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 archive photo no. 75
description:
Annotated by Cezanne's son: 1856
Paysage avec moulin, c.1860 (possibly earlier) (1-TA)
Paysage avec moulin, c.1860 (possibly earlier) (1-TA)
Vollard archive photo no. 375
Paysage, 1862–64 (13)
Paysage, 1862–64 (13)
Vollard archive photo no. 109
Paysage, c.1865 (22)
Paysage, c.1865 (22)
Vollard archive photo no. 314
description:
Annotated by Cezanne's son: Aix, 1873
Coin de rivière, c.1865 (23)
Coin de rivière, c.1865 (23)
Vollard archive photo no. 567
Paysage, c.1865 (30-TA)
Paysage, c.1865 (30-TA)
Vollard archive photo no. 411
description:
Annotated by Cezanne's son: Jas de Bouffan, circa 1875
L'Allée du Jas de Bouffan, c.1864 (possibly later) (33-TA)
L'Allée du Jas de Bouffan, c.1864 (possibly later) (33-TA)
Vollard archive photo no. 2
description:
Annotated by Cezanne's son: 1865
Vollard archive photo no. 568
description:
Annotated by Cezanne's son: 1865
Vollard archive photo no. 520
description:
Annotated: circa 1875
Rochers à l'Estaque, 1865–66 (39)
Rochers à l'Estaque, 1865–66 (39)
Vollard archive photo no. 578
La Clairière, c.1867 (41)
La Clairière, c.1867 (41)
Vollard archive photo no. 284
description:
Annotated by Cezanne's son: 1865 - 70
Clairière, c.1866 (44-TA)
Clairière, c.1866 (44-TA)
Vollard archive photo no. 297
description:
Annotated by Cezanne's son: 1865 –70
Paysage, c.1867 (46)
Paysage, c.1867 (46)
Vollard archive photo no. [419]
Mur de jardin, 1867–68 (47)
Mur de jardin, 1867–68 (47)
Vollard archive photo no. 541 and [521]
Le Village des pêcheurs à l'Estaque, 1867–69 (possibly 1870) (49)
Le Village des pêcheurs à l'Estaque, 1867–69 (possibly 1870) (49)
Vollard archive photo no. 512
description:
Annotated by Cezanne's son: 1865–70
Vollard archive photo no. 586
Vollard archive photo no. 41
description:
Annotated by Cezanne's son: L'Estaque 1871
Vollard archive photo no. 30
description:
Annotated by Cezanne's son: 1868
Vollard archive photo no. 172
description:
Annotated by Cezanne's son: circa 1870-75
Vollard archive photo no. 337
description:
Annotated by Cezanne's son: Jas de Bouffan, 1875–80
Les Marronniers et le bassin du Jas de Bouffan, 1868–70 (possibly later) (55)
Les Marronniers et le bassin du Jas de Bouffan, 1868–70 (possibly later) (55)
Vollard archive photo no. 471
description:
Annotated by Cezanne's son: L'Estaque 1870
Vollard archive photo no. [415]
L'Estaque, effet du soir, c.1871 (possibly 1876) (60)
L'Estaque, effet du soir, c.1871 (possibly 1876) (60)
Vollard archive photo no. 208
description:
Annotated by Cezanne's son: Auvers 1875
Vollard archive photo no. 334
description:
Annotated by Cezanne's son: Auvers 1873
Vollard archive photo no. 351
description:
Annotated by Cezanne's son: 1870
Le Moulin à huile, c.1872 (65)
Le Moulin à huile, c.1872 (65)
Vollard archive photo no. 150
description:
Annotated by Cezanne's son: Auvers 1875
Vollard archive photo no. 583
Vollard archive photo no. 316
description:
Annotated by Cezanne's son: Auvers 1882
Vollard archive photo no. 377
description:
Annotated by Cezanne's son: Auvers 1873
Vollard archive photo no. 287
description:
Annotated by Cezanne's son: Auvers 1875
Le Chemin du village, 1872–73 (74)
Le Chemin du village, 1872–73 (74)
Vollard archive photo no. 247
description:
Annotated by Cezanne's son: Auvers 1873
Vollard archive photo no. 352
description:
Annotated: Auvers 1875
Vollard archive photo no. 256
description:
Annotated by Cezanne's son: Pontoise 1880
Vollard archive photo no. 119
description:
Annotated by Cezanne's son: Melun 1880
Vollard archive photo no. 209
description:
Annotated by Cezanne's son: Auvers 1875
Vollard archive photo no. 233
description:
Annotated by Cezanne's son: Auvers 1873
Vollard archive photo no. 469
description:
Annotated by Cezanne's son: circa 1880–85
Vollard archive photo no. 6
description:
Annotated by Cezanne's son: 1885
Vollard archive photo no. 61
Vollard archive photo no. 248
description:
Annotated by Cezanne's son: L'Estaque 1878
Vollard archive photo no. 229
Vollard archive photo no. 74
Paysage du nord, 1875–76 (98)
Paysage du nord, 1875–76 (98)
Vollard archive photo no. 243
description:
Annotated by Cezanne's son: Pontoise 1880
Vollard archive photo no. 397
description:
Annotated by Cezanne's son: Pontoise 1880
Vollard archive photo no. 218
description:
Annotated by Cezanne's son: Pontoise 1877
Vollard archive photo no. 591
Vollard archive photo no. 131
Vollard archive photo no. 244
description:
Annotated by Cezanne's son: Auvers 1873
Vollard archive photo no. 105
La Route tournante, c.1877 (110)
La Route tournante, c.1877 (110)
Vollard archive photo no. 68
description:
Annotated by Cezanne's son: 1880
Vollard archive photo no. 322
description:
Annotated by Cezanne's son: Le Tholonet 1887
La Maison abandonnée, 1878–79 (113)
La Maison abandonnée, 1878–79 (113)
Vollard archive photo no. 306 and [548]
description:
Annotated by Cezanne's son: Montbriand, 1885–90
Vollard archive photo no. 234
description:
Annotated by Cezanne's son: Jas de Bouffan 1885
Vollard archive photo no. 11
description:
Annotated by Cezanne's son: Jas de Bouffan 1880
Vollard archive photo no. 604
Vollard archive photo no. 375
Vollard archive photo no. 48
description:
Annotated by Cezanne's son: L'Estaque 1883
Vollard archive photo no. 178
description:
Annotated by Cezanne's son: Gardanne, 1885 ; in another hand: Mirbeau
Au fond du ravin, l'Estaque, 1878–79 (123)
Vollard archive photo no. 164
description:
Annotated by Cezanne's son: circa 1885
Montagnes en Provence, c.1879 (124)
Montagnes en Provence, c.1879 (124)
Vollard archive photo no. 499
Montagnes en Provence, c.1879 (124)
Montagnes en Provence, c.1879 (124)
Vollard archive photo no. 333
Paysage de Provence, c.1879 (125-TA)
Paysage de Provence, c.1879 (125-TA)
Vollard archive photo no. 515
description:
Annotated by Cezanne's son: Aix 1885
Vollard archive photo no. 499
description:
Annotated by Cezanne's son: Melun 1880
Vollard archive photo no. 216
Sous-bois, c.1879 (132)
Sous-bois, c.1879 (132)
Vollard archive photo no. 303 and 101b
description:
Annotated by Cezanne's son: Aix 1880–85
Vollard archive photo no. 18
description:
Annotated by Cezanne's son: Auvers 1878
Maison dans les arbres, c.1879 (137)
Vollard archive photo no. 412
description:
Annotated by Cezanne's son: Pontoise, circa 1880
La Maison rustique, c.1879 (138)
La Maison rustique, c.1879 (138)
Vollard archive photo no. 205
La Conduite d'eau, c.1879 (140)
La Conduite d'eau, c.1879 (140)
Vollard archive photo no. 459
Paysage près de Melun, c.1879 (141)
Vollard archive photo no. 228
description:
Annotated by Cezanne's son: Melun, 1880
Le Pont de Maincy, 1879–80 (143)
Le Pont de Maincy, 1879–80 (143)
Vollard archive photo no. 355
description:
Annotated by Cezanne's son: 1879
Vollard archive photo no. 97
description:
Annotated by Cezanne's son: Melun 1878
Vollard archive photo no. 230
Vollard archive photo no. [193] and 265
description:
Annotated: Fayet
La Baie de l'Estaque, 1879–83 (155)
La Baie de l'Estaque, 1879–83 (155)
Vollard archive photo no. 44
description:
Annotated by Cezanne's son: L'Estaque 1871
Vollard archive photo no. 385
Vollard archive photo no. 579
Vollard archive photo no. 499
Vollard archive photo no. 227
description:
Annotated by Cezanne's son: Pontoise 1880
Vollard archive photo no. 103
description:
Annotated by Cezanne's son: Copie de Delacroix, circa 1885
La Rivière, c.1881 (166)
La Rivière, c.1881 (166)
Vollard archive photo no. 577
Vollard archive photo no. 219
Vollard archive photo no. 217
Vollard archive photo no. 259
description:
Annotated by Cezanne's son: Pontoise 1875
Maisons et sapins, c.1881 (174)
Maisons et sapins, c.1881 (174)
Vollard archive photo no. 142
Le Chemin qui monte, 1881–82 (175)
Le Chemin qui monte, 1881–82 (175)
Vollard archive photo no. 298
description:
Annotated by Cezanne's son: Melun 1880
L'Arbre au tournant, 1881–82 (177)
L'Arbre au tournant, 1881–82 (177)
Vollard archive photo no. 26
description:
Annotated by Cezanne's son: Paris 1872
Les Toits de Paris, c.1882 (178)
Les Toits de Paris, c.1882 (178)
Vollard archive photo no. 273 and [192]
description:
Annotated by Cezanne's son: Hattenville 1885;Viau
Vollard archive photo no. 328
description:
Annotated by Cezanne's son: Hattenville 1885
Vollard archive photo no. 387
Vollard archive photo no. 127
description:
Annotated by Cezanne's son: Viaduc d'Aix, circa 1885
Vollard archive photo no. 25 and 449
description:
Annotated by Cezanne's son: L'Estaque 1883
Vollard archive photo no. 62
Vollard archive photo no. 71
description:
Annotated by Cezanne's son: L'Estaque 1883
Vollard archive photo no. 206
description:
Annotated by Cezanne's son: L'Estaque 1883
Vollard archive photo no. 344
Vollard archive photo no. 32
Gardanne vu du Claou, 1883–85 (197)
Gardanne vu du Claou, 1883–85 (197)
Vollard archive photo no. 223
Paysage d'automne, c.1885 (198)
Paysage d'automne, c.1885 (198)
Vollard archive photo no. 374
description:
Annotated by Cezanne's son: Jas de Bouffan, 1885
Vollard archive photo no. 585
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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=archives&sb=Vollard&sbno=274%20and%20%5B191%5D (accessed on March 28, 2024).