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Catalogue entry

FWN 505
Le Fumeur accoudé
c.1891
Alternate titles: Der Raucher; Fumeur accoudé; L'Homme à la pipe; Le fumeur; Man with Pipe; Mann mit der Pfeife; Mann mit Pfeife; Raucher; The Smoker; Un Fumeur
Rewald (756): c.1891; Venturi revised: 1897–1900; Venturi (684): 1895–1900; Rivière: 1890; Reff: 1892 (MoMA)
Oil on canvas
36 3/16 x 28 11/16 in. (92 x 73 cm)
Signed: P. Cezanne at left on the table
Vollard X stockbook: no. 5146
Vollard archives: photo no. 582
Kunsthalle Mannheim

Keywords

Provenance
Paul Alexis, Paris
Ambroise Vollard, Paris
Paul Cassirer, Berlin (May 31, 1912)
Kunsthalle Mannheim (1913)
Exhibition History
1912a Berlin
Paul Cassirer, Berlin, XIV. Jahrgang, Winter 1911/1912, VIII. Ausstellung, April 12 - mid-May, 1912, no. 11, as Mann mit Pfeife, lent by Vollard.
1931 Frankfurt am Main
Städelsches Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, Vom Abbild zum Sinnbild, June 3–July 3, 1931, no. 29, as Mann mit der Pfeife.
1935 Brussels
Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, L'Impressionnisme, June 15–September 29, 1935, no. 3, ill., as L'Homme à la pipe, lent by Städtische Kunsthalle, Mannheim.
1936 Basel
Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne, August 30–October 12, 1936, no. 53, as Mann mit Pfeife, c. 1900, lent by Kunsthalle Mannheim.
1946 Marburg
Central Collecting Point de Marburg, Jubiläumsbau, Masterpieces of European Painting of the 19th and early 20th Century / Meisterwerke der europäischen Malerei des 19. und frühen 20. Jahrhunderts, April 14–June 2, 1946, no. 18, ill. Man Smoking a Pipe, Mannheim Kunsthalle.
1946 Baden–Baden and traveling
Kurhaus, Baden-Baden, Germany, La peinture française moderne: de l'impressionnisme à nos jours - Moderne französische Malerei: vom Impressionismus bis zur Gegenwart, September 1946, no. 59, ill., as Le fumeur, 0.94 x 0.73cm. Traveled to: Stadtschloss, Berlin, October 22–November 6, 1946; Kunsthalle, Mainz, Germany, November 19–December 5, 1946; Kunstmuseum, Düsseldorf, Germany, December 15, 1946–January 31, 1947.
1951 Paris
Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris, Impressionnistes et romantiques français dans les musées allemands, 1951, no. 7, pl. 7, lent by Städtische Kunsthalle, Mannheim.
1995–96 Paris and traveling
Grand Palais, Paris, Cézanne, September 26, 1995–January 14, 1996, no. 136, ill. shown in London only. Traveled to: Tate Gallery, London, February 8–April 28, 1996; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, May 26–September 1, 1996.
2008 Humlebæk
Louisiana Museum of Art, Humlebæk, Denmark, Cézanne & Giacometti: Paths of Doubt, February 20–June 29, 2008, no. 34, ill. p. 67, as Le Fumeur accoudé, 1890, lent by Kunsthalle Mannheim.
2010–11 London and traveling
Courtauld Gallery, London, Cézanne's Card Players, October 21, 2010–January 16, 2011, no. 20, ill., as The Smoker, c. 1890-91. Traveled to: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, February 9–May 8, 2011.
2014–15 Mannheim
Kunsthalle Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany, Manet, Cézanne, Van Gogh: aus aller Welt zu Gast, September 26, 2014–January 18, 2015, listed p. 84, ill. p. 69, p. 66 (detail) and cover, as Le Fumeur accoudé, 1890.
2017–18 Karlsruhe
Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe, Germany, Cézanne - Metamorphosen, October 28, 2017–February 11, 2018, hors catalogue.
2022–23 Chicago and traveling
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Cezanne, May 15–September 5, 2022, no. 115, ill. 1890, shown in Chicago only. Traveled to: Tate Moderrn, London, October 6, 2022–March 12, 2023.
Published References
Osborn 1912
Osborn, Max. "Cézanne. Die Ausstellung bei Cassirer." Berliner Zeitung am Mittag, April 26,1912, mentioned.
Welt-Spiegel 1912
Welt-Spiegel. "Die Cézanne-Ausstellung im Salon Cassirer, Berlin." Welt-Spiegel, April 25, 1912, No. 33.
Vollard 1914
Vollard, Ambroise. Paul Cézanne. Paris: Vollard, 1914, pl. 1.
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. 199.
Friedländer 1922
Friedländer, Max J. "Über Paul Cézanne." Die Kunst für Alle 38 (February 1922), ill. p. 143, as Der Raucher, 1896.
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. 241.
Rivière 1923
Rivière, Georges. Le Maître Paul Cézanne. Paris: Librairie Floury, 1923, p. 218, listed.
Rivière 1925
Rivière, Georges. "La formation de Paul Cézanne." L'Art vivant (Paris), no. 15 (August 1, 1925), p. 3, ill., as L'Homme à la pipe.
Pfister 1927
Pfister, Kurt. Cézanne: Gestalt, Werk, Mythos. Potsdam: Gustav Kiepenheuer Verlag, 1927, fig. 117, as Der Raucher, 1896.
Rintelen 1927
Rintelen, Friedrich. "Paul Cézanne's geschichtliche Stellung." In Reden und Aufsätze. Basel: Schwabe, 1927, p. 158, mentioned (written ca. 1915–16).
Meier-Graefe 1927a
Meier-Graefe, Julius. Cézanne. translated by J. Holroyd-Reece. London: Ernest Benn, 1927, pl. CI.
Tietze 1928a
Tietze, Hans. "Les Peintres français du XIXe siècle dans les musées allemands." Gazette des beaux-arts, vol. 17, periode 5 (February 1928), p. 115, ill., as Un Fumeur.
Waldmann 1930b
Waldmann, Emil. Paul Cézanne: Acht farbige Gemälde. Leipzig: E.A. Seemann, 1930, pl. 5 and cover.
Iavorskaia 1935b
Iavorskaia, Nina. Paul Cézanne. Milan: Hoepli, 1935, pl. XXVIII.
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 684, ill. vol. II, as Fumeur accoudé.
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 Fumeur accoudé.
Zervos 1938
Zervos, Christian. Histoire de l'art contemporain. Paris: Éditions Cahiers d'art, 1938, p. 39, ill.
Leuteritz 1947
Leuteritz, Gustav. "Französische Malerei in Berlin." Bildende Kunst: Zeitschrift für Malerei, Graphik, Plastik und Architektur (Berlin), no. 1 (1947), p. 18, as Raucher.
Dorival 1948
Dorival, Bernard. Cézanne. Paris: Pierre Tisné, 1948, pl. 121, listed pp. 165-166.
Raynal 1954
Raynal, Maurice. Cézanne. Geneva: Skira, 1954, p. 109, ill.
Balzer 1958
Balzer, Wolfgang. Der Französische Impressionismus: Die Hauptmeister in der Malerei. Dresden: Verlag der Kunst, 1958, no. 104, ill., as Der Raucher, c. 1895-1900.
Feist 1963
Feist, Peter Heinz. Paul Cézanne. Leipzig: E.A. Seemann, 1963, pp. 33, 34, 54, pl. 75.
Ikegami 1969
Ikegami, Chuji. Cézanne. Tokyo: Shueisha, 1969, fig. 28.
Brion 1971
Brion, Marcel. Cézanne. Milan: Fratelli Fabbri, 1971, ill. p. 55.
Erpel 1973
Erpel, Fritz. Paul Cézanne. Berlin: Henschelverlag, 1973, no. 20.
Wadley 1975
Wadley, Nicholas. Cézanne and His Art. London: Hamlyn, 1975, pl. 48.
Ponente 1980
Ponente, Nello. Paul Cézanne. Bologna: Capitol, 1980, pl. 30.
Harris 1982
Harris, Nathaniel. The Art of Cézanne. London: Optimum Books, 1982, p. 70, ill. in color.
Barskaya 1983a
Barskaya, Anna and Evgenia Georgievskaia. Paul Cézanne: Bilder aus Museen der Sowjetunion. Leningrad: Aurora Art Publishers, 1983, ill. p. 143.
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. 197, compared with a painting Dutch school 17th century.
Pickvance and Takumi 1986
Pickvance, Ronald, and Hideo Takumi. Cézanne. Tokyo: Tokyo Shimbun, 1986. Exhibition catalogue, p. 70, ill. b/w.
Plazy 1988
Plazy, Gilles. Cézanne ou la peinture absolue. Paris: Editions Liana Levi, 1988, p. 131, ill. in color.
Rewald 1989
Rewald, John. Cézanne and America: Dealers, Collectors, Artists and Critics, 1891–1921. Princeton: Princeton University Press; London: Thames & Hudson, 1989, p. 219, fig. 111.
Wadley 1989
Wadley, Nicholas. Cézanne and His Art. London: Hamlyn, 1989, p. 58, ill. in color.
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. 756, ill. vol. 2, as Le Fumeur accoudé.
Athanassoglou-Kallmyer 2003
Athanassoglou-Kallmyer, Nina M. Cézanne and Provence: The Painter in His Culture. Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, 2003, p. 211, fig. 5.24, as Le Fumeur accoudé.
Dittmann 2005
Dittmann, Lorenz. Die Kunst Cézannes: Farbe, Rythmus, Symbolik. Cologne: Böhlau, 2005, pl. 10.
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. 156, ill.
Conisbee 2006a
Conisbee, Philip. "Cézanne's Provence." In Cézanne in Provence. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art and New Haven: Yale University Press, 2006. Exhibition catalogue, p. 16, fig. 16, as Le Fumeur accoudé.
Geskó 2012a
Geskó, Judit. "'Builderly' Painting: The Making of an Exhibition." In Cézanne and the Past: Tradition and Creativity. Budapest: Museum of Fine Arts, 2012. Exhibition catalogue, p. 17, fig. 4, as Man with Pipe.
Echte and Feilchenfeldt 2016c
Echte, Bernhard and Feilchenfeldt, Walter. "Paul Cézanne, E.R. Butler, Maria Slavona, G.H. Wolff: 12. April bis Mitte 1912." Kunstsalon Cassirer: Die Ausstellungen 1910-1912. vol. 5, "Verheissung und Erfüllung zugleich". Wädenswil: Nimbus, 2016, p. 561, ill.
Elderfield, Morton, Rey 2017
Elderfield, John, Mary Morton, Xavier Rey. Cézanne Portraits. Paris: Musée d'Orsay and Editions Gallimard, 2017. Exhibition catalogue, p. 176, fig. 53.
Elderfield, Morton, Rey 2017a
Elderfield, John, Mary Morton, Xavier Rey. Cézanne Portraits. London and Princeton, N,J.: National Portrait Gallery Publications and Princeton University Press, 2017. Exhibition catalogue, fig. 57.
Clark 2022
Clark, T.J. If These Apples Should Fall, Cézanne and the Present. London and New York: Thames & Hudson, 2022, pl. 59.
Notes

Ratcliffe suggested that this work was probably "portrait de jardinier" given by Cézanne to Paul Alexis before the latter's return to Paris in April 1892.

The same tablecloth appears in FWN507 and FWN842.

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Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Le Fumeur accoudé, c.1891 (FWN 505)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=733 (accessed on April 25, 2024).