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Catalogue entry

FWN 527
L'Homme aux bras croisés
c.1899
Alternate titles: Der Mann mit den untergeschlagenen Armen; Der Mann mit verschränkten Armen; Hombre de brazos cruzados; Homme aux bras croisés; Man met gekruiste armen; Man with crossed arms; Man with Folded Arms; Mann mit gekreutzen Armen; Mann mit verschränkten Armen; Männliches Bildnis; Portrait de paysan
Rewald (850): c.1899; Venturi revised: 1897–1900; Venturi (685): 1895–1900; Ratcliffe: c.1899 (MoMA)
Oil on canvas
35 1/2 x 28 5/8 in. (90.2 x 72.7 cm)
Vollard A stockbook: no. 3482, huile; portrait de paysan assis les mains croisées, sur un fond gris bleu, 92 x 73 cm (250 frs)
Vollard archives: photo no. 444 and 453, Annotated by Cezanne's son: 1894
Private collection, New York

Keywords

Provenance
Ambroise Vollard, Paris
Paul Cassirer, Berlin (private collection);
Suse Paret-Cassirer, Berlin and Menton (1926)
Paul Cassirer, Amsterdam (Jan. 5, 1927)
Oskar Federer, Moravská Ostrava and Montreal (1933)
Wildenstein Galleries, New York
Mrs. Carleton Mitchell, Annapolis
E.V. Thaw, New York
Private collection, New York
Exhibition History
1912a Berlin
Paul Cassirer, Berlin, XIV. Jahrgang, Winter 1911/1912, VIII. Ausstellung, April 12 - mid-May, 1912, no. 10, as Männliches Bildnis.
1912 Cologne
Städtische Ausstellungshalle, Cologne, Internationale Kunstausstellung des Sonderbundes Westdeutscher Kunstfreunde und Künstler, May 25–September 30, 1912, no. 144, pl. 22, as Mann mit verschränkten Armen, lent by Tilla Durieux-Cassirer.
1925 Baltimore
The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, Modern French Art, January 9–February 1, 1925, no. 8.
1925b Berlin
Paul Cassirer, Berlin, Impressionisten, September–October 1925, no. 9, ill., as Der Mann mit den untergeschlagenen Armen.
1936 Basel
Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne, August 30–October 12, 1936, no. 49, ill., as Mann mit gekreutzen Armen, c. 1895, lent by Private collection.
1938b Amsterdam
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Honderd jaar Fransche kunst, July 2–September 25, 1938, no. 33, ill., as L'Homme aux bras croisés, lent by O. Federer.
1939 Buenos Aires and traveling
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires, Argentina Republic, La Pintura francesca: de David a nuestros días, July 18–August 1939, no. 12, as Hombre de brazos cruzados, c. 1900-1902, lent by O. Federer, Moravska Ostrava. Traveled to: Museo Municipal de Bellas Artes Juan B. Castagnino, Rosario, Argentina Republic, August 31–September 10, 1939; Salón Nacional de Bellas Artes, Montevideo, Uruguay, April 1940; Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Rio de Janeiro, June–July 1940.
1940 San Francisco
Palace of Fine Arts, Treasure Island, San Francisco, Golden Gate International Exposition, May 25–September 29, 1940, no. 238, ill., as Man with crossed arms, lent by teh Gallery St. Etienne, New York.
1940 Detroit
Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, The Age of Impressionism and Objective Realism, May 3–June 2, 1940, no. 7.
1941 Washington, D.C.
Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C., Functions of Colors in Painting, February 16–March 23, 1941, no number.
1942d New York
Paul Rosenberg, New York, A Loan Exhibition of Paintings by Cézanne (1839-1906) for the Benefit of Fighting France, November 19–December 19, 1942, no. 19, ill. lent by anon.
1947b New York
Wildenstein Galleries, New York, Cézanne, March 27–April 26, 1947, no. 56, ill. lent by Mitchell.
1951 Baltimore
The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, From Ingres to Gauguin: French Nineteenth Century Paintings Owned in Maryland, November–December 1951, no. 150, ill.
1952 Chicago and traveling
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Cézanne: Paintings, Watercolors & Drawings, A Loan Exhibition, February 7–March 16, 1952, no. 80, ill. lent by Mitchell. Traveled to: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, April 1–May 16, 1952.
1959 Washington, D.C.
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Masterpieces of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Painting, April 25–May 24, 1959, listed p. 30, ill., as Man with crossed arms, 1895-1900, lent by Mr. and Mrs. Carleton Mitchell.
1959e New York
Wildenstein Galleries, New York, Loan Exhibition: Cézanne, November 5–December 5, 1959, no. 43, ill. lent by Mitchell.
1965b New York
Wildenstein Galleries, New York, Olympia's Progeny: French Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Paintings (1865-1905), October 28–November 27, 1965, no. 75, ill., as Homme aux bras croisés, 1895-1900, lent by Cdr. and Mrs. Carleton Mitchell.
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. 28. Traveled to: The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, April 17–May 16, 1971; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, June 1–July 3, 1971.
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. 5, pl. 12. 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. 6, ill.
2011–12a New York
Neue Galerie, New York, The Ronald S. Lauder Collection: Selections from the 3rd Century BC to the 20th Century, October 27, 2011–April 2, 2012, p. 236, fig. 100, p. 24, fig. 1.
Published References
Osborn 1912
Osborn, Max. "Cézanne. Die Ausstellung bei Cassirer." Berliner Zeitung am Mittag, April 26,1912, mentioned.
Welt-Spiegel 1912
Welt-Spiegel. "Die Cézanne-Ausstellung im Salon Cassirer, Berlin." Welt-Spiegel, April 25, 1912, No. 33.
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. 200.
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. 242.
H.K.F. 1925
H.K.F. "Paintings of Famous French Artists Shown here." The Sun (Baltimore), Jan. 18, 1925, ill. p. 2, as Man with Folded Arms.
Querschnitt 1925c
"Impressionisten-Ausstellung bei Paul Cassirer." Der Querschnitt 5, no. 11 (November 1925), ill. between pp. 960 and 961, as Der Mann mit verschränkten Armen.
Meier-Graefe 1927a
Meier-Graefe, Julius. Cézanne. translated by J. Holroyd-Reece. London: Ernest Benn, 1927, pl. XCVII.
Fry 1929
Fry, Roger. "Cézannes Udvikling." Samleren 6 (July, August, September 1929), p. 131, ill.
Venturi 1935b
Venturi, Lionello. "Paul Cézanne." L'Arte 6, nos. 4 and 5 (July 1935), fig. 23.
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 685, ill. vol. II, as Homme aux bras croisés.
Novotny 1937
Novotny, Fritz. Cézanne. Vienna: Phaidon, 1937, pl. 69.
Beerends 1938
Beerends, Jan. "Oorspronkelijkheid en Traditie: Hondered jaar Fransche kunst." Het R.K. bouwblad 10, no. 4 (September 15, 1938), ill. p. 55, as Man met gekruiste armen.
Beaux-arts 1939e
"Les expositions [Buenos Aires]." Beaux-arts: Chronique des arts et de la curiosité, no. 339 (June 30, 1939), ill. p. 2, as Portrait de paysan.
Newberry 1940
Newberry, John Stoughton. "The Age of Impressionism and Realism." Art News 38, no. 31 (May 4, 1940), p. 13, ill.
San Francisco Examiner 1940a
"Cézanne Gem." San Francisco Examiner (San Francisco), September 15, 1940, section D, p. 11, ill., as Man with crossed arms.
Art Digest 1942
"Important Cézanne Survey Staged as Benefit for Fighting French." Art Digest 17, no. 5 (December 1, 1942), p. 5, ill.
Loran 1943
Loran, Erle. Cézanne's Composition. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1943, pp. 90–91, pl. XIX.
Gibbs 1947
Gibbs, Jo. "Cézanne, Father of Modernism, Gives Comprehensive New York Show." Art Digest 21, no. 13 (April 1, 1947), p. 10, ill.
Kuhn 1947
Kuhn, Walt. "Cézanne: Delayed Finale." Art News 46, no. 2 (April 1947), p. 14, ill.
Novotny 1947
Novotny, Fritz. Cézanne. London: Phaidon Press, 1947, pl. 64, as Homme aux bras croisés, 1885-90.
Breeskin 1951
Breeskin, Adelyn. "Three Generations of Buying French in Baltimore." Art News 50, no. 8 (December 1951), p. 65, ill.
Badt 1956
Badt, Kurt. Die Kunst Cézannes. Munich: Prestel, 1956, pl. 18.
Murphy 1968
Murphy, Richard W. The World of Cézanne, 1839–1906. New York: Time-Life Books, 1968, pp. 88, 89 (detail).
Schapiro 1973
Schapiro, Meyer. Paul Cézanne. Translated by Louis-Marie Ollivier. Paris: Nouvelles Editions Françaises, 1973, p. 61, ill.
Cachin and Rishel 1995
Cachin, Françoise, and Joseph Rishel. Cézanne. Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux, 1995. Exhibition catalogue, p. 426, fig. 1.
Wittenberg 1995
Wittenberg, Stella. "La mirada que pinta. Escritura y pintura en Peter Handke." La Balsa de la Medusa 35 (1995), fig. 2 p. 25, as L'Homme aux bras croisés .
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. 850, ill. vol. 2, as L'Homme aux bras croisés .
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, fig. 104, ill. p. 139.
Lauder 2011
Lauder, Ronald S. The Ronald S. Lauder Collection: Selections from the 3rd Century BC to the 20th Century, Germany, Austria, and France. Munich and London and New York: Prestel, 2011, p. 236, pl. 100.
Schaefer 2012
Schaefer, Barbara, ed. "Sonderbundausstellung 1912 - Rekonstruktion." 1912, Mission Moderne: die Jahrhundertschau des Sonderbundes. Cologne: Wienend, 2012. Exhibition catalogue, no. 144, p. 556.
Echte and Feilchenfeldt 2016c
Echte, Bernhard and Feilchenfeldt, Walter. "Paul Cézanne, E.R. Butler, Maria Slavona, G.H. Wolff: 12. April bis Mitte 1912." Kunstsalon Cassirer: Die Ausstellungen 1910-1912. vol. 5, "Verheissung und Erfüllung zugleich". Wädenswil: Nimbus, 2016, p. 563, ill.
Elderfield, Morton, Rey 2017
Elderfield, John, Mary Morton, Xavier Rey. Cézanne Portraits. Paris: Musée d'Orsay and Editions Gallimard, 2017. Exhibition catalogue, p. 215, fig. 63.
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. 74.
Record last updated June 15, 2023. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "L'Homme aux bras croisés, c.1899 (FWN 527)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=825 (accessed on April 26, 2024).