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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 478
Cezanne au chapeau melon, esquisse
1885–86
Alternate titles: Cézanne au chapeau melon; Portrait de Cézanne; Portrait of the Artist in a Bowler Hat
Rewald (584): 1885–86; Venturi revised: 1886–88; Venturi (514): 1883–87
Oil on canvas
17 1/2 x 14 in. (44.5 x 35.5 cm)
Provenance
Ambroise Vollard, Paris
Stephan Bourgeois Gallery, New York
Mr. X Collection (Leonardus Nardus?), F. Muller & Cie, Amsterdam, June 19, 1917, no. 2, ill.
Wilhelm Hansen, Ordrupgaard (Copenhagen);
Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen
Exhibition History
1913 New York
Armory of the Sixty-Ninth Regiment, New York, International Exhibition of Modern Art [Armory Show], February 17–March 15, 1913, no. 1071, as Portrait de Cézanne, lent by Stephan Bourgeois. Traveled to: Art Institute, Chicago, March 24–April 15, 1913; Copley Hall, Boston, April 28–May 18, 1913.1913 Chicago
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Armory Show, March 24–April 16, 1913, no. 50.1913 Boston
Copley Society of Boston, Copley Hall, Boston, Armory Show, April 28–May 19, 1913, no. 25.1914 New York
S. Bourgeois Galleries, New York, Exposition de tableaux, Anciens et modernes, 1914, no number, p. 19.1945 Copenhagen
Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen, Denmark, Franske Kunst, July–October 1945, no. 50.1958 Copenhagen
Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, Denmark, French and Danish Paintings, 1958, no. 16.1997–98 Stockholm
Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, Cézanne i blickpunkten, October 17, 1997–January 11, 1998, no. 1, ill., pp. 28–29 (dated 1886–87).2000 Vienna and traveling
Kunstforum, Vienna, Cézanne: Vollendet unvollendet, January 20–April 25, 2000, no. 13, ill., as Cezanne au chapeau melon, esquisse. Traveled to: Kunsthaus, Zürich, May 5–August 13, 2000 (initially planned to end on July 30 the exhibition was extended until August 13).2008 Humlebæk
Louisiana Museum of Art, Humlebæk, Denmark, Cézanne & Giacometti: Paths of Doubt, February 20–June 29, 2008, no. 22, ill. p. 58, as Cezanne au chapeau melon, esquisse, lent by Ny Carlsberg Glyptothek, Copenhagen.2017 Paris
Musée d'Orsay, Paris, Cézanne Portraits, June 13–September 24, 2017, no. 31, ill.2017–18 Paris and traveling
Musée d'Orsay, Paris, Cézanne Portraits, June 13–September 24, 2017, no. 10.2, ill. shown in Paris and London only. Traveled to: National Portrait Gallery, London, October 26, 2017–February 11, 2018; National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C, March 25–July 1, 2018.2022–23 Chicago and traveling
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Cezanne, May 15–September 5, 2022, no. 40, ill. catalogued, but not shown. Traveled to: Tate Moderrn, London, October 6, 2022–March 12, 2023.Published References
Lehel 1923
Lehel, Ferenc. Cézanne. Budapest: Amicus Kiadasa, 1923, fig. 12.Larguier 1925
Larguier, Léo. Le Dimanche avec Paul Cézanne. Paris: L'Edition, 1925, frontispiece.Rewald 1936b
Rewald, John. "Iconographie de Cézanne: vu par lui-même." L'Amour de l'art 17, no. 5 (May 1936), fig. 9 p. 160, as Cézanne au chapeau melon.Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 514, ill. vol. II, as Cézanne au chapeau melon.Raynal 1954
Raynal, Maurice. Cézanne. Geneva: Skira, 1954, frontispiece.Beucken 1955
Beucken, Jean de. Un portrait de Cézanne. Paris: Gallimard, [1955], p. 140.Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek 1958
Catalogue: French and Danish Paintings. Copenhagen: Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, 1958, no. 868, p. 27, ill.Brown 1963
Brown, Milton. The Story of the Armory Show. New York: J.H. Hirshhorn Foundation, 1963, no. 107.Murphy 1968
Murphy, Richard W. The World of Cézanne, 1839–1906. New York: Time-Life Books, 1968, p. 106.Rostrup 1969
Rostrup, Haavard. "Studier i fransk portraetmaleri Cézanne." Meddelelser fra Ny Carlesberg Glyptotek 26 (1969), p. 11, ill.Venturi 1978
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne. Geneva: Skira, 1978, p. 107, ill.Nørregard-Nielsen 1981
Nørregard-Nielsen, Hans Edvard. "Some French Portraits in the Glyptotek." Apollo (London) 113, no. 232 (June 1981), pl. IV, p. 375, as Portrait of the Artist in a Bowler Hat, c. 1883-87.Bonafoux 1986
Bonafoux, Pascal. Les Impressionnistes portraits et confidences. Geneva: Skira, 1986, p. 154, ill.Lévêque 1988
Lévêque, Jean Jacques. La Vie et l'oeuvre de Paul Cézanne. Courbevoie: ACR, 1988, cover, p. 107, ill. in color.Rewald 1989
Rewald, John. Cézanne and America: Dealers, Collectors, Artists and Critics, 1891–1921. Princeton: Princeton University Press; London: Thames & Hudson, 1989, pp. 173, 177, fig. 100.Asmussen 1993
Asmussen, Marianne. Wilhelm Hansen's Original French Connection at Ordrupgaard. Copenhagen: Munksgaard, 1993, no. 92, ill.Bonafoux 1995
Bonafoux, Pascal. Cézanne: portrait. Paris: Editions Hazan, 1995, p. 224, ill.Dossier de l'art 1995
Dossier de l'art. no. 25, Cézanne. Dijon: Editions Faton, September - October 1995, ill. back cover.Lartigue 1995
Lartigue, Charles de. Les paysages de Paul Cézanne. Lyon: Les Créations du Pélican, 1995, p. 111, ill.Jensen 1996
Jensen, Knud W. De glade givere. Copenhagen: Gyldendal, 1996, p. 302, ill. ex-Hansen.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. 584, ill. vol. 2, as Cezanne au chapeau melon, esquisse .Benesch 2000
Benesch, Evelyn. "From the Incomplete to the Unfinished: Realisation in the Work of Paul Cézanne." In Cézanne: Finished, Unfinished. Ostfildern-Ruit: Hatje Cantz, 2000. Exhibition catalogue, p. 51, fig. 12, as Cezanne au chapeau melon, esquisse .Platzman 2001
Platzman, Steven. Cézanne: The Self-Portraits. Berkeley: University of California, 2001, pp. 168, 198, fig. 19, as Cezanne au chapeau melon, esquisse .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. 19, fig. 1.3, as Cezanne au chapeau melon, esquisse .Machotka 2008
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: The Eye and the Mind, 2 vols. Marseille: Editions Crès, 2008, vol. 1, fig. 189; vol. 2, p. 129, as Cezanne au chapeau melon, esquisse .Record last updated May 6, 2022. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Cezanne au chapeau melon, esquisse, 1885–86 (FWN 478)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=951 (accessed on April 25, 2024).
