Madame Cezanne in a Yellow Chair

1. Ambroise Vollard (1866–1939), Paris, June 13, 1906 [Vollard sent the painting to Bernheim-Jeune with two other paintings on June 13, 1906]; sold to Galerie Bernheim-Jeune & Cie, Paris, Feb. 22, 1907 [according to correspondence from Gilbert Gruet of Bernheim-Jeune & Cie, Nov. 29, 1977, copy in curatorial file]; sold to Théodore Duret, Paris, Apr. 16, 1907 [this and the following according to New York 2006–7]; returned to Galerie Bernheim–Jeune & Cie, Paris, c. Apr. 1908; sold to August Deusser, Düsseldorf, Germany, Oct. 15, 1909 [Galerie Bernheim-Jeune & Cie’s stockbook no. 15.758; see Gruet correspondence cited above]. Galerie Thannhauser, Lucerne, Switzerland, and Paul Rosenberg and Co., Paris and New York, Nov. 30, 1823 [this and the following according to the Thannhauser/Rosengart stockbook, no. 714; see also Pfister 1927, d’Ors 1926, and New York 1928]; sold to Alphonse Kann, St. Germain-en-Laye and London, Oct. 31, 1929 [according to New York 2006–7]; sold to Paul Rosenberg & Co, Paris and New York, Nov. 6, 1947 [Rosenberg Ledger, no. 836, Museum of Modern Art, New York, copy in curatorial file; see also consular invoice, copy in curatorial file]; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, April 22, 1948.

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.

• Possibly Paris, Galerie Vollard, Cézanne, Nov.–Dec. 1895, no cat.
• Moscow, Offices of the Toison d’Or [Zolotoe Runo], Salon de la Toison d’Or, Apr. 18–May 24, 1908, cat. 15 (ill.), as Portrait de la femme du peintre.
• Düsseldorf, Germany, Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Sonderbund Ausstellung, May–June 1909, cat 86, as La femme à la robe grenat.
• London, French Gallery, Great Masters of the French XIXth Century (Ingres to Picasso), 1926, cat. 5, as Portrait de Mme Cézanne dans un fauteuil, 1890.
• New York, Paul Rosenberg & Co. at Wildenstein Galleries, Loan Exhibition of Paintings by Paul Cézanne, 1839–1906, Jan. 1928, cat. 19, as Madame Cezanne en robe rouge.
• Paris, Paul Rosenberg, Exposition d’Oeuvres Importantes de Grands Maîtres du XIXe siecle prétées au profit de la Cité Universitaire de l’Université de Paris, May 18–June 27, 1931, cat. 7 (ill.), as Mme Cézanne en rouge, assise dans un fauteuil jaune, 1888.
• Paris, Musée de L’Orangerie, Cézanne, May 20–Oct. 11, 1936, cat. 75, as Petit Portrait de Mme Cézanne en rouge.
• Paris, Paul Rosenberg, Exposition Cézanne (1839–1906), organisée à l’occasion de son centenaire au profit de l’œuvre de l’allaitement maternel, Feb. 21–Apr. 1, 1939, cat. 26 (ill.), as Madame Cézanne au fauteuil jaune, 1892.
• London, Rosenberg & Helft, Exhibition Cézanne (1839–1906) to Celebrate His Centenary, Apr. 19–May 20, 1939, cat. 17 (ill.), as Madame Cézanne au fauteuil jaune, 1892.
• Minneapolis Institute of Arts, The Art of Cezanne, Jan. 7–Feb. 5, 1950, no cat.
• Art Institute of Chicago, Cézanne: Paintings, Watercolors, and Drawings; A Loan Exhibition, Feb. 7–Mar. 16, 1952, cat. 70 (ill.), as Mme. Cézanne in Yellow Armchair, 1890–94; New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Apr. 4–May 18, 1952.
• New York, Paul Rosenberg and Co., Masterpieces Recalled, a Loan Exhibition of 19th and 20th Century French Paintings for the Benefit of the League of Emotionally Disturbed Children, Feb. 6–Mar. 2, 1957, cat. 19 (ill.).

• Paul Cézanne–Mappe (Munich, 1912), pl. 12.
• Ugo Nebbia, “Sul Movimento Pittorico Contemporaneo,” Emporium 38 (December 1913), p. 422 (ill.).
• Ambroise Vollard, Paul Cézanne (Paris, 1914), pl. 46.
• Julius Meier-Graefe, Cézanne und sein Kreis: Ein Beitrag zur Entwicklungsgeschichte (Munich, 1922), p. 200 (ill.)
• André Salmon, Cézanne (Paris, 1923), pl. 10.
• Kurt Pfister, Cézanne, Gestalt, Werk, Mythos (Potsdam, 1927), pl. 74.
• Forbes Watson, “Recent Exhibitions,” The Arts 13, 1 (January 1928), pp. 34 (ill.), 35.
• Forbes Watson, “New York Exhibitions,” The Arts 13, 2 (February 1928), p. 107.
• Eugenio d’Ors y Rovira, Paul Cézanne (Paris, 1930), p. 52 (ill.).
• Nina Iavorskaïa, Paul Cézanne (Milan, 1935), p. 16.
• Lionello Venturi, Cézanne: son art – son oeuvre (Paris, 1936), vol. 1, no. 572, vol. 2, pl. 183.
• Jacques Combe, “L’influence de Cézanne,” La Renaissance 5-6 (May-June 1936), p. 27 (ill.).

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