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)
FWN 479
Cezanne au chapeau melon
1885–86
Alternate titles: Autoportrait; Autorretrato con sombrero de hongo; Cézanne con sombrero de hongo; Portrait de Cézanne; Portrait de Cézanne par lui-même; Portrait de Paul Cézanne; Self-Portrait; Self-Portrait in a Bowler Hat; Självporträtt
Rewald (585): 1885–86; Venturi revised: 1886–88; Venturi (515): 1883–85; Rivière: 1888
Oil on canvas
16 1/2 x 13 3/8 in. (42 x 34 cm)
Vollard archives: photo no. 190, Annotated by Cezanne's son: 1875–80
Private collection
Provenance
Exhibition History
Galerie Le Barc de Boutteville, Paris, Les portraits du prochain siècle, September–October 1893, tentative identification.
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Exposition rétrospective Paul Cézanne (1839-1906) au profit de la caisse du Monument Cézanne, June 1–30, 1926, no. 55, ill., as Portrait de Cézanne, lent by Bernheim-Jeune.
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Cézanne, May 18–29, 1931.
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Cents ans de portraits français (1800–1900), October 15–November 12, 1934, no. 17.
Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris, Cézanne, May 20–October 11, 1936, no. 57, as Cezanne au chapeau melon, lent by Gaston B. de V.
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires, Argentina Republic, La Pintura francesca: de David a nuestros días, July 18–August 1939, no. 7, as Autorretrato con sombrero de hongo, 1883-85, lent by Gaston Bernheim de Villers, Paris. Traveled to: Museo Municipal de Bellas Artes Juan B. Castagnino, Rosario, Argentina Republic, August 31–September 10, 1939; Salón Nacional de Bellas Artes, Montevideo, Uruguay, April 1940; Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Rio de Janeiro, June–July 1940.
Salón Nacional de Bellas Artes, Montevideo, Uruguay, La Pintura francesa: de David a nuestros días, April 1940, no. 3, as Cézanne con sombrero de hongo, 1883-85, lent by Gaston Bernheim de Villers, Paris.
M.H. de Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco, The Paintings of France since the French Revolution, December 7, 1940–January 1941, no. 3, ill. p. 73, as Self-Portrait in a Bowler Hat, lent by Mr. Gaston Bernheim de Villiers, Paris.
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Masterpieces of French Art Lent by the Museums and Collectors of France, April 10–May 20, 1941, no. 12, pl. XXXVIII, as Self-Portrait in a Bowler Hat, lent by G. B. de V,.
Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon, Masterpieces of French Painting, September 3–October 5, 1941, no. 5.
Knoedler Galleries, New York, The Niarchos Collection, December 3, 1957–January 18, 1958, no. 7, ill. Traveled to: National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Canada, February 5–March 2, 1958; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, March 15–April 20, 1958.
Kunsthaus, Zurich, Sammlung S. Niarchos, 1959, no. 31, ill.
Musée d'Orsay, Paris, Cézanne Portraits, June 13–September 24, 2017, no. 30, ill. shown in Paris and London only.
Musée d'Orsay, Paris, Cézanne Portraits, June 13–September 24, 2017, no. 10.3, 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.
Published References
Coquiot, Gustave. "Paul Cézanne." Le Carnet des artistes: art ancien, art moderne, arts appliqués, no. 9 (1917), ill. p. 7.
Duret, Théodore. Histoire des peintres impressionnistes: Pissarro, Claude Monet, Sisley, Renoir, Berthe Morisot, Cézanne, Guillaumin. Paris: H. Floury, 1919, pl. 16.
Rivière, Georges. Le Maître Paul Cézanne. Paris: Librairie Floury, 1923, p. 216, listed, ill. p. 31, as Portrait de Cézanne par lui-même.
Édouard-Joseph, René. Dictionnaire des artistes contemporains. Paris: Art & Édition, 1926, p. 257, ill.
Vauxcelles, Louis. "A propos de Cézanne [Hommage à Paul Cézanne]." L'Art vivant (Paris), no. 37 (July 1, 1926), p. 483, ill. and cover, as Portrait de Cézanne.
T.[abarant], [Adolphe]. "L'exposition Cézanne." Le Bulletin de la vie artistique 7, no. 11 (June 1, 1926), ill. p. 163, as Autoportrait.
Scheffler, Karl. Europäische Kunst im 19. Jahrhundert. Berlin: B. Cassirer, 1927, p. 91, ill.
Rivière, Georges. Cézanne: Le Peintre solitaire. Paris: Librairie Floury, 1933, ill. on cover.
Kahn, Gustave. "Art: Cent ans de portraits français: Galerie Bernheim Jeune." Mercure de France (November 15, 1934), p. 168.
René-Jean. "Cent ans de portraits français 1800-1900." Comoedia (Paris), October 17, 1934, p. 2, as ... sa propre tête ...
Di San Lazzaro, Gualtieri. Paul Cézanne. Paris: Chroniques du Jour, 1936, fig. 5.
Laprade, Jacques de. "L'exposition Cézanne à l'Orangerie." Beaux-arts: Chronique des arts et de la curiosité, no. 177 (May 22, 1936), ill. p. 2, as Cezanne au chapeau melon.
Rydbeck, Ingrid. "Apropå Cézanne." Konstrevy (Stockholm) XII, no. 5 (1936), p. 135, ill., as Självporträtt.
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 515, ill. vol. II, as Cezanne au chapeau melon.
Barnes, Albert C., and Violette de Mazia. The Art of Cézanne. New York: Harcourt Brace, 1939, no. 99, ill. p. 208 (analysis p. 343).
Prométhée: L'Amour de l'art 20, no. 4 (Mai, 1939), ill. in b/w p. 44, as Cezanne au chapeau melon.
"L'art français à Buenos-Aires." Marianne: grand hebdomadaire politique et littéraire illustré (Paris) (August 23, 1939), ill. p. 11, as Cezanne au chapeau melon.
Bertram, Anthony. "Modern European Painting: Lecture II." Royal Society of Arts Journal 88, no. 4549 (Jan. 26, 1940), p. 248, ill.
Argul, José Pedro. Pintura francesa de los siglos XIX y XX: la Exposición "De David a nuestros días," Montevideo MCMXL. Montevideo, 1941, ill. p. 27, as Autorretrato con sombrero de hongo.
Rivière, Georges. Cézanne: Le Peintre solitaire. Paris: Librairie Floury, 1942, ill. on cover.
Jedlicka, Gotthard. Cézanne. Berne: Alfred Scherz Verlag, 1948, fig. 32, as Cezanne au chapeau melon.
Rewald, John. "Modern Fakes of Modern Pictures." The Art News 52, no. 1 (March 1953), p. 17, ill. (with forgery).
Bernheim de Villers, Gaston. Un ami de Cézanne. Paris: Editions Bernheim-Jeune, 1954, pl. [3], as Portrait de Cézanne par lui-même.
Leonhard, Kurt. Paul Cézanne in Selbstzeugnissen und Bilddokumenten. Rheinbek bei Hamburg: Rowohlt, 1966, p. 104.
Schapiro, Meyer. Paul Cézanne. Translated by Louis-Marie Ollivier. Paris: Nouvelles Editions Françaises, 1973, pl. 22.
Rubin, William. "From Narrative to 'Iconic' in Picasso: The Buried Allegory in Bread and Fruitdish on a Table and the Role of Les Demoiselles d'Avignon." The Art Bulletin 65, no. 4 (December 1983), fig. 31.
Gasquet, Joachim. Joachim Gasquet's Cézanne. Translated by C. Pemberton. London and New York: Thames & Hudson, 1991, p. 108, ill.
Bonafoux, Pascal. Cézanne: portrait. Paris: Editions Hazan, 1995, p. 201, ill. and cover (detail).
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. 585, ill. vol. 2, as Cezanne au chapeau melon.
Rubin, William. "Vom Erzählerischen zum 'Ikonischen' in Picassos frühem Werk: Die verborgene Allegorie in 'Brot und Obstschale mit Früchten auf einem Tisch]." In Cézanne, Picasso, Braque: Der Beginn des kubistischen Stillebens. Ostfildern-Ruit: Hatje Cantz, 1998. Exhibition catalogue, p. 84, fig. 17.
Feilchenfeldt, Christina. "Portraits." In Cézanne: Finished, Unfinished. Ostfildern-Ruit: Hatje Cantz, 2000. Exhibition catalogue, p. 153, fig. 1, as Cezanne au chapeau melon.
Platzman, Steven. Cézanne: The Self-Portraits. Berkeley: University of California, 2001, p. 169, 198, fig. 20, as Cezanne au chapeau melon.
Baumann, Felix A., ed. Cézanne—Aufbruch in die Moderne. Essen: Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2004. Exhibition catalogue, p. 165, ill., as Cezanne au chapeau melon.
De Lorenzi, Giovanna. "I Cézanne delle raccolte Fabbri e Loeser alla Biennale di Venezia del 1920. Aspetti di un dibattico critico." In Cézanne a Firenze. Due collezionisti e la mostra dell'Impressionismo del 1910. Milan: Electa, 2007. Exhibition catalogue, p. 247, ill. in b/w.
Bardazzi, Francesca, ed. Cézanne in Florence: Two Collectors and the 1910 Exhibition of Impressionism. Translated by John Venerella. Milan: Mondadori Electa, 2007. Exhibition catalogue, p. 247, ill., as Cezanne au chapeau melon.
Dauberville, Guy-Patrice, and Floriane Dauberville. Paul Cezanne chez Bernheim-Jeune. Paris: Editions G-P.F. Dauberville & Archives Bernheim-Jeune, 2020, no. 224, ill., as Cezanne au chapeau melon, installation photographs from 1931 exhibition, p. 121, and 1934 exhibition, p. 129, as well as photograph of portrait hanging in the Bernheim-Jeune residence at 107 avenue Henri Martin, p.7
Record last updated March 9, 2023. 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, 1885–86 (FWN 479)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=571 (accessed on April 19, 2024).
