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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)
Catalogue entry
FWN 520
L'Enfant au chapeau de paille
1896
Alternate titles: Child with Straw Hat; Enfant au chapeau de paille; Knabe mit Hut; Portrait; Portrait d'enfant
Rewald (813): 1896; Venturi revised: 1896; Venturi (700): 1896; Rivière: 1896; Cooper: July–August 1896; Gowing: 1896 (Edinburgh); Reff: July 1896 (MoMA)
Oil on canvas
27 3/16 x 22 13/16 in. (69 x 58 cm)
Vollard A stockbook: no. 3670, esquisse à l'huile d'enfant avec chapeau de paille, 74 x 60 cm (75 frs)
Vollard B stockbook: no. 3567, Esquisse d'enfant avec chapeau de paille, 73 x 60 cm (100 frs)
Provenance
Ambroise Vollard, Paris
Roger Fry, London
(Marcel Kapferer, Paris?)
Louis Hodebert, Paris
Josef Stransky, New York
Wildenstein Galleries, New York
Mr. and Mrs. George Garde da Sylva, Los Angeles;
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Exhibition History
1912b Munich
Moderne Galerie [Heinrich Thannhauser], Munich, [unknown title], December 1912, no. 7, as Knabe mit Hut, tentative identification.1917 Zurich
Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich, Französische Kunst des XIX. und XX. Jahrhunderts, October 5–November 14, 1917, no. 17, as Enfant au chapeau de paille, lent by A.K[ann].1924b London
Reid & Lefevre, London, Important Pictures by 19th Century French Masters, May–June 1924, no number, ill., as Portrait d'enfant, 1897.1926a Paris
Société des artistes indépendants, Grand Palais, Paris, Trente ans d’art indépendant: rétrospective de 1884 à 1914, February 20–March 21, 1926, no. 2868, as L'Enfant au chapeau de paille, lent by Hodebert (Gal. Barbazanges).1929 Brussels
Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Art français moderne, 1929, no. 6.1934 Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Cézanne, November–December 1934, no. 40, (dated 1897), as Child with Straw Hat, lent by Stransky.1939d London
Wildenstein Galleries, London, Homage to Paul Cézanne, July 1939, no. 40, ill. lent by Wildenstein.1947b New York
Wildenstein Galleries, New York, Cézanne, March 27–April 26, 1947, no. 60, ill. lent by L.A. County.1950b Los Angeles
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, The Mr. and Mrs. George Garde de Sylva Collection, 1950, no. 2, ill.1954 Edinburgh and traveling
Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Paintings by Cézanne, August 20–September 18, 1954, no. 54, as L'Enfant au chapeau de paille, lent by the County Museum of History, Science and Modern Art, Los Angeles. Traveled to: Tate Gallery, London, September 29–October 27, 1954.1959 Raleigh
North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, North Carolina, W.R. Valentiner Memorial Exhibition, 1959, no number, supplement, p. 291, pl. LXIV.1959e New York
Wildenstein Galleries, New York, Loan Exhibition: Cézanne, November 5–December 5, 1959, no. 44, ill. lent by Los Angeles County Museum.1984 Madrid
Museo Español de Arte Contemporáneo, Madrid, Paul Cézanne, March 9–April 1984, no. 49.1995 Marseille and traveling
Hôtel de la région Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Marseille, France, Peintres de la couleur en Provence 1875-1920, January 28–April 28, 1995, pp. 340-341, ill., as L'Enfant au chapeau de paille. Traveled to: Musée du Luxembourg, Patis, France, May 15–August 15, 1995.2000 Vienna and traveling
Kunstforum, Vienna, Cézanne: Vollendet unvollendet, January 20–April 25, 2000, no. 24, ill., as L'Enfant au chapeau de paille. Traveled to: Kunsthaus, Zürich, May 5–August 13, 2000 (initially planned to end on July 30 the exhibition was extended until August 13).2017 Paris
Musée d'Orsay, Paris, Cézanne Portraits, June 13–September 24, 2017, no. 53, ill.2017–18 Paris and traveling
Musée d'Orsay, Paris, Cézanne Portraits, June 13–September 24, 2017, no. 19.2, ill. Traveled to: National Portrait Gallery, London, October 26, 2017–February 11, 2018; National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C, March 25–July 1, 2018.Published References
Wedderkop 1922a
Wedderkop, Hans von. "Paul Cézanne." Der Cicerone 14, no. 16 (1922), ill. p. 689.Wedderkop 1922b
Wedderkop, Harro von. Paul Cézanne. Leipzig: Klinkhardt und Biermann, 1922, ill.Rivière 1923
Rivière, Georges. Le Maître Paul Cézanne. Paris: Librairie Floury, 1923, p. 221, listed, ill. opp. p. 158, as Portrait d'enfant.Faure 1923a
Faure, Élie. P. Cézanne. Paris, 1923, pl. 13, as Portrait.Tatlock 1924
Tatlock, R.R. "Lefevre Gallery: Works by French Masters." The Daily Telegraph (London), June 2, 1924, p. 14, as Portrait d'enfant.Fels 1926
Fels, Florent. "Le Dernier Salon des Indépendants." L'Art vivant (Paris), no. 29 (March 1,1926), p. 165, ill., as L'Enfant au chapeau de paille.Fry 1929
Fry, Roger. "Cézannes Udvikling." Samleren 6 (July, August, September 1929), p. 118, ill.Novotny 1929
Novotny, Fritz. "Paul Cézanne." Belvedere 8, no. 12 (1929), fig. 30.Flint 1931
Flint, Ralph. "The Private Collection of Josef Stransky." Art News XXIX, no. 33 (May 16, 1931).Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 700, ill. vol. II, as L'Enfant au chapeau de paille.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 ...portrait d'un enfant ...Cogniat 1939a
Cogniat, Raymond. Cézanne. Paris: Pierre Tisné, 1939, pl. 91.Jewell 1944a
Jewell, Edward Alden. Paul Cézanne. New York: Hyperion Press, 1944, p. 13, ill.Miller 1946
Miller, Arthur. "Da Sylva Collection Enriches Los Angeles." Art Digest 21, no. 2 (October 15, 1946), p. 13.Gibbs 1947
Gibbs, Jo. "Cézanne, Father of Modernism, Gives Comprehensive New York Show." Art Digest 21, no. 13 (April 1, 1947), p. 10, ill.Beucken 1955
Beucken, Jean de. Un portrait de Cézanne. Paris: Gallimard, [1955], p. 256.Ikegami 1969
Ikegami, Chuji. Cézanne. Tokyo: Shueisha, 1969, pl. V, detail.Rubin 1977a
Rubin, William, ed. Cézanne: The Late Work. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1977. Exhibition catalogue, pl. 11.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. 813, ill. vol. 2, as L'Enfant au chapeau de paille.Machotka 2008
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: The Eye and the Mind, 2 vols. Marseille: Editions Crès, 2008, vol. 1, fig. 360; vol. 2, p. 232, as L'Enfant au chapeau de paille.Cézanne 2014
Cézanne, Philippe. "My Great-Grandmother Marie-Hortense Fiquet." In Madame Cézanne. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2014. Exhibition catalogue, p. 43, fig. 12.Notes
When Cézanne was staying at the Hotel de l'Abbaye on the Lac d'Annecy, he paingted this portrait of a child, who was the son of Monsieur Vallet, one of the gardeners at the hotel.
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Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "L'Enfant au chapeau de paille, 1896 (FWN 520)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=789 (accessed on April 19, 2024).
