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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 546
Homme assis
1905–06
Alternate titles: Portrait de paysan; Portrait of a Farmer
Rewald (952): 1905–06; Venturi revised: 1904–6; Venturi (714): 1900–1906
Oil on canvas
25 1/2 x 21 1/2 in. (64.8 x 54.6 cm)
Vollard C stockbook: no. 7099, Paysan au chapeau de paille assis dans paysage, 65 x 54 cm
Provenance
Ambroise Vollard, Paris;
Estate of Ambroise Vollard, Paris
Rosenberg & Stiebel, New York
Norton Simon, Los Angeles
E.V. Thaw, New York
Galerie Joseph Hahn, Paris
Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection, Lugano (1976);
Museo Thysssen-Bornemisza, Madrid (1992)
Exhibition History
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. 64, pl. 16. 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. 8, ill.1984 Madrid
Museo Español de Arte Contemporáneo, Madrid, Paul Cézanne, March 9–April 1984, no. 52.1984a Tokyo and traveling
National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Modern Masters from the Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection, May 19–July 8, 1984, no. 16, ill. Traveled to: Kumamoto Prefectural Museum of Art, Kumamoto, Japan, July 20–August 26, 1984.1984a London
Royal Academy of Arts, London, Modern Masters from the Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection, October 12–December 19, 1984, no. 16, ill. in color, p. 38.1985 Nuremberg and traveling
Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg, Moderne Malerei aus der Sammlung Thyssen-Bornemisza, January 27–March 24, 1985, no. 16, ill. Traveled to: Städtische Kunsthalle, Düsseldorf, April 20–June 6, 1985.1985 Florence
Palazzo Pitti, Florence, Italy, Maestri dell'arte moderna nella Collezione Thyssen-Bornemisza, July 5–September 29, 1985, no. 18, ill.1985–86a Paris
Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, Maîtres Modernes de la Collection Thyssen-Bornemisza, October 23, 1985–January 5, 1986.1986 Madrid and traveling
Salas Pablo Ruiz Picasso, Biblioteca Nacional, Ministerio de Cultura, Madrid, Maestros modernos de la Colección Thyssen-Bornemisza, February 10–April 6, 1986, no. 18, ill. Traveled to: Palau de la Virreina, Barcelona, Spain, mid-April - June 1986.1986 Tokyo and traveling
Isetan Museum of Art, Tokyo, Cézanne, September 18–October 7, 1986, no. 39, ill. Traveled to: Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Modern Art, Kobe, Japan, October 10–November 9, 1986; Aichi Prefectural Art Gallery, Nagoya, Japan, November 15–December 4, 1986.1990 Lugano
Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection, Villa Favorita Castagnola, Lugano, Switzerland, Impressionismus und Postimpressionismus: Sammlung Thyssen-Bornemisza, April 1–July 8, 1990, no. 25, ill. in color, pp. 66–67.1990 Hertogenbosch
Noordbrabants Museum, Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands, Een feest van kleur. Post-impressionisten uit particulier bezit, September 15–November 25, 1990, no. 11, ill.1998–99 Sydney
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Classic Cézanne, November 28, 1998–February 28, 1999, no. 70, ill., as Homme assis, 1901-06, lent by Fundación Colección Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid.2000 Vienna and traveling
Kunstforum, Vienna, Cézanne: Vollendet unvollendet, January 20–April 25, 2000, no. 35, ill., as Homme assis. Traveled to: Kunsthaus, Zürich, May 5–August 13, 2000 (initially planned to end on July 30 the exhibition was extended until August 13).2006 Washington, D.C. and traveling
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Cézanne in Provence, January 29–May 7, 2006, no. 155, ill. shown in Aix only. Traveled to: Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, June 9–September 17, 2006.2008 Madrid
Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, Modigliani y su tiempo, February 5–May 18, 2008, no. 6, ill., as Portrait of a Farmer.2008–10 Cologne and traveling
Wallraf-Richartz-Museum & Fondation Corboud, Cologne, Impressionismus: Wie das Licht auf die Leinwand kam [Painting Light: The hidden techniques of the Impressionists], February 29–June 22, 2008, no. 286, ill., p. 286, shown in Vienna only. Traveled to: Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, July 11–September 28, 2008; Albertina, Vienna, September 11, 2009–January 10, 2010.2014a Madrid
Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, Cézanne: site / non-site, February 4–May 18, 2014, no. 1, ill.2017 Paris
Musée d'Orsay, Paris, Cézanne Portraits, June 13–September 24, 2017, no. 67, ill. shown in Washington only.2017–18 Paris and traveling
Musée d'Orsay, Paris, Cézanne Portraits, June 13–September 24, 2017, no. 26.1, ill. shown in Washington only. Traveled to: National Portrait Gallery, London, October 26, 2017–February 11, 2018; National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C, March 25–July 1, 2018.2017–18 Karlsruhe
Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe, Germany, Cézanne - Metamorphosen, October 28, 2017–February 11, 2018, no. 92, ill.2020 Paris
Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris, Cezanne et les Maîtres, rêve d'Italie, February 27–July 5, 2020, no. 60, ill. lent by Musée Nacional Thyssen, Madrid.2021–22 Budapest
Szépmüvészeti Múzeum, Budapest, Hungary, Cezanne to Malevich, Arcadia to Abstraction, October 28, 2021–February 13, 2022, no. 89, ill.2022–23 Chicago and traveling
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Cezanne, May 15–September 5, 2022, no. 135, ill. Traveled to: Tate Moderrn, London, October 6, 2022–March 12, 2023.Published References
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 714, ill. vol. II, as Portrait de paysan.Pickvance and Takumi 1986
Pickvance, Ronald, and Hideo Takumi. Cézanne. Tokyo: Tokyo Shimbun, 1986. Exhibition catalogue, p. 83, pl. 39.Du 1989
"Das Tor zur Moderne. Paul Cézanne in Schweizer Sammlungen." Du 49, no. 9 (September 1989), p. 46, ill.Cachin and Rishel 1995
Cachin, Françoise, and Joseph Rishel. Cézanne. Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux, 1995. Exhibition catalogue, p. 511, fig. 1.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. 952, ill. vol. 2, as Homme assis.Machotka 2008
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: The Eye and the Mind, 2 vols. Marseille: Editions Crès, 2008, vol. 1, fig. 375; vol. 2, p. 237, as Homme assis.Eiling 2017
Eiling, Alexander. "Cézanne's Metamorphoses." In Cézanne Metamorphoses. Munich and Karlsruhe: Prestel and Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, 2017. Exhibition catalogue, fig. 25.France-Lanord 2018
France-Lanord, Hadrien. La couleur et la parole: les chemins de Paul Cézanne et de Martin Heidegger. Paris: Gallimard, 2018, ill. p. 157 et p. 158 (2 details), as Homme assis.Related
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Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Homme assis, 1905–06 (FWN 546)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=925 (accessed on April 25, 2024).
