: II.- Brooks memorial Art Gallery, Memphis, Tennessee, October 2–December 30, 1969; III.- Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., March 20–May 17, 1970; IV.- William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art, Kansas City, Missouri, June 30–August 2, 1970; V.- Issac Delgado Museum of Art, New Orleans, August 15–September 20, 1970; VI.- Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts, Columbus, Ohio, October 9–November 1, 1970; VII.- Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, Arkansas, November 21, 1970–January 12, 1971; VIII.- California Palace of Legion of Honor, San Francisco, February 11–March 14, 1971; IX.- Oklahoma Art Center, Oklahoma City, June 15–July 11, 1971; X.- Fine Arts Gallery of San Diego, San Diego, July 23–September 5, 1971; XI.- Los Angles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, December 21, 1971–February 27, 1972; XII.- Royal Academy of Arts, London, June 24–July 24, 1972; XIII.- The National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, August 9–October 1, 1972; XIV.- The Hermitage Museum, Leningrad, Russian Federation, October 23–December 2, 1972; XIV.- The Pushkin Museum, Moscow, December 8, 1972–February 11, 1973; XIV.- State Museum of Fine Art of Ukraine Soviet Socialist Republic, Kiev, Russian Federation, March 6–31, 1973; XIV.- State Fine Art Museum, Minsk, Russian Federation, April 27–May 26, 1973; XIV.- State Museum of Foreign Fine Arts, Riga, Russian Federation, June 8–July 8, 1973; XIV.- Fine Arts Museum, Odessa, Russian Federation, July 25–August 25, 1973; XV.- Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, June 22–December 9, 1974; XVI.- Fine Arts Museum, Caracas, January 9–February 2, 1975; XVII.- Italian Art Museum, Lima, Peru, February 15–March 9, 1975; XVIII.- Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, April 3, 1975; XIX.- Ikebukuro-Seibu Museum, Tokyo, September 20–November 3, 1975; XX.- Fukouka Prefectural Culture Center Museum, Fukouka, Japan, January 4–February 1, 1976; XXI.- Aichi Prefectural Museum, Nagoya, Japan, February 11–March 20, 1976; XXII.- Tennessee Fine Arts Center at Checkwood, Nashville, Tennessee, June 12–August 15, 1976 (extended until September 12, 1976 (XXIII.)); XXIV.- Belles Artes, Mexico City, February 21–March 15, 1977; XXV.- Musée Jacquemart-André, Musée du Louvre-Cabinet des Dessins, Paris, March 30–July 25 1977 Musée Jacquemart-André, March 30–May 29 1977 Musée du Louvre (catalogue listed separately).
1974 Tokyo and traveling
National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, Cézanne, March 30–May 19, 1974, no. 41. Traveled to: Municipal Museum, Kyoto, Japan, June 1–July 17, 1974; Cultural Center, Fukuoka, Japan, July 24–August 18, 1974.
1977a Paris
Musée Jacquemart-André, Musée du Louvre-Cabinet des Dessins, Paris, La Collection Armand Hammer - The Armand Hammer collection, March 30–July 25 1977 Musée Jacquemart-André, March 30–May 29 1977 Musée du Louvre, no. 30, ill., as La sieste.
1982 Liège and traveling
Musée Saint-Georges, Liège, Belgium, Cézanne, March 12–May 9, 1982, no. 21, ill. c. 1885. Traveled to: Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, June 12–August 31, 1982 (exhibition catalogue; preface by Denis Coutagne).
1982 Aix-en-Provence
Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, Cézanne, June 12–August 31, 1982, no. 21, ill.
1995–96 Paris and traveling
Grand Palais, Paris, Cézanne, September 26, 1995–January 14, 1996, no. 131, ill. Traveled to: Tate Gallery, London, February 8–April 28, 1996; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, May 26–September 1, 1996.
2009 Reims
Musée des Beaux-Arts, Reims, France, De Corot à l'art moderne: souvenirs et variations, February 20–May 20, 2009, no. 7, ill., as Garçon étendu sur l'herbe, c. 1887.
2009–10 Verona
Palazzo della Gran Guardia, Verona, Italy, Corot e l'arte moderna - souvenirs et impressions, November 27, 2009–March 3, 2010, no. 63, ill., as Ragazzo disteso sull'erba.
2011–12 Paris
Musée du Luxembourg, Paris, Cézanne et Paris, October 12, 2011–February 26, 2012, no. 69, ill., p. 155, as Garçon couché, lent by Armand Hammer Museum.
2012 Tokyo
National Art Center, Tokyo, Cézanne: Paris-Provence, March 28–May 11, 2012, no. 65, ill.
2014a Madrid
Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, Cézanne: site / non-site, February 4–May 18, 2014, no. 24, ill.
2022–23 Chicago and traveling
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Cezanne, May 15–September 5, 2022, no. 117, ill. Traveled to: Tate Moderrn, London, October 6, 2022–March 12, 2023.
Published References
Vollard 1923
Vollard, Ambroise. Paul Cézanne: His Life and Art. Translated by Harold L. van Doren. New York: Nicholas Brown, 1923, ill. opp. p. 48.
Dormoy 1926a
Dormoy, Marie, translated by Margarete Mauthner. "Die Cézanne - Ausstellung bei Bernheim-Jeune." Kunst und Künstler 24, no. 11 (1926), ill. p. 448.
D'Ors 1930
Ors, Eugenio d.' Paul Cézanne. Paris: Editions des Chroniques du Jour, 1930, p. 25, ill.
Flint 1931
Flint, Ralph. "The Private Collection of Josef Stransky." Art News XXIX, no. 33 (May 16, 1931), as La sieste.
Bulliet 1933
Bulliet, Clarence Joseph. Art masterpieces in a Century of Progress, vol. I. Chicago: North-Mariano Press, 1933, pl. 133.
Cott 1933
Cott, Perry B. "The Stransky Collection of Modern Art." Bulletin of the Worcester Art Museum 23, no. 4 (Winter 1933), p. 157.
Iavorskaia 1935b
Iavorskaia, Nina. Paul Cézanne. Milan: Hoepli, 1935, pl. VI.
Breuning 1936
Breuning, Margaret. "Exhibition at Bignou Gallery." Parnassus 8, no. 7 (December 1936), p. 26, ill.
Di San Lazzaro 1936
Di San Lazzaro, Gualtieri. Paul Cézanne. Paris: Chroniques du Jour, 1936, fig. 54.
Faure 1936
Faure, Élie. Cézanne. Paris: Editions Braun, 1936, pl. 7.
Raynal 1936
Raynal, Maurice. Cézanne. Paris: Editions de Cluny, 1936, pl. XXIV p. 51.
D'Ors 1936a
Ors, Eugenio d.' Paul Cézanne. New York: E. Weyhe, 1936, pl. 54.
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 391, ill. vol. II, as Garçon couché.
Vollard 1937
Vollard, Ambroise. Souvenirs d'un marchand de tableaux. Paris: Albin Michel, 1937, pl. 9.
Ramuz 1951
Ramuz, Charles Ferdinand. L'exemple de Cézanne suivi de Pages sur Cézanne: dessins et peintures. Lausanne: Mermod, 1951, ill. p. 29, as Garçon couché.
Melville 1959
Melville, R. "Exhibitions." Architectural Review (1959), p. 131, ill.
Roskill 1970
Roskill, Mark W. Van Gogh, Gauguin and the Impressionist Circle. Greenwich: New York Graphic Society, 1970, pl. 179.
Brion 1971
Brion, Marcel. Cézanne. Milan: Fratelli Fabbri, 1971, ill. p. 77.
Wadley 1975
Wadley, Nicholas. Cézanne and His Art. London: Hamlyn, 1975, pl. 53.
Walker 1979
Walker, John, ed. The Armand Hammer Collection. Los Angeles: Armand Hammer Foundation, 1979, p. 102, ill. p. 103.
Pickvance and Takumi 1986
Pickvance, Ronald, and Hideo Takumi. Cézanne. Tokyo: Tokyo Shimbun, 1986. Exhibition catalogue, p. 64, ill. b/w.
Lévêque 1988
Lévêque, Jean Jacques. La Vie et l'oeuvre de Paul Cézanne. Courbevoie: ACR, 1988, p. 25, ill. in color.
Düchting 1989
Düchting, Hajo. Paul Cézanne: Natur wird Kunst. Cologne: Benedict Taschen Verlag, 1989, p. 23, ill.
Wadley 1989
Wadley, Nicholas. Cézanne and His Art. London: Hamlyn, 1989, p. 63, ill. in b/w.
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. 682, ill. vol. 2, as Garçon couché.
Coutagne 2000
Coutagne, Denis. "Cézanne au fil de l'eau." In Au fil de l'eau. Aix-en-Provence: Ville d'Aix-en-Provence, 2000. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 19, as Garçon couché.
Arrouye 2011
Arrouye, Jean. "L'eau, miroir de la peinture." In Cézanne et Paris. Paris: Éditions de la Rmn-Grand Palais, 2011. Exhibition catalogue, p. 155, ill., as Garçon couché.
Colrat 2013
Colrat, Jean. Cézanne: Joindre les mains errantes de la nature. Paris-Sorbonne: PUPS, 2013, p. 381, pl. 172.
Dauberville 2020
Dauberville, Guy-Patrice, and Floriane Dauberville. Paul Cezanne chez Bernheim-Jeune. Paris: Editions G-P.F. Dauberville & Archives Bernheim-Jeune, 2020, no. 199, ill., as Jeune homme au repos.
Record last updated August 24, 2022. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Garçon couché, c.1890 (FWN 674)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=661 (accessed on April 25, 2024).