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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)
Catalogue entry
FWN 504
L'Homme à la pipe
1891–96
Alternate titles: A Man Smoking a Pipe; L'homme à la pipe; Man with a Pipe
Rewald (712): c.1896; Venturi revised: 1890–92; Venturi (564): 1890–94; Cooper: c.1892; Gowing: c.1893 (Edinburgh)
Oil on canvas
28 11/16 x 23 5/8 in. (73 x 60 cm)
Vollard archives: photo no. 175, Annotated by Cezanne's son: 1895; in another hand: Gallimard
Provenance
Paul Gallimard, Paris
Louis Hodebert, Paris
Galerie E. Bignou, Paris
Alex Reid & Lefèvre, London
Samuel Courtauld, London (1927);
Courtauld Gallery, London (1932)
Exhibition History
1930a Paris
Galerie Pigalle, Paris, Exposition Cèzanne, 1839–1906, January 4–February 7, 1930, no. 9, as L'Homme à la pipe, c. 1890, lent by Courtauld.1948 London
Tate Gallery, London, Samuel Courtauld: Memorial Exhibition, May–June 1948, no. 14, as A Man Smoking a Pipe, c. 1892.1954 Edinburgh and traveling
Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Paintings by Cézanne, August 20–September 18, 1954, no. 51, as L'Homme à la pipe, c. 1893, lent by the Home House Trustees. Traveled to: Tate Gallery, London, September 29–October 27, 1954.1955b Paris
Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris, Impressionnistes de la Collection Courtauld de Londres, October 1955, no. 12, pl. 43.1956 The Hague
Haags Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, the Netherlands, Paul Cézanne, June 1–August 1, 1956, no. 38, ill. lent by Courtauld.1956 Aix-en-Provence
Pavillon de Vendôme, Aix-en-Provence, France, Exposition pour commémorer le cinquantenaire de la mort de Cézanne, July 21–August 15, 1956, no. 46, ill. lent by Courtauld.1956 Zurich
Kunsthaus, Zurich, Paul Cézanne, August 22–October 7, 1956, no. 67, pl. 30.1976a London
Arts Council of Great Britain, London, Samuel Courtauld's Collection of French 19th Century Paintings and Drawings, July–August 1976, no. 11.1984 Tokyo and traveling
Takashimaya, Tokyo, The Impressionists and the Post-Impressionists from the Courtauld Collection, January 12–February 28, 1984, no. 12. Traveled to: Takashimaya, Kyoto, Japan, March 8–April 3, 1984; Takashimaya, Osaka, Japan, April 12–May 8, 1984.1987–88 Cleveland and traveling
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Impressionist & Post-Impressionist Masterpieces: The Courtauld Collection, January 14–March 8, 1987, no. 27, ill. Traveled to: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, April 4–June 21, 1987; Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas, July 11–September 27, 1987; Art Institute, Chicago, October 17, 1987–January 3, 1988; Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri, January 30–April 3, 1988.1994 London
Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, Impressionism for England: Samuel Courtauld as Patron and Collector, June 17–September 25, 1994, no. 11, ill.2004–05 Essen
Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany, Cézanne: Aufbruch in die Moderne, September 18, 2004–January 16, 2005, listed p. 232, ill. p. 167, as L'Homme à la pipe.2008 London
The Courtauld Gallery, London, The Courtauld Cézannes, June 26–October 5, 2008, no. 7, ill., pp. 94–95 (dated c. 1892–95), as L'Homme à la pipe.2009 Aix-en-Provence
Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, Picasso, Cézanne, May 25–September 27, 2009, no. 38, ill., as L'Homme à la pipe, c. 1892-1895.2010–11 London and traveling
Courtauld Gallery, London, Cézanne's Card Players, October 21, 2010–January 16, 2011, no. 18, ill., as Man with a Pipe, c. 1892–96. Traveled to: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, February 9–May 8, 2011.2017 Paris
Musée d'Orsay, Paris, Cézanne Portraits, June 13–September 24, 2017, no. 46, ill. shown in London and Washington only.2017–18 Paris and traveling
Musée d'Orsay, Paris, Cézanne Portraits, June 13–September 24, 2017, no. 16.1, ill. shown in 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, 2018.2019 Paris
Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris, La Collection Courtauld: le parti de l'impressionnsime, February 20–June 17, 2019. (Exhibition catalogue: Serres et al 2019), no. 42, ill., as L'homme à la pipe, c. 1892-1896.2021 Bergen
KODE Art Museums, Bergen, Norway, Cézanne: Masterpieces from the Courtauld at KODE Art Museums, July 16–October 10, 2021, no. 7, ill. c. 1892–96.Published References
Zervos 1927
Zervos, Christian. "Idéalisme et naturalisme dans la peinture moderne, II: Cézanne, Gauguin, Van Gogh." Cahiers d'Art, no. 10 (1927), p. 337, ill.Charensol 1930
Charensol, Georges. "Cézanne à la galerie Pigalle." L'Art vivant (Paris), no. 124 (February 15, 1930), p. 181, ill.P. B. 1930
P. B. "Cézanne à la galerie Pigalle." Beaux-arts: Chronique des arts et de la curiosité, no. 1 (January 20, 1930), p. 23, as Homme à la barbe.Wilenski 1930
Wilenski, R.H. "La collection Courtauld." Formes: revue internationale des arts plastiques, no. 10 (December 1930), p. 17, as L'homme à la pipe.Alexandre 1930a
Alexandre, Arsène. "L'Exposition Cézanne à la galerie du Théâtre Pigalle." La Renaissance (Paris; New York), vol. 13, no. 1 (January 1930), ill. p. 75, as L'homme à la pipe.Wilenski 1931
Wilenski, R.H. French Painting. Boston: Hale, Cushman & Flint, 1931, pl. 129.Jamot and Turner 1934
Jamot, Paul, and Percy Moore Turner. Collection de tableaux français, faite à Londres, 20 Portman Square, par Samuel et Elizabeth Courtauld. London: [privately published], 1934, no. 22.Home House 1935
Catalogue of the Pictures and Other Works of Art at Home House, 20 Portman Square, London. London: Home House Trustees, 1935, no. 9, pl. IV, as L'Homme à la pipe.Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 564, ill. vol. II, as L'homme à la pipe.Rewald 1936e
Rewald, John. Cézanne et Zola. Paris: Editions A. Sedrowski, 1936, fig. 64.Rewald 1937a
Rewald, John. "A propos du catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre de Paul Cézanne et de la chronologie de cette œuvre." La Renaissance (Paris), vol. 20, nos. 3-4 (March–April 1937), p. 54, as ...paysan au Jas de Bouffan ...Rewald 1938c
Rewald, John. "La peinture française du XIXe siècle en Angleterre." L'Amour de l'art 19, no. 8 (October 1938), ill. p. 331, as L'homme à la pipe.Dorival 1948
Dorival, Bernard. Cézanne. Paris: Pierre Tisné, 1948, pl. 120, listed p. 165.Cooper 1954b
Cooper, Douglas. The Courtauld Collection. London: Athlone Press, 1954, no. 15.Elgar 1955
Elgar, Frank. "Des splendeurs de la peinture française qui nous viennent de Londres." Carrefour: la semaine en France et dans le monde (November 2, 1955), p. 8, ill. p. 7 (detail), as L'homme à la pipe.Novotny 1961
Novotny, Fritz. Cézanne. London: Phaidon, 1961, pl. 31.Murphy 1968
Murphy, Richard W. The World of Cézanne, 1839–1906. New York: Time-Life Books, 1968, p. 111.Elgar 1975
Elgar, Frank. Cézanne. New York: Praeger, 1975, fig. 84.Cooper 1976
Cooper, Douglas. Alex Reid & Lefevre 1926–1976. London: The Lefevre Gallery, 1976, listed p. 100, ill. p. 101, as L'homme à la pipe, c. 1893, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London.Geist 1980
Geist, Sidney. "Cézanne: Metamorphosis of the Self." Artscribe, no. 26 (December 1980), p. 16, fig. 16 (see J. Rewald, [Letters], Artscribe, Mar. 31, 1981, p. 61).Harris 1982
Harris, Nathaniel. The Art of Cézanne. London: Optimum Books, 1982, back cover.Kendall 1988
Kendall, Richard, ed. Cézanne: By Himself. London: Macdonald, 1988, p. 181, ill.Düchting 1989
Düchting, Hajo. Paul Cézanne: Natur wird Kunst. Cologne: Benedict Taschen Verlag, 1989, p. 161, 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. 712, ill. vol. 2, as L'Homme à la pipe.Schmidt 2004a
Schmidt, Bertram. Cézannes Lehre. Kiel: Ludwig, 2004, fig. 76.Robbins 2006b
Robbins, Anne. Cézanne in Britain. London: National Gallery, 2006. Exhibition catalogue, p. 94, as L'Homme à la pipe, listed.Machotka 2008
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: The Eye and the Mind, 2 vols. Marseille: Editions Crès, 2008, vol. 1, fig. 268; vol. 2, p. 175, as L'homme à la pipe.Notes
The individual presented here is also depicted in profile in two works on paper (FWN1766 and 1767), a head study in oil (FWN683), and the man at left in the three two-figure cardplayer series (FWN684–686).
Record last updated March 21, 2023. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "L'Homme à la pipe, 1891–96 (FWN 504)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=690 (accessed on April 25, 2024).
