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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 686
Les Joueurs de cartes
1891–96
Alternate titles: Card Players; Die Kartenspieler; Kartenspieler; The Card Players; The Cardplayers
Rewald (713): 1893–96; Venturi revised: 1890–92; Venturi (557): 1890–92; Rivière: 1891; Cooper: 1892; Gowing: c.1893 (Edinburgh)
Oil on canvas
23 5/8 x 28 11/16 in. (60 x 73 cm)
Vollard A stockbook: no. 3517, huile; autour d'une table sur laquelle se trouve un tapis rouge deux hommes jouent aux cartes, 60 x 73 cm (175 frs)
Vollard B stockbook: no. 3368, Deux joueurs de cartes, 60 x 73 cm (200 frs)
Vollard archives: photo no. 559, Annotated by Cezanne's son: 1890
Provenance
Ambroise Vollard, Paris
(Dr. Julius Elias, Berlin?)
Jørgen Breder Stang, Oslo
Alfred Gold, Berlin
Samuel Courtauld, London (1929)
The Courtauld Gallery, London (1932)
Exhibition History
1904 Berlin
Paul Cassirer, Berlin, Sonderausstellung Paul Cézanne, April 22–June 15, 1904, no number, as Kartenspieler.1909b Berlin
Paul Cassirer, Berlin, XII. Jahrgang, III. Ausstellung, November 17–December 12, 1909, no. 31, as Die Kartenspieler, lent by Private collection.1930a Paris
Galerie Pigalle, Paris, Exposition Cèzanne, 1839–1906, January 4–February 7, 1930, no. 8, as Les Joueurs de cartes, 1891, lent by Courtauld.1932 London
Royal Academy of Arts, London, French Art, January 4–March 12, 1932, no. 392, ill. p. 70 in An Illustrated Souvenir ..., as Les Joueurs de cartes, lent by Samuel Courtauld, London; Commemorative Catalogue: no. 282.1933 Edinburgh
Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, 1933, no. 142.1934 Sheffield
Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield, United Kingdom, 1934, no. 196.1937a Paris
Palais National des Arts, Paris, Chefs-d'oeuvres de l'art français [World's Fair], June–October 1937, no. 256, pl. 89, as Les Joueurs de cartes, lent by Courtauld.1947 Birmingham, U.K.
City Art Gallery, Birmingham, United Kingdom, French Art, 1947.1948 London
Tate Gallery, London, Samuel Courtauld: Memorial Exhibition, May–June 1948, no. 13, as The Card Players, c. 1892.1954 Edinburgh and traveling
Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Paintings by Cézanne, August 20–September 18, 1954, no. 52, as Les Joueurs de cartes, 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. 11, pl. 48.1976a London
Arts Council of Great Britain, London, Samuel Courtauld's Collection of French 19th Century Paintings and Drawings, July–August 1976, no. 10.1984 Tokyo and traveling
Takashimaya, Tokyo, The Impressionists and the Post-Impressionists from the Courtauld Collection, January 12–February 28, 1984, no. 11. 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. 26, 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, 1988.1993 Tübingen
Kunsthalle, Tübingen, Germany, Cézanne Gemälde, January 16–May 2, 1993, no. 65, ill.1994 London
Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, Impressionism for England: Samuel Courtauld as Patron and Collector, June 17–September 25, 1994, no. 10, ill.1999–2000 London
The Courtauld Gallery, London, Art Made Modern: Roger Fry's Vision of Art, October 15, 1999–January 23, 2000, no. 32, as The Card Players, c. 1892-95.2002–03 Stockholm and traveling
Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, Impressionism and the North: Late 19th Century French Avant-Garde Art and the Art in the Nordic Countries 1870–1920, September 25, 2002–January 19, 2003, no. 28, ill., p. 240, as The Cardplayers. Traveled to: Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, Denmark, February 21–May 25, 2003.2006–07 London
National Gallery, London, Cézanne in Britain, October 4, 2006–January 7, 2007, no. 31, ill., as The Card Players, c. 1892–95.2008 London
The Courtauld Gallery, London, The Courtauld Cézannes, June 26–October 5, 2008, no. 6, ill., pp. 90–93 (dated c. 1892–95), as Les Joueurs de cartes.2010–11 London and traveling
Courtauld Gallery, London, Cézanne's Card Players, October 21, 2010–January 16, 2011, no. 13, ill., as The Card Players, c. 1892–96. Traveled to: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, February 9–May 8, 2011.2014–15 Mannheim
Kunsthalle Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany, Manet, Cézanne, Van Gogh: aus aller Welt zu Gast, September 26, 2014–January 18, 2015, ill., listed p. 84, ill. p. 71, as Les Joueurs de cartes, c. 1892-95.2019 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. 41, ill., as Les Joueurs de cartes, 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. 8, ill. c. 1892–96.Published References
Rosenhagen 1904a
Rosenhagen, Hans. "Von Ausstellungen und Sammlungen." Die Kunst für Alle 19, no. 17 (June 1, 1904), pp. 402-03.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. p. 194.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. 236.Rivière 1923
Rivière, Georges. Le Maître Paul Cézanne. Paris: Librairie Floury, 1923, p. 218, listed.Jamot 1929
Jamot, Paul. "L'art français en Norvège." La Renaissance (Paris; New York), vol. 12, no. 2 (February 1929), pp. 95-96, ill. p. 81, as Les Joueurs de cartes, J.-B. Stang collection.Charensol 1930
Charensol, Georges. "Cézanne à la galerie Pigalle." L'Art vivant (Paris), no. 124 (February 15, 1930), p. 181, ill.Galerie Gold 1930
French impressionists, old masters : 35 paintings selected from exhibitions at Dr. Alfred Gold's Gallery. Berlin: Galerie Gold, 1930, p. [25], ill., as The Card Players, 1892.L'Amour de l'art 1930
"Chronique des expositions [Galerie Pigalle]." L'Amour de l'art 11, no. 3 (March 1930), ill. p. 156, as Les Joueurs de cartes.Sardant 1930
Sardant, Gilles. "Exposition rétrospective du peintre Cézanne au Théâtre Pigalle." Le monde illustré (Paris) (January 18, 1930), ill. p. 37, as Les Joueurs de cartes.Wilenski 1930
Wilenski, R.H. "La collection Courtauld." Formes: revue internationale des arts plastiques, no. 10 (December 1930), p. 17, as Les Joueurs de cartes.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. 23.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. I, pl. III, as The Card Players.Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 557, ill. vol. II, as Les Joueurs de cartes.Huisman 1937
Huisman, Georges. Histoire-guide de la peinture française. Paris: Denoel, 1937, p. 38.Laver 1937
Laver, James. French Painting and the Nineteenth Century. London: B.T. Batsford, 1937, pl. 112.Huisman 1937a
Huisman, Georges (introduction). "La rétrospective d'art français." L'Amour de l'art 18, no. 5 (May 1937), fig. 89, p. 38, as Les Joueurs de cartes, 1892.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 Les Joueurs de cartes.Huyghe 1938
Huyghe, René. La Peinture française du XVIIIe et du XIXe siècles. Paris: A. Chaplot, 1938, pl. XLV, detail.Dorival 1942
Dorival, Bernard. La peinture française, vol. II. Paris: Larousse, 1942, pl. XLI.Larguier 1947
Larguier, Léo. Cézanne ou la lutte avec l'ange de la peinture. Paris: René Julliard, 1947, ill. on cover.Dorival 1948
Dorival, Bernard. Cézanne. Paris: Pierre Tisné, 1948, pl. 126, listed p. 167.Cooper 1954b
Cooper, Douglas. The Courtauld Collection. London: Athlone Press, 1954, no. 14.Beucken 1955
Beucken, Jean de. Un portrait de Cézanne. Paris: Gallimard, [1955], p. 227.Badt 1956
Badt, Kurt. Die Kunst Cézannes. Munich: Prestel, 1956, pl. 11.Novotny 1961
Novotny, Fritz. Cézanne. London: Phaidon, 1961, pl. 30.Rosenberg 1967
Rosenberg, Jakob. On Quality in Art. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1967, pp. 108, 110, pl. 85.Ikegami 1969
Ikegami, Chuji. Cézanne. Tokyo: Shueisha, 1969, pl. 44.Elgar 1975
Elgar, Frank. Cézanne. New York: Praeger, 1975, fig. 85.Stokes 1978
Stokes, Adrian. "Cézanne." In The Critical Writings of Adrian Stokes, vol. 2, 1937–58. London: Thames & Hudson, 1978, fig. 101, commentary pp. 270–71.Thomson 1983
Thomson, Belinda. The Post-Impressionists. London: Phaidon Press, 1983, pl. 64.Thomas 1987
Thomas, Denis. The Age of the Impressionists. Middlesex, U.K.: Holiday House, 1987, p. 159, ill.Cachin and Rishel 1995
Cachin, Françoise, and Joseph Rishel. Cézanne. Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux, 1995. Exhibition catalogue, p. 338, fig. 3.Patin 1995
Patin, Sylvie. Cézanne. Paris: Editions Hazan, 1995, p. 73.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. 713, ill. vol. 2, as Les Joueurs de cartes.Arrouye 2004
Arrouye, Jean. "A Balance of Dissimilar Elements." In Jas de Bouffan: Cézanne, Société Paul Cézanne, ed. Aix-en-Provence: Hexagone, 2004, fig. 130, ill. in color.Feilchenfeldt 2005c
Feilchenfeldt, Walter. "Cézannes Motive: Versuch einer neuen Ordnung." In "By Appointment Only": Schriften zu Kunst und Kunsthandel, Cézanne und Van Gogh. Wädenswil: Nimbus, 2005, p. 208, ill.Storr 2009
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. 2.10, as Card Players, dated c. 1892–95.Verdi 2010
Verdi, Richard. "Cézanne's 'Card players': London and New York." The Burlington Magazine 152, no. 1293 (December 2010), fig. 42, as The Card Players, c. 1893-96.Echte and Feilchenfeldt 2011b
Echte, Bernhard and Feilchenfeldt, Walter. "Paul Cézanne, 22. April bis 15. Juni 1904." Kunstsalon Paul Cassirer: Die Ausstellungen 1901-1905. vol. 2, "Man steht da und staunt". Wädenswil: Nimbus, 2011, p. 505, ill.Colrat 2013
Colrat, Jean. Cézanne: Joindre les mains errantes de la nature. Paris-Sorbonne: PUPS, 2013, p. 323, pl. 150.Echte and Feilchenfeldt 2013d
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. 303, ill.Elderfield, Morton, Rey 2017
Elderfield, John, Mary Morton, Xavier Rey. Cézanne Portraits. Paris: Musée d'Orsay and Editions Gallimard, 2017. Exhibition catalogue, p. 179, fig. 55.Kitschen 2017
Kitschen, Friederike. "Das Papierne Museum: Julius Meier-Graefe und die Vergegenwärtigung Paul Cézannes in Bild und Wort." In Julius Meier-Graefe: Grenzgänger der Künste, Becker, Ingeborg and Stephanie Marchal (editors). Berlin: Deutscher Kunstverlag, 2017, p. 189, fig. 7 p. 190 (reproduction of ill. in Meier-Graefe 1918), as Die Kartenspieler.Elderfield, Morton, Rey 2017a
Elderfield, John, Mary Morton, Xavier Rey. Cézanne Portraits. London and Princeton, N,J.: National Portrait Gallery Publications and Princeton University Press, 2017. Exhibition catalogue, fig. 55.Armstrong 2018
Armstrong, Carol. Cézanne's Gravity. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2018, fig. 96, 1892-95.Société Paul Cezanne 2019
Cezanne, Jas de Bouffan: art et histoire. Under the scientific direction of Denis Coutagne and François Chédeville. Lyon; Aix-en-Provence: Fage édition; Société Paul Cezanne, 2019, fig. 223, 224, pp. 235-236.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. 240, fig. 9, as The Card Players.Clark 2022
Clark, T.J. If These Apples Should Fall, Cézanne and the Present. London and New York: Thames & Hudson, 2022, pls. 63, 73 (detail).Related
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Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Les Joueurs de cartes, 1891–96 (FWN 686)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=691 (accessed on April 18, 2024).
