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 661
Femme nue (Léda?)
c.1887
Alternate titles: Femme nue; Femme nue (Léda, II); Femme nue couchée; Femme nue et poires; Femme nue [Léda, II?]; La Léda; Leda; Leda mit dem Schwan; Nana; Nu féminin; Nude Woman (Leda); Reclining Nude; Studie zu "Nana" von Zola
Rewald (590): 1885–87; Venturi revised: 1888–90; Venturi (551): 1886–90; Vollard: 1880
Oil on canvas stretched on pasteboard
17 5/16 x 24 3/8 in. (44 x 62 cm)
Vollard W stockbook: no. 4435, femme nue (Nana); huile, 44 x 63 (75,000)
Vollard archives: photo no. 418, Annotated by Cezanne's son: projet pour Nana, circa 1880
Provenance
Exhibition History
Paul Cassirer, Berlin, XII. Jahrgang, III. Ausstellung, November 17–December 12, 1909, no. 24, as Studie zu "Nana" von Zola, lent by Vollard.
Paul Rosenberg, Paris, Œuvres de grands maitres du dix-neuvième siècle, May 3–June 3, 1922, no. 8, as Nana, 1880, lent by Vollard.
S.V.U. Mánes, Municipal House, Prague, Francouzské umění XIX. a XX. století [French Art of the 19th–20th Centuries], May 26–June 1923, no. 145, as Nana, lent by Vollard.
Galerie Thannhauser, Vereinshaus der Berliner Künstler, Berlin, Erste Sonderausstellung in Berlin, January 9–mid-February, 1927, no. 19, ill., as Leda, lent by Thannhauser.
Galerie Alfred Flechtheim, Düsseldorf, Germany, Lebende ausländische Kunst aus rheinischem Privatbesitz, September 30–October 31, 1928.
Städelsches Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, Vom Abbild zum Sinnbild, June 3–July 3, 1931, no. 22, as Leda, lent by Private collection.
Kunstmuseum, Bern, Switzerland, Ecole de Paris, February 27–March 31, 1946, no. 2, as Femme nue, lent by Baron von der Heydt, Ascona.
National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, Cézanne, March 30–May 19, 1974, no. 37. Traveled to: Municipal Museum, Kyoto, Japan, June 1–July 17, 1974; Cultural Center, Fukuoka, Japan, July 24–August 18, 1974.
Kunsthalle, Tübingen, Germany, Cézanne Gemälde, January 16–May 2, 1993, no. 35, ill.
Kunstforum, Vienna, Cézanne: Vollendet unvollendet, January 20–April 25, 2000, no. 58, ill., (dated 1885–87), as Femme nue [Léda, II?]. Traveled to: Kunsthaus, Zürich, May 5–August 13, 2000 (initially planned to end on July 30 the exhibition was extended until August 13).
Gallerie d'Arte Moderna, Bologna, Italy, The Nude: Ideal and Reality from Neoclassicism to Today, January 22–May 9, 2004, no. 81, ill., as Nude Woman (Leda), c. 1886-1890.
Belvedere, Vienna, Wien–Paris: Van Gogh, Cézanne und Österreichs Moderne, 1880–1960, October 3, 2007–January 13, 2008, ill., p. 295, as Femme nue couchée, c. 1886/90.
Louisiana Museum of Art, Humlebæk, Denmark, Cézanne & Giacometti: Paths of Doubt, February 20–June 29, 2008, no. 24, ill. p. 60, as Femme nue (Léda, II), 1885-86, lent by Von der Heydt.
Musée du Luxembourg, Paris, Cézanne et Paris, October 12, 2011–February 26, 2012, no. 50, ill., p. 101, as Femme nue [Léda, II?], 1886-90 ? lent by von der Heydt Museum.
Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, Hungary, Cézanne and the Past: Tradition and Creativity, October 25, 2012–February 17, 2013, no. 57, ill.
Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe, Germany, Cézanne - Metamorphosen, October 28, 2017–February 11, 2018, no. 55, ill.
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Cezanne, May 15–September 5, 2022, no. 54, ill. 1885–87. Traveled to: Tate Moderrn, London, October 6, 2022–March 12, 2023.
Published References
Fry, Roger. "'Paul Cézanne' by Ambroise Vollard: Paris, 1915, A Review." The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs 31, no. 173 (August 1917), pl. II.
Janneau, Guillaume. "Les grandes expositions: maîtres du siècle passé." La Renaissance de l'art français et des industries de luxe (Paris), vol. 5, no. 5 (May 1922), p. 342, as L'Ananas.
Rivière, Georges. Le Maître Paul Cézanne. Paris: Librairie Floury, 1923, p. 208, listed.
Meier-Graefe, Julius. Cézanne. translated by J. Holroyd-Reece. London: Ernest Benn, 1927, pl. XV.
Budde Illa. "Lebende ausländische Kunst aus rheinischem Privatbesitz in der Galerie Alfred Flechtheim." Der Cicerone 20, no. 20 (1928), p. 674, as Leda.
Zimmerman, Hermann K. "Vom Abbild zu Sinnbild: Eine Ausstellung von Meisterwerken moderner Malerei." Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration 69 (October 1931-March 1932), ill. p. 78, as Leda.
Peschcke-Koedt, Matthias. "Statusopgorelse i Malerkunsten." Samleren 10 (December 1933), p. 183, ill.
Di San Lazzaro, Gualtieri. Paul Cézanne. Paris: Chroniques du Jour, 1936, fig. 48.
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 551, ill. vol. II, as Femme nue.
Jedlicka, Gotthard. "École de Paris: Bemerkungen zur Ausstellung 'École de Paris' in der Kunsthalle Bern." Das Werk 33, no. 6 (June 1946), p. 173, ill.
Schapiro, Meyer. "The Apples of Cézanne: An Essay on the Meaning of Still-Life." Art News Annual 34 (1968), pp. 39–40, pl. 14.
Sutton, Denys. "The Paradoxes of Cézanne." Apollo (London) 100, no. 150 (August 1974), fig. 11 p. 103.
Ballas, Guila. "Paul Cézanne et la revue 'L'Artiste.'" Gazette des beaux-arts, vol. 98, periode 6 (December 1981), pp. 225 and 231, fig. 16 p. 229, as Nu féminin, 1886.
Ely, Bruno. "Cézanne, L'Ecole de dessin et le Musée d'Aix." In Cézanne au Musée d'Aix. Aix-en-Provence: Musée Granet, 1984. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 187, with painting by Greuze.
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. 590, ill. vol. 2, as Femme nue [Léda, II?].
Harvey, Benjamin. "Cézanne and Zola: A Reassessment of 'L'Eternel féminin.'" Burlington, vol. 140, no. 1142 (May 1998), p. 317, fig. 25.
Kostenevich, Albert. "Cézanne in Russland." In Die russische Avantgarde und Paul Cézanne. Bönen: Kettler, 2002. Exhibition catalogue, pp. 31-32, fig. 8 (in reverse), as Leda mit dem Schwan.
Lebensztejn, Jean-Claude. "Une source oubliée de Cézanne." Les Cahiers du Musée national d'art moderne, no. 86 (Winter 2003–04), p. 84, ill. fig. 4 p. 82, as Femme nue.
Andersen, Wayne V. Cézanne and the Eternal Feminine. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004, p. 36, fig. 19.
Feilchenfeldt, Walter. "Cézanne: Vollendet, Unvollendet." In "By Appointment Only": Schriften zu Kunst und Kunsthandel,
Cézanne und Van Gogh. Wädenswil: Nimbus, 2005, p. 277, ill.
Lebensztejn, Jean-Claude. Études cézanniennes. Paris: Flammarion, 2006, p. 46, fig. 14, as Femme nue et poires, dated c. 1886.
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: The Eye and the Mind, 2 vols. Marseille: Editions Crès, 2008, vol. 1, fig. 204; vol. 2, p. 143, as Femme nue (Léda, II).
Coutagne, Denis. "Quand Cézanne lit 'Nana' de Zola." In Cézanne et Paris. Paris: Éditions de la Rmn-Grand Palais, 2011. Exhibition catalogue, p. 100, ill., as Femme nue [Léda, II?], dated 1886–90?
Colrat, Jean. Cézanne: Joindre les mains errantes de la nature. Paris-Sorbonne: PUPS, 2013, p. 411, pl. 180.
Dombrowski, André. Cézanne, Murder, and Modern Life. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2013, p. 225, fig. 90.
Illner, Eberhard, ed. Eduard von der Heydt: Kunstsammler Bankier Mäzen. München and London and New York: Prestel, 2013, p. 96, ill. in color.
Echte, Bernhard and Feilchenfeldt, Walter. "Kollektion Paul Cézanne: 17. November bis 12. Dezember 1909." Kunstsalon Cassirer: Die Ausstellungen 1908-1910. vol. 4, "Ganz eigenartige neue Werte". Wädenswil: Nimbus, 2013, p. 288, ill.
Nagaï, Takanori. "Cézanne and Jas de Bouffan." In Le "basho" dans l'art moderne français. Tokyo: Sangensha, 2016, p. 110, ill.
Lebensztejn, Jean-Claude. "Cézanne copiste et le Nu aux poires." In Cézanne and the past : tradition and creativity [international symposium, Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts, 28 January 2013]. Budapest: Museum of Fine Arts, 2017, fig. 1.
Dombrowski, André, Nancy Ireson, and Sylvie Patry, eds. Cézanne in the Barnes Foundation. New York: Rizzoli Electa in association with The Barnes Foundation, 2021, p. 116, fig. 1, as Reclining Nude.
Aebi, Kiko and Abed Haddad. "Cut from the same cloth: a composite canvas by Paul Cezanne." The Burlington Magazine 164 (December 2022), fig. 3.
Haskell, Caitlin. "Cezanne's Refusal." In Cezanne. Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 2022, p. 39, fig. 3 (with still life of pears marked off).
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Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Femme nue (Léda?), c.1887 (FWN 661), stretched on pasteboard." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=573 (accessed on April 19, 2024).
