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Catalogue entry

FWN 47
Mur de jardin
1867–68
Alternate titles: Le Mur Blanc; Mauer einer Vorortvilla; The White Wall
Rewald (88): 1867–68; Venturi revised: c.1876; Venturi (1513): 1871–72
Oil on canvas
8 11/16 x 14 5/8 in. (22 x 37 cm)
Vollard B stockbook: no. 3447, Paysage. Arbre[s] contre un mur, 23 x 38 cm (350 frs)
Vollard W stockbook: no. 3884, paysage; huile, 23 x 38 (2,000)
Vollard archives: photo no. [419]
Christie's, New York

Keywords

Provenance
(Émile Zola, Médan?);
(Zola Collection, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, France, Mar. 9–13, 1903, hors catalogue?)
Ambroise Vollard, Paris
Reid & Lefèvre, London (March 16, 1937)
Galerie E. Bignou, Paris and New York
Mrs. Murray S. Danforth, Providence (1943)
Private collection, Rhode Island;
Christie's, New York, May 13, 2023, no. 622
Exhibition History
1904 Berlin
Paul Cassirer, Berlin, Sonderausstellung Paul Cézanne, April 22–June 15, 1904, no number, as Mauer einer Vorortvilla.
1937 Glasgow
McLellan Galleries, Glasgow, United Kingdom, French Art of the 19th and 20th Centuries, 1937, no. 11.
1937a London
Alex Reid & Lefevre, London, Cézanne, June 1937, no. 6, ill., as Le Mur Blanc, dated 1871–72.
1940i New York
Bignou Gallery, New York, The Post-Impressionists, October–November 1940, no. 2, as Le Mur Blanc.
1941a New York
Bignou Gallery, New York, English and French Landscapes by 19th Century French Painters, January–February 1941, no. 2.
1942 Providence
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island, French Art of the 19th and 20th Centuries, November 1942, no. 6, (dated 1871–72), lent by Bignou Gallery.
1947 Cincinnati
Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, Paintings by Paul Cézanne, February 5–March 9, 1947, no. 1, ill. lent by Mrs. Danforth.
1954 Providence
Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island, Cézanne, September 23–October 24, 1954, no. 12, lent by anon.
Published References
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1513, ill. vol. II, as Mur de jardin.
Fell 1937
Fell, Herbert Granville. "Cézannes at Lefevre Gallery." Connoisseur 100 (July 1937), p. 39, ill.
Illustrated London News 1937
"By a Great French 'Modern' – Cézanne." Illustrated London News (June 19, 1937), p. 1147, ill.
Adhémar 1960
Adhémar, Jean. "Le cabinet de travail de Zola." Gazette des beaux-arts, vol. 56, periode 6 (November 1960), p. 294 (no. 135).
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. 88, ill. vol. 2, as Mur de jardin.
Echte and Feilchenfeldt 2011b
Echte, Bernhard and Feilchenfeldt, Walter. "Paul Cézanne, 22. April bis 15. Juni 1904." Kunstsalon Paul Cassirer: Die Ausstellungen 1901-1905. vol. 2, "Man steht da und staunt". Wädenswil: Nimbus, 2011, p. 506, ill.
Record last updated May 18, 2023. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Mur de jardin, 1867–68 (FWN 47)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=101 (accessed on April 20, 2024).