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 492
Madame Cezanne en robe rouge
1888–90
Alternate titles: Die Gattin des Künstlers; Femme assise (Madame Cezanne); Frau Cézanne; La femme à la robe grenat; Madame Cézanne; Madame Cézanne à la chaise jaune; Madame Cézanne au fauteuil jaune; Madame Cézanne in a Yellow Armchair; Madame Cézanne in a Yellow Chair; Mme Cézanne en rouge, assise dans un fauteuil jaune; Petit Portrait de Mme Cézanne en rouge; Portrait de femme du peintre; Portrait de Mme Cézanne dans un fauteuil
Rewald (653): 1888–90; Venturi revised: c.1890; Venturi (572): 1890–94
Oil on canvas
31 7/8 x 25 9/16 in. (80.9 x 64.9 cm)
Vollard B stockbook: no. 4405, portrait de Mme Cezanne, 81 x 65 cm (300 frs)
Provenance
Exhibition History
Offices of the Toison d'Or [Zolotoe Runo], Moscow, Salon de La Toison d'Or, April 11–May 24, 1908, no. 15, as Portrait de femme du peintre, lent by Bernheim-Jeune.
Kunsthalle, Düsseldorf, Germany, Sonderbund Ausstellung, May–June 1909, no. 86, as La femme à la robe grenat, lent by Bernheim-Jeune.
French Gallery, London, Great Masters of the French XIXth Century (Ingres to Picasso), February 25 - end of March 1926, no. 5, as Portrait de Mme Cézanne dans un fauteuil, 1890.
Wildenstein Galleries, New York, Paul Cézanne, January 1928, no. 19, as Madame Cezanne en robe rouge, lent by Rosenberg.
Paul Rosenberg, Paris, Exposition d’oeuvres importantes de grands maîtres du dix-neuvième siècle prétées au profit de la Cité Universitaire de l’Université de Paris, May 18–June 27, 1931, no. 7, ill., as Mme Cézanne en rouge, assise dans un fauteuil jaune, 1888, lent by Monsieur A. K[ann].
Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris, Cézanne, May 20–October 11, 1936, no. 75, as Petit Portrait de Mme Cézanne en rouge, lent by Kann.
Paul Rosenberg, Paris, Exposition Cézanne (1839-1906), organisée à l'occasion de son centenaire au profit de l’œuvre de l'allaitement maternel, February 21–April 1, 1939, no. 26, ill., (dated 1892), as Madame Cézanne au fauteuil jaune, 1892, lent by Alphonse Kahn.
Rosenberg & Helft, London, Exhibition Cézanne (1839-1906) to celebrate his centenary, April 19–May 20, 1939, no. 17, ill., (dated 1892), lent by A.K.
Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, The Art of Cézanne, January 7–February 5, 1950, as Madame Cézanne au fauteuil jaune, lent by Art Institute of Chicago.
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Cézanne: Paintings, Watercolors & Drawings, A Loan Exhibition, February 7–March 16, 1952, no. 70, ill. lent by Art Institute of Chicago. Traveled to: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, April 1–May 16, 1952.
Paul Rosenberg, New York, Masterpieces Recalled, February 6–March 2, 1957, no. 19, ill.
Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C., Cézanne: An Exhibition in Honor of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Phillips Collection, February 27–March 28, 1971, no. 23. Traveled to: The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, April 17–May 16, 1971; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, June 1–July 3, 1971.
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Modern Masters: Manet to Matisse, April 10–May 11, 1975, no number, ill. Traveled to: National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia, May 28–June 22, 1975; The Museum of Modern Art, New York, August 4–September 28, 1975.
Seibu Museum of Art, Tokyo, The Impressionist Tradition: Masterpieces from the Art Institute of Chicago, October 18–December 17, 1985, no. 48.
Kunsthalle, Tübingen, Germany, Cézanne Gemälde, January 16–May 2, 1993, no. 42, ill.
Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, Cézanne i blickpunkten, October 17, 1997–January 11, 1998, no. 6, ill., pp. 40–41 (dated 1888–90).
State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation, Cézanne and the Russian Avant-Garde, August 9–September 24, 1998, no. 26, ill., (dated c. 1890). Traveled to: Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, October 15–November 18, 1998 (exhibition catalogue in Russian; text by Albert Kostenevich).
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Cézanne to Picasso: Ambroise Vollard, Patron of the Avant-Garde, September 14, 2006–January 7, 2007, no. 46, fig. 44, pp. 42, 343–34, as Madame Cézanne au fauteuil jaune. Traveled to: The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, February 17–May 13, 2007; Musée d'Orsay, Paris, June 19–September 16, 2007.
Kimbell Museum of Art, Fort Worth, Texas, The Impressionists: Master Paintings from the Art Institute of Chicago, June 29–November 2, 2008, no. 64, ill.
Musée du Luxembourg, Paris, Cézanne et Paris, October 12, 2011–February 26, 2012, no. 13, ill., p. 31, as Madame Cézanne au fauteuil jaune, lent by The Art Institute of Chicago.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Madame Cézanne, November 19, 2014–March 15, 2015, n.n., pl. 20, lent by The Art Institute of Chicago.
Musée d'Orsay, Paris, Cézanne Portraits, June 13–September 24, 2017, no. 44, ill.
Musée d'Orsay, Paris, Cézanne Portraits, June 13–September 24, 2017, no. 14.2, ill. Traveled to: National Portrait Gallery, London, October 26, 2017–February 11, 2018; National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C, March 25–July 1, 2018.
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Cezanne, May 15–September 5, 2022, no. 36, ill. Reflection: "I Paint Pictures too!" by Kerry James Marshall, p. 109. Traveled to: Tate Modern, London, October 6, 2022–March 12, 2023.
Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart, Germany, Modigliani Moderne Blicke, November 24, 2023–March 17, 2024, no. 105, ill. shown in Stuttgart only. Traveled to: Museum Barberini, Potsdam, Germany, April 27–August 18, 2024.
Published References
Paul Cèzanne - Mappe. Munich: R. Piper & Co., 1912, pl. 6, as Die Gattin des Künstlers.
Nebbia, Ugo. "Sul movimento pittorico contemporaneo." Emporium 38 (December 1913), p. 422, ill.
Meier-Graefe, Julius. Cézanne und sein Kreis: ein Beitrag zur Entwicklungsgeschichte: mit 127 Tonätzungen und fünfzehn Heliogravüren. Munich: R. Piper, 1918, ill. p. 166.
Meier-Graefe, Julius. Cézanne und sein Kreis: ein Beitrag zur Entwicklungsgeschichte: mit 171 Tonätzungen und einem Lichtdruck. Munich: R. Piper, 1922, ill. p. 200.
Pfister, Kurt. Cézanne: Gestalt, Werk, Mythos. Potsdam: Gustav Kiepenheuer Verlag, 1927, fig. 74, as Frau Cézanne, c. 1885.
Meier-Graefe, Julius. Cézanne. translated by J. Holroyd-Reece. London: Ernest Benn, 1927, pl. LXVII.
Combe, Jacques. "L'influence de Cézanne." La Renaissance (Paris), vol. 19, nos. 5-6 (May–June 1936), ill. p. 27, as Madame Cézanne.
Di San Lazzaro, Gualtieri. Paul Cézanne. Paris: Chroniques du Jour, 1936, fig. 5.
Rewald, John. "Cézanne et son oeuvre." L'Art sacré: revue mensuelle, special number, Cézanne (May 1936), p. 8, fig. 18 p. 28, as Madame Cézanne.
Huyghe, René. "Cézanne et son oeuvre." L'Amour de l'art 17, no. 5 (May 1936), fig. 61 p. 177, as Madame Cézanne, c. 1885.
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 572, ill. vol. II, as Madame Cézanne au fauteuil jaune.
Bagarry, Adrien-Pierre. "Le centenaire de Cézanne." La Renaissance (Paris), vol. 22, no. 1 (March 1939), p. 7, ill., as Madame Cézanne au fauteuil jaune, 1892, A. K. collection.
Barnes, Albert C., and Violette de Mazia. The Art of Cézanne. New York: Harcourt Brace, 1939, no. 135, p. 262, ill. (analysis p. 373).
Jaloux, Edmond. "Cézanne." Marianne: grand hebdomadaire politique et littéraire illustré (Paris) (February 22, 1939), ill. p. 13, as Madame Cézanne au fauteuil jaune.
Rich, Daniel Catton. "Two Great French Portraits." Bulletin of the Art Institute of Chicago 42, no. 6 (November 15, 1948), p. [79], ill. cover, as Madame Cézanne in a Yellow Chair.
Rewald, John. "Cézanne's Theories about Art." Art News 47, no. 7 (November 1948), p. 35, ill.
Loran, Erle. "Cézanne in 1952." Quarterly (Art Institute of Chicago) 46, no. 1 (February 1, 1952), p. 12, ill.
Arnheim, Rudolf. Art and Visual Perception. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1954, pp. 22–26, fig. 16.
Paintings in The Art Institute of Chicago: A Catalogue of the Picture Collection. Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1961, p. 73, ill. p. 326, as Madame Cézanne in a Yellow Chair.
Murphy, Richard W. The World of Cézanne, 1839–1906. New York: Time-Life Books, 1968, p. 105.
D'Harnoncourt, Anne. "The Necessary Cézanne." Art Gallery 14, no. 6 (April 1971), p. 39, ill.
Sheppard, Nathaniel, Jr. "3 Stolen Cézanne Works Recovered; Suspect Arrested." New York Times, May 24, 1979, ill.
Berger, Klaus. "Krise des Impressionismus in den achtziger Jahren: Cézanne, Seurat, van Gogh, E. Bernard, Gauguin - Natur und Struktur." Japonismus in der westlichen Malerei: 1860-1920. Munich: Prestel, 1980, fig. 78, p. 123, as Madame Cézanne au fauteuil jaune, 1890.
Ponente, Nello, ed. Cézanne e le avanguardie. Rome: Officina Edizioni, 1981, Lux: pl. 27.
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. 195.
Düchting, Hajo. Paul Cézanne: Natur wird Kunst. Cologne: Benedict Taschen Verlag, 1989, p. 226, ill.
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. 653, ill. vol. 2, as Madame Cézanne au fauteuil jaune.
Feilchenfeldt, Christina. "Portraits." In Cézanne: Finished, Unfinished. Ostfildern-Ruit: Hatje Cantz, 2000. Exhibition catalogue, p. 166, fig. 1, as Madame Cézanne au fauteuil jaune.
Jensen, Robert. "Vollard and Cézanne: An Anatomy of a Relationship." In Cézanne to Picasso: Ambroise Vollard, Patron of the Avant-Garde. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art; New Haven: Yale University Press, 2006. Exhibition catalogue, p. 42, fig. 44, as Madame Cézanne in a Yellow Armchair.
Sidlauskas, Susan. Cézanne's Other: The Portraits of Hortense. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2009, pl. 14, as Madame Cézanne au fauteuil jaune.
Storr, Robert. "La Famille Cézanne." In Cézanne and Beyond. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art; New Haven: Yale University Press, 2009. Exhibition catalogue, p. 52, fig. 2.8, as Madame Cézanne in a Yellow Chair, dated 1893–95.
Shiff, Richard. "He Painted." In Cézanne's Card Players. London: Paul Holberton Publishing, 2010. Exhibition catalogue, p. 76, fig. 45 (fig. 46, detail).
Cézanne, Philippe. "Paul Cézanne: L'homme." In Cézanne et Paris. Paris: Éditions de la Rmn-Grand Palais, 2011. Exhibition catalogue, p. 30, ill., as Madame Cézanne au fauteuil jaune.
Chiappini, Rudy. "Quel silenzio, in attesa del tempo della rivelazione." In Cézanne: Les ateliers du midi. Milan: Skira, 2011. Exhibition catalogue, p. 35, fig. 18.
Benedetti, Maria Teresa. "Gli artisti italiani e Cézanne." In Cézanne et gli artisti italiani del '900. Milan: Skira, 2013. Exhibition catalogue, p. 74, fig. 99.
Armstrong, Carol. Cézanne's Gravity. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2018, fig. 92.
Dauberville, Guy-Patrice, and Floriane Dauberville. Paul Cezanne chez Bernheim-Jeune. Paris: Editions G-P.F. Dauberville & Archives Bernheim-Jeune, 2020, no. 181, ill., as Femme assise (Madame Cezanne).
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. 195, fig. 12, as Madame Cézanne in a Yellow Chair.
Geskó, Judit. "Cezanne and Non-Arcadian Abstraction. What is 'Influence'? An Experimental Answer to Baxandall's Question." In Cezanne to Malevich, Arcadia to Abstraction. Budapest: Museum of Fine Arts, 2021. Exhibition catalogue, fig. 6.
Haskell, Caitlin. "Cezanne's Refusal." In Cezanne. Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 2022, p. 42, fig. 9.
Smith, Paul. "Looking slowly with Cezanne." The Burlington Magazine 165 (April 2023), fig. 4.
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Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Madame Cezanne en robe rouge, 1888–90 (FWN 492)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=634 (accessed on December 21, 2024).
