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Catalogue entry

Venturi-Rewald Archive, NGA Library
FWN 34-TA
Le Lion et le bassin du Jas de Bouffan
1865–66
Alternate titles: Dans le jardin du Jas de Bouffan; Garten im Jas de Bouffan; Im Park des Jas de Bouffan; Les Marronniers, le Bassin du Jas de Bouffan (?)
Rewald (64): 1865–66; Venturi revised: 1867–70; Venturi (39): 1867–70
Oil on canvas
9 1/4 x 11 13/16 in. (23.5 x 30 cm)
Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus (stolen in February 1966)

Keywords

Provenance
Paul Cézanne fils, Paris
(Galerie Marcel Bernheim, Paris?)
Egisto Fabbri, Florence
Paul Rosenberg, Paris
Moderne Galerie [Heinrich Thannhauser], Munich
Galerie Thannhauser, Lucerne (October 1926);
Justin K. Thannhauser, New York;
Thannhauser Collection, Parke-Bernet, New York, Apr. 12, 1945, no. 94
Columbus Museum of Art (stolen in February 1966)
Exhibition History
1927c Berlin
Galerie Thannhauser, Vereinshaus der Berliner Künstler, Berlin, Erste Sonderausstellung in Berlin, January 9–mid-February, 1927, no. 11, as Garten im Jas de Bouffan, lent by Thannhauser.
1936 Basel
Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne, August 30–October 12, 1936, no. 4, as Im Park des Jas de Bouffan, 1867, lent by Galerie Rosengart, Lucerne.
1939 Melbourne and traveling
Town Hall, Melbourne, Australia, Exhibition of French and British Contemporary Art, opening: October 16, 1939, no. 21, as Dans le jardin du Jas de Bouffan, 1867-70. Traveled to: Exhibition Gallery, David Jones', Sidney, Australia, opening: November 20, 1939.
Published References
Rivière 1923
Rivière, Georges. Le Maître Paul Cézanne. Paris: Librairie Floury, 1923, p. 199, as Les Marronniers, le Bassin du Jas de Bouffan (?).
D'Ors 1930
Ors, Eugenio d.' Paul Cézanne. Paris: Editions des Chroniques du Jour, 1930, p. 57, ill.
Di San Lazzaro 1936
Di San Lazzaro, Gualtieri. Paul Cézanne. Paris: Chroniques du Jour, 1936, fig. 13.
D'Ors 1936a
Ors, Eugenio d.' Paul Cézanne. New York: E. Weyhe, 1936, pl. 13.
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 39, ill. vol. II, as Dans le jardin du Jas de Bouffan.
Cogniat 1939a
Cogniat, Raymond. Cézanne. Paris: Pierre Tisné, 1939, pl. 2.
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. 64, ill. vol. 2, as Le Lion et le bassin du Jas de Bouffan.
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. 258, fig. 2, as Le Lion et le bassin du Jas de Bouffan.
Notes

Venturi (1936) described the colors in the painting as: "Beaucoup de noirs. Arbres verts et noirs. Serre d'un brun-orange. Bassin gris et bleu-ciel."

Record last updated October 15, 2023. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Le Lion et le bassin du Jas de Bouffan, 1865–66 (FWN 34-TA)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=81 (accessed on April 19, 2024).