Man with Pipe
1892/1896
Artist, French, 1839 - 1906
Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on canvas
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Credit Line
Gift of the W. Averell Harriman Foundation in memory of Marie N. Harriman
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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.) -
Accession
1972.9.3
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Acquired 1899 from the artist by (Ambroise Vollard [1866-1939], Paris), 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
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, not in catalogue.
2021
Cézanne Drawing, Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2021, no. 241, repro.
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.
Wikidata ID
Q20190321