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 640
Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe
1876–77
Alternate titles: Dans la Campagne d'Aix; El almuerzo campestre; Le déjeuner sur l'herbe; Nella campagna d'Aix; Paesaggio con campanile; The Luncheon on the Grass
Rewald (287): 1876–77; Venturi revised: 1872–74; Venturi (238): 1873–75
Oil on canvas
8 5/16 x 10 3/16 in. (21 x 26 cm)
Provenance
Exhibition History
Biennale, Venice, Italy, Mostra Individuale di Paul Cézanne, April 15–October 31, 1920, no. 3, (dated 1875), as Nella campagna d'Aix, lent by Fabbri.
Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland, Cézanne, February 6–March 6, 1921, no. 40, as Dans la Campagne d'Aix, lent by Fabbri.
Orangerie, Paris, Collection Jean Walter – Paul Guillaume, January 1966, no. 2, ill.
National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, Cézanne, March 30–May 19, 1974, no. 14. Traveled to: Municipal Museum, Kyoto, Japan, June 1–July 17, 1974; Cultural Center, Fukuoka, Japan, July 24–August 18, 1974.
Orangerie, Paris, Cézanne dans les musées nationaux, July 19–October 14, 1974, extended until October 28, no. 18, ill. in b/w, as Le déjeuner sur l'herbe.
Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, Bonjour Monsieur Manet, June 8–October 3, 1983, ill.
Museo Español de Arte Contemporáneo, Madrid, Paul Cézanne, March 9–April 1984, no. 9, ill.
Kunstmuseum, Basel, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne: Die Badenden, September 10–December 10, 1989, no. 16, pl. 47.
Musée des Beaux-Arts Bunkamura, Tokyo, Chefs d’œuvre du Musée de l'Orangerie : collection Jean Walter et Paul Guillaume, November 14, 1998–February 14, 1999, no. 2, ill., as Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe. Traveled to: Nagoya City Art Museum, Nagoya, Japan, February 23–April 7, 1999; Musée départemental d'arts, Hiroshima, Japan, April 17–June 27, 1999; Musée départemental d'art moderne, Niigata, Japan, July 10–September 12, 1999; Musée national d'art moderne, Kyoto, Japan, September 21–November 14, 1999; Musée d'art moderne, Taipei, Taiwan, November 4, 1999–March 1, 2000; Museum of fine arts, Kaoshiung, Taiwan, 2000.
Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, From Renoir to Picasso: Masterpieces from the Musée de l'Orangerie, June 1–October 15, 2000, no. 18, ill., as Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe, c. 1973-75. Traveled to: Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas, November 12, 2000–February 25, 2001; Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia, March 29–May 20, 2001; Art Gallery New Soth Wales, Sydney, June 1–July 29, 2001; National Gallery of Victoria on Russell, Melbourne, Australia, August 10–September 30, 2001; Fundación La Caixa - CaixaForum, Barcelona, Spain, April 11–June 30, 2002.
Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, Zola, October 18, 2002–January 19, 2003, no. 34, ill., as Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe, 1873-1878.
Musée des Augustins, Toulouse, France, Cézanne: quartoze chefs-œuvres du musée de l'Orangerie, December 16, 2003–April 15, 2004, no. 9, ill., as Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe.
Accademia Carrara, Bergamo, Italy, Cézanne, Renoir: 30 capolavori dal Musée de l'Orangerie. I 'classici' dell'Impressionismo dalla collezione Paul Guillaume, March 22–July 3, 2005, no number, pp. 86–87, ill., as Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe.
Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, the Netherlands, Cézanne, Picasso, Mondriaan: in nieuw perspectief, October 17, 2009–January 24, 2010, no. 25, ill., as Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe.
Musée du Luxembourg, Paris, Cézanne et Paris, October 12, 2011–February 26, 2012, no. 37, ill., p. 79, as Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe, c. 1875, lent by Musée de l'Orangerie.
Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, Hungary, Cézanne and the Past: Tradition and Creativity, October 25, 2012–February 17, 2013, no. 54, ill.
The National Art Center, Japan, Naissance de l'impressionnisme: La liberté de peindre. Collections du musée d'Orsay, July 9–October 20, 2014, no. 42, ill., as Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe.
Palazzo Reale, Milan, Cézanne/Renoir, Capolovori dal Musée de l'Orangerie, March 19–June 30, 2024, no. 13, ill. Traveled to: Fondation Gianadda, Martigny, France, July 13–November 19, 2024 (Titled: Cézanne - Renoir, Regards croisés); Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, January 17–May 7, 2025; Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum, Tokyo, May 29–September 7, 2025; Seoul Art Center, Seoul, South Korea, September 20, 2025–January 25, 2026.
Published References
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 238, ill. vol. II, as Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe.
Musée de l'Orangerie. Collection Jean Walter - Paul Guillaume. Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux, 1966, no. 2, ill., as Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe.
Blunden, Maria and Godfrey Blunden. Le Journal de l'Impressionnisme. Geneva: Skia, 1970, p. 81.
Müller, Joseph-Emile. Cézanne. Translated by Jane Brenton. Paris: Fernand Hazan, 1982, pl. 7.
Arrouye, Jean. "Le Dépassement de la nostalgie." In Cézanne ou la peinture en jeu. Limoges: Criterion, 1982, pp. 117–20.
Le Pichon, Yann. The Real World of the Impressionists: Painting and Photographs, 1848–1918. New York: C.N. Potter, 1984, p. 99, ill.
Hoog, Michel. Musée de l’Orangerie: catalogue de la collection Jean Walter et Paul Guillaume. Paris: Editions de la Réunion des musées nationaux, 1986, p. 14, no. 1, ill., as Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe.
Hoog, Michel. Catalogue of the Jean Walter and Paul Guillaume Collection. Translated by Barbara Shuey. Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux, 1987, pp. 14–15, no. 1, ill., as The Luncheon on the Grass.
Lévêque, Jean Jacques. La Vie et l'oeuvre de Paul Cézanne. Courbevoie: ACR, 1988, p. 77, ill. in color.
Plazy, Gilles. Cézanne ou la peinture absolue. Paris: Editions Liana Levi, 1988, p. 67, ill. in color.
Lewis, Mary Tompkins. Cézanne's Early Imagery. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1989, pp. 107–09, pl. V.
"Paul Cézanne: el ermitaño tentado." Lettra inernacional (Madrid) 43 (March-April 1196), ill. p. 65, as El almuerzo campestre, 1873-1875.
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. 287, ill. vol. 2, as Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe.
Coutagne, Denis. "The Jas de Bouffan Landscapes." In Jas de Bouffan: Cézanne, Société Paul Cézanné. Aix-en-Provence: Hexagone, 2004, fig. 90, ill. in color.
Von der Weid, Jean-Joël. Musée de l'Orangerie: guide de visite. Paris: Artlys, 2006, ill. p. 45, as Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe.
Bardazzi, Francesca, ed. Cézanne in Florence: Two Collectors and the 1910 Exhibition of Impressionism. Translated by John Venerella. Milan: Mondadori Electa, 2007. Exhibition catalogue, p. 259, fig. 5, as Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe.
Pissarro, Joachim. "Cézanne et Pissarro esthétiques de la résistance/Résistances à toute esthétique." In Cézanne et Paris. Paris: Éditions de la Rmn-Grand Palais, 2011. Exhibition catalogue, p. 79, ill., as Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe.
Armstrong, Carol. Cézanne's Gravity. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2018, fig. 14.
Notes
For a watercolor of the same subject, see Rewald (1983) no. W47.
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Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe, 1876–77 (FWN 640)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=944 (accessed on January 13, 2025).
