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Catalogue entry

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)
Vollard B stockbook: no. 4157, Homme assis, 103 x 71 cm (200 frs)
Provenance
Odilon Redon, Paris
Ambroise Vollard, Paris
Egisto Fabbri, Florence and Paris
Paul Cassirer, Berlin (May 31, 1912)
Ambroise Vollard, Paris
Nasjonalgalleriet, Oslo (March 1918)
Exhibition History
1912a Berlin
Paul Cassirer, Berlin, XIV. Jahrgang, Winter 1911/1912, VIII. Ausstellung, April 12 - mid-May, 1912, no. 7, as Lesender Mann, lent by Vollard.
1912 Cologne
Städtische Ausstellungshalle, Cologne, Internationale Kunstausstellung des Sonderbundes Westdeutscher Kunstfreunde und Künstler, May 25–September 30, 1912, no. 142, as Sitzender Mann mit Buch.
1914 Copenhagen
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.
1914 Kristiania
Nasjonalgaleriet, Kristiania (Oslo), Norway, Fransk Kunst, September–October 1914, no. 20, as Sittende mand, lent by Galerie Vollard.
1917 Stockholm
Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, French Art, Spring 1917, no. 3, as Portrait d'homme, tentative identification, lent by Vollard.
1936c Paris
Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris, Cézanne, May 20–October 11, 1936, no. 89, as Homme assis, lent by Nationalgalerie, Oslo.
1952 Chicago and traveling
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.
1956 The Hague
Haags Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, the Netherlands, Paul Cézanne, June 1–August 1, 1956, no. 46, ill.
1956 Zurich
Kunsthaus, Zurich, Paul Cézanne, August 22–October 7, 1956, no. 77, pl. 38.
1956 Munich
Haus der Kunst, Munich, Paul Cézanne, October 12–November 18, 1956, no. 60, ill. lent by Nationalgalerie, Oslo.
1959 Oslo
Nasjonalgalleriet, Oslo, Norway, Franske Malere, 1959, ill., p. 32.
1995–96 Paris and traveling
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.
1997–98 Museo Civico Giovanni Fattori
Museo Civico Giovanni Fattori, Livorno, Italy, Cézanne, Fattori e il '900 in Italia, December 7, 1997–April 13, 1998, no. 2, ill. in color.
2002 Rome
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.
2002–03 Stockholm and traveling
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.
2007 Florence
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.
2008 Humlebæk
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.
2009 Philadelphia
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Cézanne and Beyond, February 26–May 17, 2009, pl. 38, p. 178, as Homme assis.
2017 Paris
Musée d'Orsay, Paris, Cézanne Portraits, June 13–September 24, 2017, no. 57, ill. shown in Paris and London only.
2017–18 Paris and traveling
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.
2021 Bergen
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.
2022–23 Chicago and traveling
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Cezanne, May 15–September 5, 2022, no. 118, ill. c. 1889, catalogued, but not shown. 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.
Jamot 1929
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 1936
Flament, Albert. "Tableaux de Paris: Peinture." La Revue de Paris (Paris) (September 1936), p. 949, as Homme assis.
Huyghe 1936b
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 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 697, ill. vol. II, as Homme assis.
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. 56.
Guerry 1950
Guerry, Liliane. Cézanne et l'expression de l'espace. Paris: Flammarion, 1950, pl. 37.
Nasjonalgalleriet 1959
Franske Malere (Peintres français). Oslo: Nasjonalgalleriet, 1959, p. 32, ill.
Feist 1963
Feist, Peter Heinz. Paul Cézanne. Leipzig: E.A. Seemann, 1963, pp. 33, 54, pl. 71.
Guerry 1966
Guerry, Liliane. Cézanne et l'expression de l'espace. Paris: Albin-Michel, 1966, pl. 37.
Willoch 1967
Willoch, Sigurd. Nasjonalgalleriets Venner. Oslo: Nasjonalgalleriets Venner, 1967, p. 100, ill. p. 21.
Elgar 1975
Elgar, Frank. Cézanne. New York: Praeger, 1975, fig. 102.
Arrouye 1982a
Arrouye, Jean. La Provence de Cézanne. Aix-en-Provence: Edisud, 1982, p. 73, ill.
Plazy 1988
Plazy, Gilles. Cézanne ou la peinture absolue. Paris: Editions Liana Levi, 1988, p. 123, ill. in color.
Skedsmo 1991
Skedsmo, Tone. "Omkring et portrett malt av Paul Cézanne." Kunst og Kultur,, no. 1 (1991), fig. 10.
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. 789, ill. vol. 2 and p. 43, ill. col. vol. 1, as Homme assis.
Breidbach 2003
Breidbach, Angela. Anschauungsraum bei Cézanne. Cézanne und Helmholtz. Munich: Wilhelm Fink, 2003, p. 105, ill.
Feilchenfeldt 2005e
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 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. 265, fig. 32.
Rishel 2009
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 2011
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 2012
Schaefer, Barbara, ed. "Sonderbundausstellung 1912 - Rekonstruktion." 1912, Mission Moderne: die Jahrhundertschau des Sonderbundes. Cologne: Wienend, 2012. Exhibition catalogue, no. 142, p. 556.
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. 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 28, 2024).