Vollard Archives

Ambroise Vollard (1866–1939) was an art dealer and a key figure in the late nineteenth century and first decade of the twentieth century. He was a champion of avant-garde art and, in particular, Cezanne’s painting. In November 1895 he mounted a retrospective of works by Cezanne, the artist’s first.

Vollard’s Archives are housed at the Musée d'Orsay, Paris, where they are classified as Fonds Vollard MS 421. The archive includes original correspondence, ledgers, account books, daily agendas, shipping receipts and personal papers.  A large photographic archive is also held at the Musée d’Orsay, Paris, ODO 1996 56

The archival material transcribed here combines the dealer’s stockbooks (A, B and C), a “virtual stockbook” (X) and a partial inventory (W). Photocopies of the stockbooks can be found in John Rewald Papers at the National Gallery Archives, Washington, D.C.

Some original stockbooks are housed at the Wildenstein Institute in Paris.

Stockbook A (1899–ca. April 1904): Inventory numbers 3301–4210 (Wildenstein Institute; photocopy in John Rewald Papers)

Stockbook B (ca. June 1904–December 1907): Inventory numbers 3301–4560 (Vollard Archives; photocopy in John Rewald Papers)

Stockbook C (ca. March 1918–ca. 1922): Inventory numbers 7016–7609 (Wildenstein Institute; photocopy in John Rewald Papers)

Stockbook X (January 1912–end 1912): “Inventory numbers” 5000–5500 (virtual “stockbook” created from Vollard’s agendas, Musée d'Orsay, archives Vollard,  MS 421 [5,8]).

Stockbook W (January 1, 1922–January 5, 1938): Inventory numbers 1–5745 (Wildenstein Institute). N.B. The "purchase date" is an indication of when the work was entered into the inventory; "purchased for" may indicate the value at the time of entry.

Vollard photo archive numbers: these numbers have been carried over from John Rewald’s 1996 catalogue raisonné and were consulted by him at the Wildenstein Institute. The Musée d’Orsay has another set of photographs.

The stockbooks can be sorted by stock number or FWN number.

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Vollard W stockbook no. 510
description:
Le petit joueur de cartes
dimension:
32 x 35
purchased from:
AV inventory
purchased for:
10,000
purchased on:
Jan. 1, 1922
Le Joueur de cartes, 1890–92 (679)
Le Joueur de cartes, 1890–92 (679)
Vollard W stockbook no. 465
description:
Baigneuse; huile
dimension:
23 x 35
purchased from:
AV inventory
purchased for:
1,000
purchased on:
Jan. 1, 1922
Unassigned work
Vollard W stockbook no. 462
description:
Nature morte; huile
dimension:
38 x 46
purchased from:
AV inventory
purchased for:
8,000
purchased on:
Jan. 1, 1922
sold to:
Winterbotham
sold for:
200,000
sold on:
January 1928
Pommes sur un linge, c.1885 (?) (804)
Pommes sur un linge, c.1885 (?) (804)
Vollard W stockbook no. 447
description:
Femme assise; huile
dimension:
65 x 50
purchased from:
AV inventory
purchased for:
30,000
purchased on:
Jan. 1, 1922
Unassigned work
Vollard W stockbook no. 446
description:
Buste de femme; huile
dimension:
65 x 54
purchased from:
AV inventory
purchased for:
25,000
purchased on:
Jan. 1, 1922
Unassigned work
Vollard W stockbook no. 445
description:
Portrait de sa soeur; huile
dimension:
56 x 39
purchased from:
AV inventory
purchased for:
10,000 [?]
purchased on:
Jan. 1, 1922
Vollard W stockbook no. 349
description:
Paysage; huile
dimension:
37 x 45
purchased from:
AV inventory
purchased for:
10,000
purchased on:
Jan. 1, 1922
Unassigned work
Vollard W stockbook no. 347
description:
Portrait de M. Chocquet; huile
dimension:
46 x 38
purchased from:
AV inventory
purchased for:
20,000
purchased on:
Jan. 1, 1922
Vollard W stockbook no. 342
description:
Portrait de femme; huile
dimension:
46 x 38
purchased from:
AV inventory
purchased for:
10,000
purchased on:
Jan. 1, 1922
Unassigned work
Vollard W stockbook no. 339
description:
Tête d'homme; huile
dimension:
46 x 38 [could be 35]
purchased from:
AV inventory
purchased for:
15,000
purchased on:
Jan. 1, 1922
sold to:
Reid & Lefevre
sold for:
11,000 Fr
sold on:
July 6, 1936
Vollard W stockbook no. 338
description:
Tête d'homme
dimension:
46 x 38
purchased from:
AV inventory
purchased for:
5,000
purchased on:
Jan. 1, 1922
Vollard W stockbook no. 336
description:
Nature morte; huile
dimension:
36 x 46
purchased from:
AV inventory
purchased for:
5,000
purchased on:
Jan. 1, 1922
Unassigned work
Vollard W stockbook no. 325
description:
Paysage; huile
dimension:
46 x 60
purchased from:
AV inventory
purchased for:
15,000
purchased on:
Jan. 1, 1922
Unassigned work
Vollard W stockbook no. 312
description:
Poissons rouges; huile
dimension:
21 x 28
purchased from:
AV inventory
purchased for:
500
purchased on:
Jan. 1, 1922
Unassigned work
Vollard W stockbook no. 311
description:
La lutte; huile
dimension:
30 x 24
purchased from:
AV inventory
purchased for:
3,000
purchased on:
Jan. 1, 1922
Unassigned work
Vollard W stockbook no. 294
description:
Nature morte; huile
dimension:
35 x 20
purchased from:
AV inventory
purchased for:
3,000
purchased on:
Jan. 1, 1922
Unassigned work
Vollard W stockbook no. 284
description:
Paysan assis
dimension:
55 x 46
purchased from:
AV inventory
purchased for:
15,000
purchased on:
Jan. 1, 1922
sold to:
Thannhauser
sold for:
200,000
sold on:
Jan 19, 1928
Paysan assis, c.1897 (523)
Paysan assis, c.1897 (523)
Vollard W stockbook no. 283
description:
Tête de femme; huile
dimension:
55 x 46
purchased from:
AV inventory
purchased for:
3,000
purchased on:
Jan. 1, 1922
Unassigned work
Vollard W stockbook no. 275
description:
Paysage; huile
dimension:
54 x 65
purchased from:
AV inventory
purchased for:
5,000
purchased on:
Jan. 1, 1922
Unassigned work
Vollard W stockbook no. 270
description:
Baigneuses; huile
dimension:
30 x 35
purchased from:
AV inventory
purchased for:
5,000
purchased on:
Jan. 1, 1922
Unassigned work
Vollard W stockbook no. 261
description:
Tête de femme
dimension:
37 x 39
purchased from:
AV inventory
purchased for:
13,000
purchased on:
Jan. 1, 1922
Vollard W stockbook no. 245
description:
Tête d'enfant; huile
dimension:
35 x 38
purchased from:
AV inventory
purchased for:
15,000
purchased on:
Jan. 1, 1922
Unassigned work
Vollard W stockbook no. 170
description:
Croquis de nu; huile
dimension:
21 x 32
purchased from:
AV inventory
purchased for:
1,500
purchased on:
Jan. 1, 1922
Unassigned work
Vollard W stockbook no. 166
description:
Nus; huile
dimension:
35 x 21
purchased from:
AV inventory
purchased for:
5,000
purchased on:
Jan. 1, 1922
Unassigned work
Vollard W stockbook no. 163
description:
Nature morte, pommes; huile
dimension:
25 x 44
purchased from:
AV inventory
purchased for:
10,000
purchased on:
Jan. 1, 1922
sold to:
Reid & Lefevre
sold for:
13,000 Fr
sold on:
July 6, 1936
Pommes et linge, 1879–80 (763)
Pommes et linge, 1879–80 (763)
Vollard W stockbook no. 148
description:
Baigneuse; huile
dimension:
21 x 13
purchased from:
AV inventory
purchased for:
14,000 [?]
purchased on:
Jan. 1, 1922
Baigneuse, 1877–78 (937)
Baigneuse, 1877–78 (937)
Vollard W stockbook no. 147
description:
Paysage; huile
dimension:
16 x 22
purchased from:
AV inventory
purchased for:
3,000
purchased on:
Jan. 1, 1922
Unassigned work
Vollard W stockbook no. 105
description:
Nus dans paysage; huile
dimension:
20 x 33
purchased from:
AV inventory
purchased for:
10,000
purchased on:
Jan. 1, 1922
Unassigned work
Vollard W stockbook no. 82
description:
Le jardinier; huile
dimension:
65 x 54
purchased from:
AV inventory
purchased for:
175,000
purchased on:
Jan. 1, 1922
sold to:
Barnes
sold for:
250,000
sold on:
July 24, 1925
Le Jardinier, c.1885 (possibly later) (673)
Le Jardinier, c.1885 (possibly later) (673)
Vollard W stockbook no. 81
description:
Paysage; huile
dimension:
65 x 81
purchased from:
AV inventory
purchased for:
50,000
purchased on:
Jan. 1, 1922
Unassigned work
Vollard W stockbook no. 71
description:
Paysage. huile
dimension:
81 x 65
purchased from:
AV inventory
purchased for:
15,000
purchased on:
Jan. 1, 1922
Unassigned work
Vollard W stockbook no. 70
description:
Paysage; huile
dimension:
65 x 81
purchased from:
AV inventory
purchased for:
10,000
purchased on:
Jan. 1, 1922
Unassigned work
Vollard W stockbook no. 20
description:
Paysage de Provence; huile
dimension:
60 x 73
purchased from:
AV inventory
purchased for:
20,000
purchased on:
Jan. 1, 1922
Unassigned work
Vollard W stockbook no. 19
description:
Paysage de Provence, huile
dimension:
61 x 80 cm
purchased from:
AV inventory
purchased for:
30,000
purchased on:
Jan. 1, 1922
Unassigned work
Vollard W stockbook no. 16
description:
Paysage Provence
dimension:
58 x 80 cm
purchased from:
AV inventory
purchased for:
30,000 Fr
purchased on:
Jan. 1, 1922
Unassigned work
Vollard W stockbook no. 1
description:
sous bois
dimension:
103 x 89 cm
purchased from:
AV inventory
purchased for:
75,000 Fr
purchased on:
Jan 1, 1922
sold to:
Bakwin
sold for:
500,000 Fr
sold on:
Sept. 26, 1928
Sous-bois, 1893–94 (303)
Sous-bois, 1893–94 (303)
Vollard W stockbook no.
Unassigned work
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Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Vollard Archives." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/resources/stockbooks.php?type=stockbook&sb=Vollard%20W&sbno=1627 (accessed on April 27, 2024).