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Catalogue entry

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
L. Nunès, Paris
Josse and Gaston Bernheim-Jeune, Paris
Sam Salz, New York
Stavros Niarchos, Paris;
Private collection
Exhibition History
1893 Paris
Galerie Le Barc de Boutteville, Paris, Les portraits du prochain siècle, September–October 1893, tentative identification.
1926b Paris
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.
1931a Paris
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Cézanne, May 18–29, 1931.
1934f Paris
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Cents ans de portraits français (1800–1900), October 15–November 12, 1934, no. 17.
1936c Paris
Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris, Cézanne, May 20–October 11, 1936, no. 57, as Cezanne au chapeau melon, lent by Gaston B. de V.
1939 Buenos Aires and traveling
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.
1940 Montevideo
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.
1940–41 San Francisco
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.
1941 Chicago
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,.
1941 Portland
Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon, Masterpieces of French Painting, September 3–October 5, 1941, no. 5.
1957–58 New York and traveling
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.
1959 Zurich
Kunsthaus, Zurich, Sammlung S. Niarchos, 1959, no. 31, ill.
2017 Paris
Musée d'Orsay, Paris, Cézanne Portraits, June 13–September 24, 2017, no. 30, ill. shown in Paris and London only.
2017–18 Paris and traveling
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 1917
Coquiot, Gustave. "Paul Cézanne." Le Carnet des artistes: art ancien, art moderne, arts appliqués, no. 9 (1917), ill. p. 7.
Duret 1919
Duret, Théodore. Histoire des peintres impressionnistes: Pissarro, Claude Monet, Sisley, Renoir, Berthe Morisot, Cézanne, Guillaumin. Paris: H. Floury, 1919, pl. 16.
Maraini 1920
Maraini, Antonio. "Cézanne, Gauguin, Van Gogh." Dedalo 1 (1920), p. 187, ill.
Klingsor 1923
Klingsor, Tristan L. Cézanne. Paris: Rieder, 1923, pl. 1.
Rivière 1923
Rivière, Georges. Le Maître Paul Cézanne. Paris: Librairie Floury, 1923, p. 216, listed, ill. p. 31, as Portrait de Cézanne par lui-même.
Faure 1923a
Faure, Élie. P. Cézanne. Paris, 1923, pl. 8, as Portrait de Paul Cézanne.
Édouard-Joseph 1926
Édouard-Joseph, René. Dictionnaire des artistes contemporains. Paris: Art & Édition, 1926, p. 257, ill.
Vauxcelles 1926
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.
Tabarant 1926a
T.[abarant], [Adolphe]. "L'exposition Cézanne." Le Bulletin de la vie artistique 7, no. 11 (June 1, 1926), ill. p. 163, as Autoportrait.
Scheffler 1927a
Scheffler, Karl. Europäische Kunst im 19. Jahrhundert. Berlin: B. Cassirer, 1927, p. 91, ill.
Fry 1929
Fry, Roger. "Cézannes Udvikling." Samleren 6 (July, August, September 1929), p. 115, ill.
Gasquet 1930b
Gasquet, Joachim. Cézanne. Berlin: B. Cassirer, 1930, ill. opp. p. 56.
Rivière 1933
Rivière, Georges. Cézanne: Le Peintre solitaire. Paris: Librairie Floury, 1933, ill. on cover.
Kahn 1934
Kahn, Gustave. "Art: Cent ans de portraits français: Galerie Bernheim Jeune." Mercure de France (November 15, 1934), p. 168.
René-Jean 1934
René-Jean. "Cent ans de portraits français 1800-1900." Comoedia (Paris), October 17, 1934, p. 2, as ... sa propre tête ...
Iavorskaia 1935a
Iavorskaia, Nina. Cézanne. Moscow: Ogiz-Izogiz, 1935, pl. 14.
Di San Lazzaro 1936
Di San Lazzaro, Gualtieri. Paul Cézanne. Paris: Chroniques du Jour, 1936, fig. 5.
Laprade 1936
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.
Raynal 1936
Raynal, Maurice. Cézanne. Paris: Editions de Cluny, 1936, pl. LXIII p. 95.
Rydbeck 1936
Rydbeck, Ingrid. "Apropå Cézanne." Konstrevy (Stockholm) XII, no. 5 (1936), p. 135, ill., as Självporträtt.
D'Ors 1936a
Ors, Eugenio d.' Paul Cézanne. New York: E. Weyhe, 1936, pl. 3.
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 515, ill. vol. II, as Cezanne au chapeau melon.
Huyghe 1936d
Huyghe, René. Cézanne. Paris: Plon, Éditions d'Art et d'Histoire, 1936, pl. 47.
Barnes and de Mazia 1939
Barnes, Albert C., and Violette de Mazia. The Art of Cézanne. New York: Harcourt Brace, 1939, no. 99, ill. p. 208 (analysis p. 343).
L'Amour de l'art 1939
Prométhée: L'Amour de l'art 20, no. 4 (Mai, 1939), ill. in b/w p. 44, as Cezanne au chapeau melon.
Marianne 1939
"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 1940
Bertram, Anthony. "Modern European Painting: Lecture II." Royal Society of Arts Journal 88, no. 4549 (Jan. 26, 1940), p. 248, ill.
Argul 1941
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 1942
Rivière, Georges. Cézanne: Le Peintre solitaire. Paris: Librairie Floury, 1942, ill. on cover.
Ragghianti 1947
Ragghianti, Carlo Ludovico. L'Impressionismo. Turin: Chiantore, 1947, pl. XLI.
Dorival 1948
Dorival, Bernard. Cézanne. Paris: Pierre Tisné, 1948, pl. 107, listed pp. 162-163.
Jedlicka 1948
Jedlicka, Gotthard. Cézanne. Berne: Alfred Scherz Verlag, 1948, fig. 32, as Cezanne au chapeau melon.
Rewald 1953
Rewald, John. "Modern Fakes of Modern Pictures." The Art News 52, no. 1 (March 1953), p. 17, ill. (with forgery).
Bernheim de Villers 1954
Bernheim de Villers, Gaston. Un ami de Cézanne. Paris: Editions Bernheim-Jeune, 1954, pl. [3], as Portrait de Cézanne par lui-même.
Beucken 1955
Beucken, Jean de. Un portrait de Cézanne. Paris: Gallimard, [1955], p. 140.
Leonhard 1966
Leonhard, Kurt. Paul Cézanne in Selbstzeugnissen und Bilddokumenten. Rheinbek bei Hamburg: Rowohlt, 1966, p. 104.
Schapiro 1973
Schapiro, Meyer. Paul Cézanne. Translated by Louis-Marie Ollivier. Paris: Nouvelles Editions Françaises, 1973, pl. 22.
Rubin 1983
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 1991
Gasquet, Joachim. Joachim Gasquet's Cézanne. Translated by C. Pemberton. London and New York: Thames & Hudson, 1991, p. 108, ill.
Bonafoux 1995
Bonafoux, Pascal. Cézanne: portrait. Paris: Editions Hazan, 1995, p. 201, ill. and cover (detail).
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. 585, ill. vol. 2, as Cezanne au chapeau melon.
Rubin 1998
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, C. 2000a
Feilchenfeldt, Christina. "Portraits." In Cézanne: Finished, Unfinished. Ostfildern-Ruit: Hatje Cantz, 2000. Exhibition catalogue, p. 153, fig. 1, as Cezanne au chapeau melon.
Platzman 2001
Platzman, Steven. Cézanne: The Self-Portraits. Berkeley: University of California, 2001, p. 169, 198, fig. 20, as Cezanne au chapeau melon.
Baumann 2004
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 2007
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 2007b
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 2020
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 20, 2024).