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Paul Cézanne

Man with Pipe, 1892/1896

Not on View

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 26.1 x 20.2 cm (10 1/4 x 7 15/16 in.)

framed: 45 x 38.1 x 7.6 cm (17 11/16 x 15 x 3 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of the W. Averell Harriman Foundation in memory of Marie N. Harriman

Accession Number

1972.9.3

Artists / Makers

Paul Cézanne (artist) French, 1839 - 1906

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Provenance

Acquired 1899 from the artist by Ambroise Vollard, stockbook no. 3780; sold 1901 to the painter Georges Florentin Linaret and repurchased 1904.[1] Possibly (Paul Guillaume [1891-1934], Paris).[2] Laroche.[3] (Paul Rosenberg and Co., Paris). Gertrude Stein [1874-1946], Paris. Acquired June 1930 by Marie N. Harriman [1903-1970] and W. Averell Harriman [1891-1986], New York [Marie Harriman Gallery];[4] W. Averell Harriman Foundation, New York; gift 1972 to NGA.

[1] Information about the sale to Linaret was kindly provided by Jayne Warman.

[2] A photograph of this work is among those conserved in an album of contre-types which belonged to Paul Guillaume. See letter dated 5 March 1998 from Pierre Georgel in NGA curatorial files.

[3] This painting is not included among those sold from collector Jean Laroche in Paris on 8 December 1928.

[4] According to Harriman collection records in NGA curatorial files.

Associated Names

Guillaume, Paul
Harriman Foundation, W. Averell
Laroche
Marie Harriman Gallery
Rosenberg, Paul
Stein, Gertrude
Vollard, Ambroise

Exhibition History

1930: Opening Exhibition, Marie Harriman Gallery, New York, 1930, no. 3

1931: Exhibition of Modern French Painting, The Detroit Institute of Arts, 1931, no. 13.

1932: French Painting, Marie Harriman Gallery, New York, 4-16 April, 1932, no cat.

1936: Paul Cezanne, André Derain, Walt Kuhn, Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, Auguste Renoir, Vincent van Gogh, Marie Harriman Gallery, New York, 1936,no. 3

1937: Paul Cézanne: Exhibition of Paintings, Water-colors, Drawings and Prints, San Francisco Museum of Art, 1937, no. 28, repro., as Study for the Card Players (L'Homme à la Pipe)

1939: Cezanne Centennial Exhibition, Marie Harriman Gallery, New York, 1939, no. 15

1947: Loan Exhibition of Cezanne for the Benefit of the New York Infirmary, Wildenstein, New York, 1947, no. 47, repro.

1955: Albany Institute of History and Art, 1955, no cat.

1956: Exposition pour commémorer le cinquantenaire de la mort de Cézanne Pavillon de Vendôme, Aix-en-Provence, 1956, no. 45, repro.

1961: Exhibition of the Marie and Averell Harriman Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1961, unnumbered catalogue, repro. 16.

1981: Small Paintings from Famous Collections, The Taft Museum, Cincinnati, 1981, unnumbered cat.

1989: Impressionisti della National Gallery of Art di Washington, Ala Napoleonica e Museo Correr, Venice; Palazzo Reale, Milan, 1989, unnumbered catalogue, repro.

1993: Extended loan for use by Ambassador Pamela Harriman, U.S. Embassy residence, Paris, France, 1993-1997.

2009: Cézanne and American Modernism, Montclair Art Museum; The Baltimore Museum of Art; Phoenix Art Museum, 2009-2010, no. 12, repro.

2010: Cézanne's Card Players, Courtauld Institute of Art, London; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2010-2011, no. 15, repro.

2016: 21 rue La Boétie, Museum La Boverie, Liege, 2016-2017.

Bibliography

1930: Flint, Ralph. "Around the Galleries." Creative Art vol. VII, no. 5 (November 1930): supp-71-72.

1939: Slocombe, George. Rebels of Art, Manet to Matisse. New York, 1939:plate 8.

1975: European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 62, repro.

1984: Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 499, no. 738, color repro.

1985: European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 83, repro.

1996: Rewald, John. The Paintings of Paul Cézanne: a catalogue raisonné. 2 vols. New York, 1996:no. 711, repro.