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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 526
Portrait de paysan assis
1898–99
Alternate titles: Paysan; Portrait d'homme; Portrait d'homme assis sur une chaise; Portrait de Paysan; Seated Peasant
Rewald (827): 1898–1900; Venturi revised: 1897–1900; Venturi (691): 1895–1900; Reff: probably 1898–1900 (MoMA)
Oil on canvas
21 1/2 x 17 3/4 in. (54.6 x 45.1 cm)
Vollard A stockbook: no. 3427, peinture à l'huile; portrait d'homme assis jambes croisés, les mains unies, fond gris, 54 x 45 cm (150 frs)
Provenance
(Ambroise Vollard, Paris?)
Jos. Hessel, Paris
Christian Mustad, Oslo (by 1918)
Wildenstein Galleries, New York (1968)
Enid Haupt, New York (1974)
Mr. and Mrs. Walter H. Annenberg, Palm Springs (1983);
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (2003)
Exhibition History
1918 Kristiania
Kunstnerforbundet, Kristiania (Oslo), Norway, Den franske Utstilling, January–February 1918, no. 10, as Portrait d'homme, for sale, Mustad buys.1935 Stockholm
Svensk-Franska Konstgalleriet, Stockholm, Mästerverk i fransk 1800-talskonst [Masterpieces of 19th century French art], December 1–31, 1935, no. 4, ill., as Portrait d'homme assis sur une chaise, lent by Private collection, Norway.1989 Philadelphia
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Masterpieces of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism: The Annenberg Collection, May 21–September 17, 1989, n.n., pp. 80-81, ill., as Seated Peasant. Traveled to: National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C, May 6–August 5, 1990; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, August 16–November 15, 1990; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, June 4–October 13, 1991.2010–11 London and traveling
Courtauld Gallery, London, Cézanne's Card Players, October 21, 2010–January 16, 2011, no. 24, ill., as Seated Peasant, c. 1892–96, shown in New York only; suggests that the sitter is the same individual as in FWN508 and 523. Traveled to: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, February 9–May 8, 2011.Published References
Faure 1920
Faure, Elie. "Toujours Cézanne." L'Amour de l'art 1, no. 8 (December 1920), ill. p. 268, as Portrait de Paysan.Jamot 1929
Jamot, Paul. "L'art français en Norvège." La Renaissance (Paris; New York), vol. 12, no. 2 (February 1929), p. 104, ill. p. 86, as Portrait d'homme assis sur une chaise, Christian Mustad collection.Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 691, ill. vol. II, as Paysan.Brion 1971
Brion, Marcel. Cézanne. Milan: Fratelli Fabbri, 1971, ill. p. 56.Rewald 1986b
Rewald, John. Cézanne: A Biography. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1986, p. 206, ill.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. 827, ill. vol. 2, as Portrait de paysan assis.Platzman 2001
Platzman, Steven. Cézanne: The Self-Portraits. Berkeley: University of California, 2001, p. 166, ill., as Portrait de paysan assis.Gunnarsson et al. 2002
Gunnarsson, Torsten, et al. Impressionism and the North: Late 19th Century French Avant-Garde Art and the Art in the Nordic Countries, 1870–1920. Stockholm: Nationalmuseum, 2002. Exhibition catalogue, p. 237, ill. as ex-Mustad collection.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. 5.25, as Portrait de paysan assis.The Metropolitan Museum of Art 2009
The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Masterpieces of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism: The Annenberg Collection - New Edition. Stein, Susan Alyson and Asher Ethan Miller. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art; New Haven: Yale University Press, 2009, no. 30, ill.Elderfield, Morton, Rey 2017
Elderfield, John, Mary Morton, Xavier Rey. Cézanne Portraits. Paris: Musée d'Orsay and Editions Gallimard, 2017. Exhibition catalogue, p. 216, fig. 64.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. 73.Dombrowski, Ireson and Patry 2021
Dombrowski, André, Nancy Ireson, and Sylvie Patry, eds. Cézanne in the Barnes Foundation. New York: Rizzoli Electa in association with The Barnes Foundation, 2021, p. 266, fig. 1, as Seated Peasant.Record last updated July 5, 2022. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Portrait de paysan assis, 1898–99 (FWN 526)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=803 (accessed on April 24, 2024).
