Catalogue entry

FWN 500

Madame Cezanne aux cheveux dénoués

1885–86

Alternate titles: Frau Cézanne; Frau Cézanne mit aufgelösten Haaren; Le Caraco rayé; Madame Cézanne au corsage rayé; Madame Cézanne in a striped blouse; Portrait de Madame Cézanne; Portrait de Mme Cézanne; Portrait of Madame Cézanne; Portret van Mevrouw Cézanne

Rewald (685): 1890–92; Venturi revised: 1883–86; Venturi (527): 1883–87; Rivière: c.1874–75

Oil on canvas

24 3/8 x 20 1/8 in. (61.9 x 51.1 cm)

Vollard archives: photo no. 19, Annotated by Cezanne's son: 1888

Philadelphia Museum of Art (The Henry P. McIlhenny Collection in memory of Frances P. McIlhenny) (1986-26-1)

Keywords

People
Family:
- Madame Cezanne / Hortense Fiquet »

Provenance

Ambroise Vollard, Paris

Gottlieb Friedrich Reber, Lausanne (May 2, 1914)

Paul Rosenberg, Paris

Samuel Courtauld, London (1926)

Paul Rosenberg, Paris (1929)

Henry McIlhenny, Philadelphia;

Philadelphia Museum of Art (1986)

Exhibition History

1926 London

French Gallery, London, Great Masters of the French XIXth Century (Ingres to Picasso), February 25 - end of March 1926, no. 2, as Portrait de Mme Cézanne, 1885.

1930 Providence

Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island, Modern French Art, March 11–31, 1930, no. 4, lent by P. Rosenberg.

1932a Paris

Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris, Quelques oeuvres importantes de Manet à van Gogh, February–March 1932, no. 5, ill., as Portrait de Madame Cézanne, 1880.

1934 Cambridge, Mass.

Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1934.

1934 Chicago

The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, A Century of Progress: Exhibition of Paintings and Sculptures, June 1–November 1, 1934, no. 297, (dated 1880–85), as Madame Cézanne in a striped blouse, lent by Henry P. McIlhenny.

1934 Philadelphia

Pennsylvania Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Cézanne, November–December 1934, no. 13, (dated c. 1880–85), as Madame Cézanne in a striped blouse, lent by McIlhenny.

1936c Paris

Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris, Cézanne, May 20–October 11, 1936, no. 58, as Madame Cézanne au corsage rayé, lent by Mc Ilhenny.

1947 Philadelphia

Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Masterpieces of Philadelphia Private Collections, May 20–September 15, 1947, no. 21.

1962 San Francisco

California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, The Henry P. McIlhenny Collection: Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture, June 15–July 31, 1962, no. 1, ill., as Madame Cézanne au corsage rayé, 1883-87.

1977 Allentown

Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, Pennsylvania, French Masterpieces of the 19th Century from the Henry P. McIlhenny Collection, May 1–September 18, 1977, no number, ill., p. 70.

1983 Philadelphia

Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Cézanne in Philadelphia Collections, July 19–August 21, 1983, no. 15, ill. lent by McIlhenny, Philadelphia.

1986 Boston

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, [McIlhenny Collection], 1986.

1993 Tübingen

Kunsthalle, Tübingen, Germany, Cézanne Gemälde, January 16–May 2, 1993, no. 44, ill.

1995–96 Paris and traveling

Grand Palais, Paris, Cézanne, September 26, 1995–January 14, 1996, no. 138, ill. Traveled to: Tate Gallery, London, February 8–April 28, 1996; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, May 26–September 1, 1996.

1998 St. Petersburg and traveling

State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation, Cézanne and the Russian Avant-Garde, August 9–September 24, 1998, no. 31, ill. Traveled to: Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, October 15–November 18, 1998 (exhibition catalogue in Russian; text by Albert Kostenevich).

1999–2000 Baltimore and traveling

The Baltimore Museum, Baltimore, Faces of Impressionism, Portraits from American Collections, October 10, 1999–January 30, 2000, no. 17, ill. Traveled to: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, March 25–May 7, 2000; Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, May 28–July 30, 2000.

2009 Philadelphia

Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Cézanne and Beyond, February 26–May 17, 2009, fig. 84, p. 211, as Madame Cezanne aux cheveux dénoués.

2014–15b New York

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Madame Cézanne, November 19, 2014–March 15, 2015, n.n., pl. 9, lent by Philadelphia Museum of Art.

2017 Paris

Musée d'Orsay, Paris, Cézanne Portraits, June 13–September 24, 2017, no. 35, ill.

2017–18 Paris and traveling

Musée d'Orsay, Paris, Cézanne Portraits, June 13–September 24, 2017, no. 11.4, 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.

Published References

Vollard 1914

Vollard, Ambroise. Paul Cézanne. Paris: Vollard, 1914, pl. 46.

Meier-Graefe 1918a

Meier-Graefe, Julius. Cézanne und sein Kreis: ein Beitrag zur Entwicklungsgeschichte: mit 127 Tonätzungen und fünfzehn Heliogravüren. Munich: R. Piper, 1918, ill. opposite p. 144.

Faure 1920

Faure, Elie. "Toujours Cézanne." L'Amour de l'art 1, no. 8 (December 1920), ill. p. 267, as Portrait de Mme Cézanne.

Zeisho 1921

Zeisho, Atzouji. Paul Cézanne. Tokyo: Rakuyodo, Taisho, 1921, fig. 3.

Fontainas and Vauxcelles 1922

Fontainas, André and Louis Vauxcelles. "Paul Cézanne." Histoire générale de l'art français de la Révolution à nos jours: la peinture, la gravure, le dessin. Paris: Librairie de France, 1922, ill. p. 230, as Portrait de Mme Cézanne.

Meier-Graefe 1922

Meier-Graefe, Julius. Cézanne und sein Kreis: ein Beitrag zur Entwicklungsgeschichte: mit 171 Tonätzungen und einem Lichtdruck. Munich: R. Piper, 1922, ill. p. 129, as Frau Cézanne, 1877.

Rivière 1923

Rivière, Georges. Le Maître Paul Cézanne. Paris: Librairie Floury, 1923, p. 201, listed.

Anonymous 1926a

Anonymous. "Paul Cézanne." Opgang: Geillustreerd weekblad voor godsdienst, wetenschap, kunst, [..] (Amsterdam) 6, no. 260 (February 6, 1926), p. 123, ill., as Portret van Mevrouw Cézanne, 1877, coll. G.F. Reber, Munich.

Pfister 1927

Pfister, Kurt. Cézanne: Gestalt, Werk, Mythos. Potsdam: Gustav Kiepenheuer Verlag, 1927, fig. 72, as Frau Cézanne, c. 1885.

Meier-Graefe 1927a

Meier-Graefe, Julius. Cézanne. translated by J. Holroyd-Reece. London: Ernest Benn, 1927, pl. XLIX.

Dormoy 1929

Dormoy, Marie. "La Collection Courtauld." L'Amour de l'art 10, nos. 1 et 2 (January et February 1929), ill. p. 17, as Portrait de Madame Cézanne.

Manson 1929a

Manson, James Bolivar. "The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Courtauld." Creative Art 4 (April 1929), p. 262.

Berthelot 1932

Berthelot, Pierre. "Les expositions." Beaux-arts: Chronique des arts et de la curiosité, no. 3 (March 25, 1932), p. 22, as Portrait de sa femme.

Bulliet 1936

Bulliet, Clarence Joseph. The Significant Moderns and Their Pictures. New York: Covici, 1936, pl. 2.

Rydbeck 1936

Rydbeck, Ingrid. "Apropå Cézanne." Konstrevy (Stockholm) XII, no. 5 (1936), ill. p. 137, as Madame Cézanne au corsage rayé.

Venturi 1936b

Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 527, ill. vol. II, as Madame Cezanne aux cheveux dénoués.

Novotny 1937

Novotny, Fritz. Cézanne. Vienna: Phaidon, 1937, pl. 48.

Goldwater 1938

Goldwater, Robert J. "Cézanne in America: The Master's Paintings in American Collections." Art News Annual 36, no. 26 (March 26, 1938), p. 138, ill.

Barnes and de Mazia 1939

Barnes, Albert C., and Violette de Mazia. The Art of Cézanne. New York: Harcourt Brace, 1939, no. 98, listed (analysis p. 343).

Cogniat 1939a

Cogniat, Raymond. Cézanne. Paris: Pierre Tisné, 1939, pl. 67.

Novotny 1947

Novotny, Fritz. Cézanne. London: Phaidon Press, 1947, pl. 47, as Portrait de Madame Cézanne, 1883-87.

Dorival 1948

Dorival, Bernard. Cézanne. Paris: Pierre Tisné, 1948, pl. 111, listed p. 163.

Gombrich 1950

Gombrich, Ernst H. The Story of Art. New York: Phaidon, 1950, p. 412, fig. 342.

Guerry 1950

Guerry, Liliane. Cézanne et l'expression de l'espace. Paris: Flammarion, 1950, pl. 36.

Schapiro 1952a

Schapiro, Meyer. Cézanne. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1952, pp. 58–59, ill.

Hofmann 1953

Hofmann, Werner. Paul Cézanne (1839-1906). Munich, Vienna, Basel: Kurt Desch, 1953, pl. 14, as Frau Cézanne mit aufgelösten Haaren, 1883-87.

Rousseau 1953

Rousseau, Théodore, Jr. Paul Cézanne, 1839–1906. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1953, pl. 14.

Bernier 1957

Bernier, Rosamond. "Le Musée privé d'un conservateur." L'Oeil 27 (March 1957), p. 28.

Langle de Cary 1957

Langle de Cary, Marteau de. Cézanne. Paris: Caritas, 1957, pp. 96–97 (detail).

Guerry 1966

Guerry, Liliane. Cézanne et l'expression de l'espace. Paris: Albin-Michel, 1966, pl. 36.

Schapiro 1973

Schapiro, Meyer. Paul Cézanne. Translated by Louis-Marie Ollivier. Paris: Nouvelles Editions Françaises, 1973, pl. 14 (with comments).

Brion-Guerry 1977

"The Elusive Goal." In Cézanne: The Late Work. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1977. Exhibition catalogue, p. 76, ill.

Rishel 1987

Rishel, Joseph J. The Henry P. McIlhenny Collection: An Illustrated History. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1987, p. 42, ill.

Kendall 1988

Kendall, Richard, ed. Cézanne: By Himself. London: Macdonald, 1988, p. 169, ill.

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. 685, ill. vol. 2, as Madame Cezanne aux cheveux dénoués.

Lewis 2000

Lewis, Mary Tompkins. Cézanne. London: Phaidon, 2000, p. 239, fig. 148.

Kropmanns and Fleckner 2001

Kropmanns, Peter, and Uwe Fleckner. "Von kontinentaler Bedeutung: Gottlieb Friedrich Reber und seine Sammlungen." In Die Moderne und ihre Sammler: französische Kunst in deutschem Privatbesitz vom Kaiserreich zur Weimarer Republik, edited by Andrea Pophanken and Felix Billeter. Berlin: Akademie Verlag, 2001, listed p. 387.

Elderfield 2009

Elderfield, John. "Picasso's Extreme Cézanne." In Cézanne and Beyond. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art; New Haven: In association with Yale University Press, 2009. Exhibition catalogue, p. 211, fig. 8.4, as Portrait of Madame Cézanne.

Sidlauskas 2009

Sidlauskas, Susan. Cézanne's Other: The Portraits of Hortense. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2009, pl. 4, as Madame Cezanne aux cheveux dénoués.

Armstrong 2018

Armstrong, Carol. Cézanne's Gravity. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2018, fig. 89.

Dombrowski, Ireson and Patry 2021

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. 196, fig. 13, as Portrait of Madame Cézanne.

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Record last updated June 8, 2023. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.

Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Madame Cezanne aux cheveux dénoués, 1885–86 (FWN 500)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=663 (accessed on April 25, 2024).