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© The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
FWN 529
Portrait de l'artiste au béret
1898–1900
Alternate titles: Autoritrarro con berretto; Autoritratto; Cézanne à la barbiche; Cézanne au bérêt basque; Portrait de Cézanne; Portrait de l'artiste; Portrait du peintre; Selbstporträt mit Baret; Self Portrait; Self-Portrait with a Beret
Rewald (834): 1898–1900; Venturi revised: 1899–1900; Venturi (693): 1898–1900; Rivière: c.1900; Cooper: c.1901; Gowing: c.1902 (Edinburgh); Ratcliffe: not before 1898; Reff: 1898 (MoMA)
Oil on canvas
24 7/8 x 20 in. (63.3 x 50.8 cm)
Vollard archives: photo no. 204, Annotated by Cezanne's son: 1898
Provenance
Ambroise Vollard, Paris.
Egisto Fabbri, Florence and Paris
Paul Rosenberg, Paris and New York (Nov. 1928)
Robert Treat Paine, Boston;
Thomas N. Metcalf, Boston;
Mrs. Thomas Metcalf, Boston;
Mrs. Elizabeth Paine Card, Fairhaven
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (1972)
Exhibition History
1920 Venice
Biennale, Venice, Italy, Mostra Individuale di Paul Cézanne, April 15–October 31, 1920, no. 25, (dated 1898), as Autoritratto, lent by Fabbri.
1921 Basel
Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland, Cézanne, February 6–March 6, 1921, no. 31, ill., as Portrait de Cézanne, lent by Fabbri.
1929 New York
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, The museum's first loan exhibition: Cézanne, Gauguin, Seurat, van Gogh, November 8–December 7, 1929, no. 4, ill., (dated c. 1880), as Self Portrait, lent by Robert Treat Paine.
1934 Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Cézanne, November–December 1934, no. 30, (dated c. 1890), as Self Portrait, lent by Paine.
1938c New York
Galerie Durand-Ruel, New York, Cézanne, March 28–April 19, 1938, no. 19.
1939 Boston
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Paintings Drawings Prints from Private Collections in New England, June 9–September 10, 1939, no. 13, pl. VII.
1950 Minneapolis
Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, The Art of Cézanne, January 7–February 5, 1950, as Cézanne à la barbiche, lent by Metcalfe.
1954 Edinburgh and traveling
Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Paintings by Cézanne, August 20–September 18, 1954, no. 61, pl. XI, as Cézanne à la barbiche, c. 1901, lent by Mrs. T. Metcalfe. Traveled to: Tate Gallery, London, September 29–October 27, 1954.
1971 Washington, D.C. and traveling
Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C., Cézanne: An Exhibition in Honor of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Phillips Collection, February 27–March 28, 1971, no. 30, ill. Traveled to: The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, April 17–May 16, 1971; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, June 1–July 3, 1971.
1973 Boston
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Impressionism, June 15–October 14, 1973.
1977–78 New York and traveling
The Museum of Modern Art, New York and Reunion des Musees Nationaux, Paris, France, Cézanne: The Late Work, October 7, 1977–January 3, 1978, no. 3, pl. 5. Traveled to: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, January 26–March 19, 1978; Grand Palais, Paris, Cezanne: Les dernières années (1895–1906), April 20–July 23, 1978 (see Paris 1978a for a separate listing because the catalogue numbers are different from the two American venues).
1978a Paris
Grand Palais, Paris, Cézanne: Les dernières années (1895–1906), April 20–July 23, 1978, no. 4, ill.
1989 Basel
Kunstmuseum, Basel, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne: Die Badenden, September 10–December 10, 1989, no. 66, pl. 176.
1998–99 Sydney
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Classic Cézanne, November 28, 1998–February 28, 1999, no. 67, ill., as Portrait de l'artiste au béret, 1898-1900, lent by Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
2000 Vienna and traveling
Kunstforum, Vienna, Cézanne: Vollendet unvollendet, January 20–April 25, 2000, no. 27, ill., as Portrait de l'artiste au béret. Traveled to: Kunsthaus, Zürich, May 5–August 13, 2000 (initially planned to end on July 30 the exhibition was extended until August 13).
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. 31, p. 106, ill., 265, as Portrait de l'artiste au béret.
2009–10 Montclair and traveling
Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, New Jersey, Cézanne and American Modernism, September 13, 2009–January 3, 2010, no. 17, ill., p. 159 (dated c. 1898–99, size: 641 x 533 cm), as Portrait de l'artiste au béret. Traveled to: The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, February 14–May 23, 2010; Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, June 26–September 26, 2010.
2010–11 San Marino
Palazzo Sums, San Marino, Monet, Cézanne, Renoir e altre storie di pittura in Francia, October 23, 2010–March 27, 2011, pp. 78-79, ill., as Autoritrarro con berretto, c. 1898-1899.
2017 Paris
Musée d'Orsay, Paris, Cézanne Portraits, June 13–September 24, 2017, no. 59, ill.
2017–18 Paris and traveling
Musée d'Orsay, Paris, Cézanne Portraits, June 13–September 24, 2017, no. 22.1, 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.
2020–21 Boston
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Cézanne: In and Out of Time, November 11, 2020–February 8, 2021, MFA Boston Collection.
2021 Boston
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, Paul Cézanne Influence, March 13–October 17, 2021.
Published References
Meier-Graefe 1907b
Meier-Graefe, Julius. "Paul Cézanne." Volné směry (Prague) 11 (1907), ill. p. 85.
Pica 1908
Pica, Vittorio. Gl'Impressionisti Francesi. Bergamo: Istituto Italiano d'Arti Grafiche, 1908, p. 195, ill., as Autoritratto.
Meier-Graefe 1910
Meier-Graefe, Julius. Paul Cézanne. Munich: R. Piper & Co., 1910, ill. p. 83.
Meier-Graefe 1913
Meier-Graefe, Julius. Paul Cézanne. Munich: R. Piper & Co., 1913, ill. p. 79.
Meier-Graefe 1918a
Meier-Graefe, Julius. Cézanne und sein Kreis: ein Beitrag zur Entwicklungsgeschichte: mit 127 Tonätzungen und fünfzehn Heliogravüren. Munich: R. Piper, 1918, ill. p. 206.
Henraux 1920
Henraux, Lucien. "I Cézanne della raccolta Fabbri." Dedalo vol. 1, no. 1 (1920), ill. p. 64, as Autoritratto, 1898.
Meier-Graefe 1922
Meier-Graefe, Julius. Cézanne und sein Kreis: ein Beitrag zur Entwicklungsgeschichte: mit 171 Tonätzungen und einem Lichtdruck. Munich: R. Piper, 1922, ill. p. 248.
Meier-Graefe 1923
Meier-Graefe, Julius. Paul Cézanne. Munich: R. Piper, 1923, ill. p. 85.
Rivière 1923
Rivière, Georges. Le Maître Paul Cézanne. Paris: Librairie Floury, 1923, p. 223, listed, ill. p. 83, as Portrait de Cézanne.
Faure 1923a
Faure, Élie. P. Cézanne. Paris, 1923, frontispiece, as Portrait de Cézanne.
Henraux 1924
L.[ucien] H.[enraux]. "Une grande collection de Cézanne en Italie: la collection Egisto Fabbri." L'Amour de l'art 5, no. 11 (November 1924), ill. p. 344, as Portrait de Cézanne, 1898.
Meier-Graefe 1927a
Meier-Graefe, Julius. Cézanne. translated by J. Holroyd-Reece. London: Ernest Benn, 1927, pl. CV.
Gasquet 1928
Gasquet, Joachim. Cézanne: 24 phototypies. Paris: Librairie de France, [1928], [pl. 9], as Portrait de Cézanne, 1898.
Beaux-arts 1929
"Au Musée d'Art moderne de New-York." Beaux-arts: Chronique des arts et de la curiosité, no. 12 (December 20,1929), ill. p. 8, as Portrait du peintre.
Rocheblave 1936
Rocheblave, Samuel. La Peinture française au XIXe siècle. Paris: Éditions Hypérion, 1936, p. 26, ill.
Rewald 1936b
Rewald, John. "Iconographie de Cézanne: vu par lui-même." L'Amour de l'art 17, no. 5 (May 1936), fig. 10 p. 160, as Cézanne au bérêt basque, 1898.
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 693, ill. vol. II, as Cézanne à la barbiche.
Novotny 1937
Novotny, Fritz. Cézanne. Vienna: Phaidon, 1937, pl. 84.
Goldwater 1938
Goldwater, Robert J. "Cézanne in America: The Master's Paintings in American Collections." Art News Annual 36, no. 26 (March 26, 1938), p. 137, ill.
Cogniat 1939a
Cogniat, Raymond. Cézanne. Paris: Pierre Tisné, 1939, pl. 106.
Faure 1941
Faure, Élie. Historie de l'Art, vol. IV. Paris: Plon, 1941, fig. 91.
Novotny 1947
Novotny, Fritz. Cézanne. London: Phaidon Press, 1947, pl. 76, as Portrait de l'artiste, 1898-1900.
Dorival 1948
Dorival, Bernard. Cézanne. Paris: Pierre Tisné, 1948, pl. 154, listed pp. 171-172.
Jedlicka 1948
Jedlicka, Gotthard. Cézanne. Berne: Alfred Scherz Verlag, 1948, fig. 49, as Portrait de l'artiste au béret.
Ramuz 1951
Ramuz, Charles Ferdinand. L'exemple de Cézanne suivi de Pages sur Cézanne: dessins et peintures. Lausanne: Mermod, 1951, frontispiece, as Portrait de Cézanne.
Hofmann 1953
Hofmann, Werner. Paul Cézanne (1839-1906). Munich, Vienna, Basel: Kurt Desch, 1953, pl. 28, as Selbstporträt mit Baret, c. 1900.
Rousseau 1953
Rousseau, Théodore, Jr. Paul Cézanne, 1839–1906. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1953, pl. 28.
Wallis 1954
Wallis, Nevile. "Cézanne: A Pioneer of Modern Painting." Connoisseur 134 (December 1954), p. 206, ill.
Beucken 1955
Beucken, Jean de. Un portrait de Cézanne. Paris: Gallimard, [1955], p. 268.
Beucken 1962
Beucken, Jean de. Cézanne. New York: Viking Press, 1962, p. 113, ill.
Leonhard 1966
Leonhard, Kurt. Paul Cézanne in Selbstzeugnissen und Bilddokumenten. Rheinbek bei Hamburg: Rowohlt, 1966, p. 144, ill.
Elderfield 1971
Elderfield, John. "Drawing in Cézanne." Artforum 9, no. 10 (June 1971), p. 56, ill.
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 1972
"Some Recent Accessions." Bulletin: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 70, nos. 361–362 (1972), pp. 128–29, ill.
New York Times 1972
"Boston Museum Gets Cézanne Self-Portrait." New York Times, November 2, 1972, p. 49.
Elgar 1975
Elgar, Frank. Cézanne. New York: Praeger, 1975, fig. 116.
Geist 1980
Geist, Sidney. "Cézanne: Metamorphosis of the Self." Artscribe, no. 26 (December 1980), p. 17, fig. 18.
Müller 1982
Müller, Joseph-Emile. Cézanne. Translated by Jane Brenton. Paris: Fernand Hazan, 1982, pl. 59.
Coutagne et al. 1984a
Coutagne, Denis, et al. "Catalogue des oeuvres de Cézanne conservées au musée Granet d'Aix-en-Provence." In Cézanne au Musée d'Aix. Aix-en-Provence: Musée Granet, 1984, ill. p. 242.
Rewald 1986b
Rewald, John. Cézanne: A Biography. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1986, p. 202, ill.
Kendall 1988
Kendall, Richard, ed. Cézanne: By Himself. London: Macdonald, 1988, p. 259, ill.
Lévêque 1988
Lévêque, Jean Jacques. La Vie et l'oeuvre de Paul Cézanne. Courbevoie: ACR, 1988, p. 225, ill. in color.
Teboul 1988
Teboul, Jacques. Les Victoires de Cézanne. Paris: Adam Biro, 1988, no. 3, ill.
Rewald 1989
Rewald, John. Cézanne and America: Dealers, Collectors, Artists and Critics, 1891–1921. Princeton: Princeton University Press; London: Thames & Hudson, 1989, p. 25, fig. 6.
Naubert-Riser 1992
Naubert-Riser, Constance. Cézanne. London: Studio Editions, 1994, p. 113.
Verdi 1992
Verdi, Richard. Cézanne. London and New York: Thames & Hudson, 1992, p. 201, fig. 178.
Patin 1995
Patin, Sylvie. Cézanne. Paris: Editions Hazan, 1995, p. 83.
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. 834, ill. vol. 2, as Portrait de l'artiste au béret.
Platzman 2001
Platzman, Steven. Cézanne: The Self-Portraits. Berkeley: University of California, 2001, p. 138, 199, fig. 26, as Portrait de l'artiste au béret.
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. 31.
Machotka 2008
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: The Eye and the Mind, 2 vols. Marseille: Editions Crès, 2008, vol. 1, fig. 365; vol. 2, p. 234, as Portrait de l'artiste au béret.
Warman 2010
Warman, Jayne. "Cézanne Crosses the Atlantic: Vollard and American Collections." In Cézanne and American Modernism, by Gail Stavitsky. Seattle: Marquand Books, 2010. Exhibition catalogue, p. 78, pl. 17 (detail).
Coutagne 2011d
Coutagne, Denis. Cézanne abstraction faite. Paris: Les Editions du Cerf, 2011, p. 200, fig. 139.
Société Paul Cezanne 2019
Cezanne, Jas de Bouffan: art et histoire. Under the scientific direction of Denis Coutagne and François Chédeville. Lyon; Aix-en-Provence: Fage édition; Société Paul Cezanne, 2019, fig. 191 p. 200.
Cezanne 2021
Cézanne, Philippe. Paul Cezanne dépeint par ses contemporains. Lyon: Fage éditions, 2021, fig. 97.
Warman 2021
Warman, Jayne. "Chronology." In Cézanne in the Barnes Foundation. New York: Rizzoli Electa, 2021, p. 363, ill., as Self-Portrait with a Beret.
Record last updated March 9, 2022. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Portrait de l'artiste au béret, 1898–1900 (FWN 529)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=809 (accessed on March 28, 2024).