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)
FWN 284
Les Reflets dans l'eau
1892–94
Alternate titles: Le reflet dans l'eau or Reflets d'eau (esquisse); Les reflets; Les reflets dans l'eau; Paysage; Paysage des bords de la Marne; Reflections in the Water; Riflessi sull'acqua; The Pool
Rewald (726): 1892–94; Venturi revised: 1896; Venturi (639): 1888–90; Rivière: 1892 (?)
Oil on canvas
25 5/8 x 36 3/16 in. (65 x 92 cm)
Vollard A stockbook: no. 3598, esquisse de bord d'eau, avec une maison se reflétant dans l'eau, 65 x 92 cm (100 frs)
Vollard B stockbook: no. 3571, Paysage. Forêt avec reflet dans l'eau, 65 x 92 cm (150 frs)
Vollard archives: photo no. 58, Annotated by Cezanne's son: Marne 1894
Provenance
Private collection, Japan
Exhibition History
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Paintings, May 3–September 15, 1921, no. 15, as Reflections in the Water, lent by anon. [de Zayas].
Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, Modern French Paintings, November 1921, no. 3, as Les Reflets dans l'eau, lent by anon. [de Zayas].
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Cézanne, May 18–29, 1931.
Ancien international Sporting club de Monte-Carlo, Monaco, De Cézanne à nos jours, March 2–19, 1939, no. 1, as Les reflets, lent by Henri Canonne.
Österreichische Galerie, Belvedere, Vienna, Paul Cézanne, April 14–June 18, 1961, no. 30, pl. 18.
Pavillon de Vendôme, Aix-en-Provence, France, Exposition Cézanne: Tableaux, Aquarelles, Dessins, July 1–August 15, 1961, no. 15, pl. 11.
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Cézanne in Philadelphia Collections, July 19–August 21, 1983, no. 14, ill.
Yokohama Museum of Art, Yokohama, Japan, Cézanne and Japan, September 11–December 19, 1999, no. 33, ill., as Les Reflets dans l'eau, lent by Museum of Art, Ehime. Traveled to: Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, Nagoya, Japan, January 5–March 12, 2000.
Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, Au fil de l'eau: Cézanne, June 17–September 15, 2000, no. 13, ill. lent by Museum of Fine Arts, Ehime (Japan).
Complesso del Vittoriano, Rome, Cézanne: Il padre dei moderni, March 7–July 7, 2002, listed p. 184, ill., as Riflessi sull'acqua, lent by Museum of Art, Ehime.
Yokohama Museum of Art, Yokohama, Japan, Homage to Cézanne: His Influence on the Development of Twentieth Century Painting, November 15, 2008–January 25, 2009, no. 83, ill., as Les Reflets dans l'eau, c. 1888–90, lent by Museum of Art, Ehime. Traveled to: Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Hokkaido, Japan, February 7–April 12, 2009.
National Art Center, Tokyo, Cézanne: Paris-Provence, March 28–May 11, 2012, no. 33, ill.
Fuji Art Museum, Tokyo, Impressionists at the Waterside: depicting urban resorts: Paris, the Seine, and Normandy, October 22, 2013–January 5, 2014, no. 59, ill., as Reflections in the Water, 1888-90. Traveled to: City Museum, Fukuoka, Japan, January 15–March 2, 2014; The Museum of Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan, March 11–May 11, 2014.
Pola Museum of Art, Kanagawa, Japan, Cézanne, Pioneer of Modern Art, April 4–September 27, 2015, no. 36, ill. lent by The Museum of Art, Ehime.
Published References
Rivière, Georges. Le Maître Paul Cézanne. Paris: Librairie Floury, 1923, p. 219, listed (?) as Bords de la Marne.
Salmon, André. "Cézanne et son 'Grappin' [Hommage à Paul Cézanne]." L'Art vivant (Paris), no. 37 (July 1, 1926), p. 487, ill., as Paysage.
Fry, Roger. Cézanne: A Study of His Development. New York: Macmillan, 1927, p. 80, fig. 43, pl. XXXII.
Alexandre, Arsène. La collection Canonne: une histoire en action de l'Impressionnisme et de ses suites. Paris: Bernheim-Jeune et Renaissance de l'Art, 1930, ill. between pp. 40-41, as Les reflets.
Guenne, Jacques. "Chronique artistique: Une rétrospective Cézanne." L'Art vivant (Paris), no. 149 (June 1931), ill. p. 254.
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 639, ill. vol. II, as Les reflets dans l'eau.
Fry, Roger. Cézanne: A Study of his Developement. London: Hogarth Press, 1952, p.80, pl. XXXII fig. 43, as The Pool.
Rosenberg, Jakob. On Quality in Art. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1967, pp. 110, 112, pl. 86.
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. 726, ill. vol. 2, as Les Reflets dans l'eau.
Société Paul Cézanne. P. Cézanne: À Paris et en Île de France. ed., Denis Coutagne. Marseille: Éditions Crès, 2011, p. 106, ill., as Paysage des bords de la Marne, dated circa 1894.
Dauberville, Guy-Patrice, and Floriane Dauberville. Paul Cezanne chez Bernheim-Jeune. Paris: Editions G-P.F. Dauberville & Archives Bernheim-Jeune, 2020, no. 93, il, as Le reflet dans l'eau or Reflets d'eau (esquisse), installation photograph from 1931 exhibition, 125.
Chédeville, François, and Raymond Hurtu. "Cezanne sur les bords de Marne." Société Cezanne, August 2021, fig. 326.
Record last updated March 31, 2021. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Les Reflets dans l'eau, 1892–94 (FWN 284)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=704 (accessed on April 19, 2024).
