LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

21.93 in. (55.70 cm.) (height) by 18.23 in. (46.30 cm.) (width)

Exhibited:

New York, Bignou Gallery, Paul Cézanne, November–December 1936, no. 10 (dated 1875-1876). New York, Durand-Ruel Galeries, Exhibition of Masterpieces by Cézanne, March–April 1938, no. 8. New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, French Painting from David to Toulouse-Lautrec, February–March 1941, no. 2 (illustrated, fig. 45). Cambridge, Fogg Art Museum, French Painting Since 1870: Lent by Maurice Wertheim, Class of 1906, July-September 1946, p. 4 (illustrated, p. 5; dated 1870-1871). Musée de la Province de Québec, La Peinture Française Depuis 1870: Collection Maurice Wertheim, July-August 1949, p. 4, no. 1 (illustrated; dated 1870-1871). New York, Wildenstein & Co., Inc., Faces from the World of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism, November–December 1972, no. 13 (dated 1870-1871).

Literature:

G. Rivière, Le Maître Paul Cézanne, Paris, 1923, pp. 206 and 328 (illustrated in color on a frontispiece; dated 1872). R. Fry, "Cézannes Udvikling" in Samleren 6, 1929, p. 115 (illustrated). Recueil Important des Oeuvres de Paul Cézanne, Tokyo, 1935, vol. 2 (illustrated in color, pl. 2). L. Venturi, Cézanne: Son art—son œuvre, Paris, 1936, vol. I, p. 115, no. 227 (illustrated, vol. II, pl. 62; dated 1875-1876). J. Laver, French Painting and the Nineteenth Century, New York, 1937, p. 88, no. 109 (illustrated). R.J. Goldwater, "Cézanne in America: The Master's Paintings in American Collections" in The Art News, 26 March 1938, vol. 36, p. 136 (illustrated, p. 137; dated 1875-1876). A.M. Frankfurter, "Cézanne in New York" in The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs, May 1938, vol. 72, no. 422, pp. 238-239 (illustrated). "A Century of French Painting" in Art News, 15-28 February 1941, vol. XL, no. 1, p. 21 (illustrated). E.-A. Jewell, Paul Cézanne, New York, 1944, p. 45 (illustrated; dated 1875-1876). E.-A. Jewell, French Impressionists and Their Contemporaries Represented in American Collections, New York, 1944, p. 162 (illustrated in reverse; dated 1875-1876). E.-A. Jewell, Burlington, May 1945, p. 239. H. Perruchot, Dix grands peintres, Paris, 1961, p. 96 (illustrated). J. Rewald, "Cézanne and His Father" in Studies in the History of Art, 1971-1972, vol. 4, p. 51 (illustrated, fig. 3; dated 1870-1871). S. Orienti, The Complete Paintings of Cézanne, New York, 1972, p. 96, no. 235 (illustrated, p. 97; dated 1875-1876). M. Schapiro, Paul Cézanne, Paris, 1973, p. 51 (illustrated). T. Reff, "The Pictures within Cézanne's Pictures" in Arts Magazine, June 1979, no. 53, p. 93 (illustrated, fig. 10; dated 1874-1875). J. Rewald, Studies in Impressionism, New York, 1986, p. 90 (illustrated, fig. 40; dated 1870-1871). J. Rewald, The Paintings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné, New York, 1996, vol. 1, p. 141, no. 178 (illustrated, vol. 2, p. 61). N.M. Athanassoglou-Kallmyer, Cézanne and Provence: The Painter in His Culture, Chicago, 2003, p. 32 (illustrated, fig. 1.13; dated circa 1870). W. Feilchenfeldt, J. Warman and D. Nash, The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cézanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné, (www.cezannecatalogue.com) no. FWN 430 (illustrated in color).

Provenance:

Paul Cézanne fils, Paris (by descent from the artist and until at least 1923). Galerie Etienne Bignou, Paris and New York. Maurice Wertheim, New York (by 1937). Joseph Klingenstein, New York (a gift from the above). By descent from the above to the late owners.