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 523
Paysan assis
c.1897
Alternate title: Paysan
Rewald (817): c.1897; Venturi revised: 1890–92; Venturi (565): 1890–94
Oil on canvas
21 5/8 x 18 1/8 in. (55 x 46 cm)
Vollard A stockbook: no. 3428, peinture à l'huile, portrait d'homme assis les jambes croisées, les mains unies, fond gris, 54 x 45 cm (100 frs)
Provenance
Exhibition History
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, A Century of Progress, June 1–November 1, 1933, no. 318, (dated c. 1892–94), lent by Lewisohn.
San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, Paul Cézanne: Exhibition of Paintings, Water-colors, Drawings and Prints, September 1–October 4, 1937, no. 29, ill. lent by Lewisohn.
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Paintings from New York Private Collections, July 2–September 22, 1946, no number, p. 6.
Wildenstein Galleries, New York, Cézanne, March 27–April 26, 1947, no. 46, ill. lent by Lewisohn.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, The Lewisohn Collection, November 2–December 2, 1951, no. 12, ill., p. 45.
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Cézanne: Paintings, Watercolors & Drawings, A Loan Exhibition, February 7–March 16, 1952, no. 94, lent by Lewisohn. Traveled to: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, April 1–May 16, 1952.
Pavillon de Vendôme, Aix-en-Provence, France, Exposition pour commémorer le cinquantenaire de la mort de Cézanne, July 21–August 15, 1956, no. 48, lent by M/M Sidney Simon.
Haus der Kunst, Munich, Paul Cézanne, October 12–November 18, 1956, no. 49, ill. lent by S. Simon.
Österreichische Galerie, Belvedere, Vienna, Paul Cézanne, April 14–June 18, 1961, no. 34, pl. 20.
Pavillon de Vendôme, Aix-en-Provence, France, Exposition Cézanne: Tableaux, Aquarelles, Dessins, July 1–August 15, 1961, no. 13, pl. 9.
Kasama Nichido Museum of Art, Kasama, Ibaraki, Japan, Cézanne, October 4–November 30, 1997, no. 24, ill.
Yokohama Museum of Art, Yokohama, Japan, Cézanne and Japan, September 11–December 19, 1999, no. 61, ill., as Paysan assis, lent by Hiroshima Museum of Art. Traveled to: Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, Nagoya, Japan, January 5–March 12, 2000.
Akita Museum of Modern Art, Yokote, Japan, From Monet to Cézanne: Impressionists and their Epoch, September 7–October 6, 2002, no. 156, ill., as Paysan assis, c. 1897. Traveled to: Museum of Modern Art, Saitama, Japan, October 12–November 24, 2002.
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. 31, ill., as Paysan assis, lent by Hiroshima Museum of Art. 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. 69, ill.
Published References
Bourgeois, Stephan, and Waldemar-George. "L'art français du XIXe et du XXe siècles à la collection Adolphe et Samuel Lewisohn." Formes: revue internationale des arts plastiques, nos. 28–29 (1932), ill. between pp. 300 and 301.
Di San Lazzaro, Gualtieri. Paul Cézanne. Paris: Chroniques du Jour, 1936, fig. 8.
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 565, ill. vol. II, as Paysan assis.
Loran, Erle. "San Francisco's First Cézanne Show." Magazine of Art 30, no. 10 (October 1937), p. 634, ill.
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. 54, as ...paysan au Jas de Bouffan ...
Ramuz, Charles Ferdinand. L'exemple de Cézanne suivi de Pages sur Cézanne: dessins et peintures. Lausanne: Mermod, 1951, ill. p. 46, as Paysan.
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. 817, ill. vol. 2, as Paysan assis.
Feilchenfeldt, Christina. "Portraits." In Cézanne: Finished, Unfinished. Ostfildern-Ruit: Hatje Cantz, 2000. Exhibition catalogue, p. 148, fig. 1, as Paysan assis.
Ireson, Nancy and Wright Barnaby. "Cézanne's Card Player. An Introduction." In Cézanne's Card Players. London: Paul Holberton Publishing, 2010. Exhibition catalogue, p. 149 (mentioned), suggesting that the sitter may be same individual as in FWN508 and 526.
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. 81.
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Record last updated August 22, 2022. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Paysan assis, c.1897 (FWN 523)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=793 (accessed on May 1, 2025).
