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 530
Homme assis
1898–1900
Alternate titles: Bauer, Zeitung lesend; L'homme au journal; Lesender Mann; Portrait d'homme; Seated Man; Siddende mand; Sittende mand; Sitzender Mann mit Buch; Uomo seduto
Rewald (789): 1898–1900; Venturi revised: 1899–1900; Venturi (697): 1898–1900
Oil on canvas
40 3/8 x 29 11/16 in. (102.5 x 75.5 cm)
Vollard A stockbook: no. 3868, huile; portrait d'homme tenant un journal à la main assis et les deux mains sur ses genoux un buffet fond [sic] rideaux, 104 x 76 cm (200 frs)
Provenance
Exhibition History
Paul Cassirer, Berlin, XIV. Jahrgang, Winter 1911/1912, VIII. Ausstellung, April 12 - mid-May, 1912, no. 7, as Lesender Mann, lent by Vollard.
Städtische Ausstellungshalle, Cologne, Internationale Kunstausstellung des Sonderbundes Westdeutscher Kunstfreunde und Künstler, May 25–September 30, 1912, no. 142, as Sitzender Mann mit Buch.
Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, Denmark, Fransk Malerkunst fra det 19nde Aarhundrede [French Art of the Nineteenth Century], May 15–June 30, 1914, no. 24, as Siddende mand, lent by Vollard.
Nasjonalgaleriet, Kristiania (Oslo), Norway, Fransk Kunst, September–October 1914, no. 20, as Sittende mand, lent by Galerie Vollard.
Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, French Art, Spring 1917, no. 3, as Portrait d'homme, tentative identification, lent by Vollard.
Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris, Cézanne, May 20–October 11, 1936, no. 89, as Homme assis, lent by Nationalgalerie, Oslo.
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Cézanne: Paintings, Watercolors & Drawings, A Loan Exhibition, February 7–March 16, 1952, no. 121, ill. lent by Oslo. Traveled to: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, April 1–May 16, 1952.
Haags Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, the Netherlands, Paul Cézanne, June 1–August 1, 1956, no. 46, ill.
Haus der Kunst, Munich, Paul Cézanne, October 12–November 18, 1956, no. 60, ill. lent by Nationalgalerie, Oslo.
Grand Palais, Paris, Cézanne, September 26, 1995–January 14, 1996, no. 187, ill. shown in Paris only. Traveled to: Tate Gallery, London, February 8–April 28, 1996; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, May 26–September 1, 1996.
Museo Civico Giovanni Fattori, Livorno, Italy, Cézanne, Fattori e il '900 in Italia, December 7, 1997–April 13, 1998, no. 2, ill. in color.
Complesso del Vittoriano, Rome, Cézanne: Il padre dei moderni, March 7–July 7, 2002, listed p. 208, ill., as Uomo seduto, lent by Nasjonalgalleriet, Oslo.
Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, Impressionism and the North: Late 19th Century French Avant-Garde Art and the Art in the Nordic Countries 1870–1920, September 25, 2002–January 19, 2003, no. 22, ill., p. 236, dated c. 1892–95. Traveled to: Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, Denmark, February 21–May 25, 2003.
Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, Italy, Cézanne a Firenze: Due collezionisti e la mostra dell'impressionismo del 1910 [In English:Cézanne in Florence: Two Collectors and the 1910 Exhibition of Impressionism], March 2–July 29, 2007, fig. 32, p. 107, ill., 265, as Homme assis.
Louisiana Museum of Art, Humlebæk, Denmark, Cézanne & Giacometti: Paths of Doubt, February 20–June 29, 2008, no. 47, ill. p. 271, as Homme assis, lent by Nasjonalmuseet for kunst, arkitektur og design, Oslo.
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Cézanne and Beyond, February 26–May 17, 2009, pl. 38, p. 178, as Homme assis.
Musée d'Orsay, Paris, Cézanne Portraits, June 13–September 24, 2017, no. 57, ill. shown in Paris and London only.
Musée d'Orsay, Paris, Cézanne Portraits, June 13–September 24, 2017, no. 20.4, ill. shown in Paris and London only. Traveled to: National Portrait Gallery, London, October 26, 2017–February 11, 2018; National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C, March 25–July 1, 2018.
KODE Art Museums, Bergen, Norway, Cézanne: Masterpieces from the Courtauld at KODE Art Museums, July 16–October 10, 2021, no. 24, ill. c. 1899, lent by National Museum of Art, Oslo.
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Cezanne, May 15–September 5, 2022, no. 118, ill. c. 1889, catalogued, but not shown. Traveled to: Tate Modern, London, October 6, 2022–March 12, 2023.
Published References
Osborn, Max. "Cézanne. Die Ausstellung bei Cassirer." Berliner Zeitung am Mittag, April 26,1912, mentioned.
Jamot, Paul. "L'art français en Norvège." La Renaissance (Paris; New York), vol. 12, no. 2 (February 1929), p. 89, ill. p. 88, as Portrait d'homme, Nasjonalgalleriet, Oslo.
Flament, Albert. "Tableaux de Paris: Peinture." La Revue de Paris (Paris) (September 1936), p. 949, as Homme assis.
Huyghe, René. "Cézanne et son oeuvre." L'Amour de l'art 17, no. 5 (May 1936), fig. 60 p. 177, as L'homme au journal, c. 1890.
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 697, ill. vol. II, as Homme assis.
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. 56.
Franske Malere (Peintres français). Oslo: Nasjonalgalleriet, 1959, p. 32, ill.
Willoch, Sigurd. Nasjonalgalleriets Venner. Oslo: Nasjonalgalleriets Venner, 1967, p. 100, ill. p. 21.
Plazy, Gilles. Cézanne ou la peinture absolue. Paris: Editions Liana Levi, 1988, p. 123, ill. in color.
Skedsmo, Tone. "Omkring et portrett malt av Paul Cézanne." Kunst og Kultur,, no. 1 (1991), fig. 10.
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. 789, ill. vol. 2 and p. 43, ill. col. vol. 1, as Homme assis.
Breidbach, Angela. Anschauungsraum bei Cézanne. Cézanne und Helmholtz. Munich: Wilhelm Fink, 2003, p. 105, ill.
Feilchenfeldt, Walter. "Cézannes Gemälde: Formate und Themen, Echtheitsfragen." In "By Appointment Only": Schriften zu Kunst und Kunsthandel, Cézanne und Van Gogh. Wädenswil: Nimbus, 2005, p. 235, ill.
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. 265, fig. 32.
Rishel, Joseph J. "Cézanne and Hartley: On Sacred Ground." In Cézanne and Beyond. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art; New Haven: In association with Yale University Press, 2009. Exhibition catalogue, p. 178, pl. 38, as Seated Man.
Feilchenfeldt, Walter. "Les portraits de grand format." In Cézanne et Paris. Paris: Éditions de la Rmn-Grand Palais, 2011. Exhibition catalogue, p. 130, fig. 62, as Homme assis (possibly a portrait of Chabrier).
Schaefer, Barbara, ed. "Sonderbundausstellung 1912 - Rekonstruktion." 1912, Mission Moderne: die Jahrhundertschau des Sonderbundes. Cologne: Wienend, 2012. Exhibition catalogue, no. 142, p. 556.
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. 560, ill.
Record last updated September 5, 2022. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Homme assis, 1898–1900 (FWN 530)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=766 (accessed on March 17, 2025).
