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Provenance

Acquired possibly from the Cézanne estate by (Ambroise Vollard [1867-1939], Paris); sold 1916 through Edward Steichen [1879-1973] to Eugene [1875-1959] and Agnes Ernst Meyer [1887-1970], Mount Kisco, New York, and Washington, D.C.;[1] gift 1959 to NGA.

[1] For Steichen's role, see letter dated 12 July 1977 from Katherine Graham in NGA curatorial files; lent by the Meyers to the 1921 Metropolitan Museum of Art exhibition.

Exhibition History

1920
Fiftieth Anniversary Exhibition, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1920, unnumbered catalogue, as A Sailor.
1921
Loan Exhibition of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Paintings, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1921, no. 24, as A Sailor.
1923
Loan, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1923.
1932
The Taste of Today in Masterpieces of Painting before 1900, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1932, no cat.
1971
Cezanne: An Exhibition in Honor of the Fiftieth Anniversary of The Phillips Collection, The Phillips Collection, Washington; The Art Institute of Chicago; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1971, no. 54, repro. [exhibited in Washington only]
1977
Cézanne: The Late Work, The Museum of Modern Art, New York; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Grand Palais, Paris, 1977, no. 66, repro.
1979
Post-Impressionism: Cross-Currents in European Painting, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1979-1980, no. 49, repro.
1980
Post-Impressionism: Cross-Currents in European and American Painting 1880-1906, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1980, no. 21, repro.
2012
Cézanne. Paris-Provence, The National Art Center, Tokyo, 2012, no. 71, repro.

Bibliography

1965
Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 25, as The Sailor.
1968
European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1968: 17, repro., as The Sailor.
1970
Orienti 1970, no.618.
1975
European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 60, repro., as The Sailor.
1984
Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 503, no. 746, color repro., as The Sailor.
1985
European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 79, repro.
1996
Rewald, John. The Paintings of Paul Cézanne: a catalogue raisonné. 2 vols. New York, 1996:no. 949, repro.

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