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PAUL CEZANNE (1839-1906)

Lot 68
11.05.2023 07:00UTC -05:00
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$ 1 200 000
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ID 949523
Lot 68 | PAUL CEZANNE (1839-1906)
Estimate value
$ 1 200 000 – 1 800 000
PAUL CEZANNE (1839-1906)

La Conversation

oil on canvas

36 1/4 x 28 3/4 in. (92 x 73 cm.)

Painted in 1870-1871





Provenance

Estate of the artist.

Louis Granel, Aix-en-Provence (acquired from the above).

Galerie Bernheim-Jeune et Cie., Paris (18 September 1912).

M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., New York (acquired from the above, 15 January 1916).

Robert Treat Paine, Boston.

M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., New York (1917).

Stephan Bourgeois Gallery, New York.

Walther Halvorsen, Oslo.

Nielsen collection, Oslo and Galerie Thannhauser, Lucerne (6 March 1926).

Collection Bernheim-Jeune, Paris (acquired from the above, 30 March 1926).

Private collection, Paris (acquired from the above, then by descent); sale, Christie's, London, 20 June 2018, lot 24B.

Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.



Literature

M. Denis, "Cezanne" in Kunst und Künstler, vol. 12, no. 4, January 1914, p. 282 (illustrated; titled Scene im freien).

R. Cortissoz, "Paul Cezanne and the Cult for His Paintings" in New York Tribune, vol. 75, 9 January 1916, p. 3 (illustrated; titled The Two Sisters).

"Breve fra Paul Cezanne" in Klingen, vol. 3, no. 9, 1919-1920, p. 9 (illustrated).

J. Meier-Graefe, Cezanne und sein Kreis: Ein Beitrag zur Entwicklungsgeschichte, Munich, 1920, p. 79 (illustrated, p. 91; titled Szene im Freien).

J. Gasquet, Cezanne, Paris, 1921 (illustrated).

G. Janneau, "Impressions d'Amérique: M. Bénédite nous conte son voyage" in Le bulletin de la vie artistique, vol. 2, no. 8, 15 April 1921, p. 239 (illustrated).

H. von Wedderkop, Paul Cezanne, Leipzig, 1922, p. 17 (illustrated; titled Die zwei Schwestern).

T.-L. Klingsor, Cezanne, Paris, 1923 (illustrated, pl. 2; titled Portraits de Mlle Cézanne, Mme Conil, MM. Abram et Valabrégue).

G. Rivière, Le Maître Paul Cezanne, Paris, 1923, p. 26 (illustrated, p. 33; dated 1875; with incorrect provenance).

I. Arishima, Sezannu, Tokyo, 1925 (illustrated, pl. 17).

R. Cortissoz, Personalities in Art, New York, 1925, p. 299 (titled The Two Sisters).

L. Vauxcelles, "A propos de Cezanne" in Art Vivant, 26 July 1926, p. 484 (illustrated).

M. Osborn, "Klassiker der Französischen Moderne die Galerie Thannhauser in Berlin" in Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration, vol. 59, October 1926-March 1927, p. 334 (illustrated).

Frankfürter Illustrierte, 5 March 1927, p. 219.

G. Charensol, "Cezanne à la galerie Pigalle" in Art Vivant, vol. 6, no. 124, 15 February 1930, p. 181 (illustrated).

E. d'Ors, Paul Cezanne, Paris, 1930, no. 31 (illustrated, pl. 31; titled Les deux sœurs).

G. Rivière, Cezanne: Le peintre solitaire, Paris, 1933, p. 177 (illustrated, p. 51; dated 1875; with incorrect provenance).

G. Mack, Paul Cezanne, New York, 1935, pp. 50-51 (illustrated, p. 51, fig. 6; dated 1868 or 1870).

M. Raynal, Cezanne, Paris, 1936, p. 145 (illustrated, p. 37, pl. X; titled Les deux soeurs).

G. di San Lazzaro, Paul Cezanne, Paris, 1936 (illustrated, fig. 44).

L. Venturi, Cezanne: Son art—son oeuvre, Paris, 1936, vol. I, p. 93, no. 120 (illustrated, vol. II, pl. 30).

J. Rewald, "Sources d'inspiration de Cezanne" in Amour de l'Art, no. 5, May 1936, p. 192 (illustrated, fig. 98).

P. Francastel, L'Impressionnisme: Les origines de la peinture moderne de Monet à Gauguin, Paris, 1937, p. 81 (illustrated, pl. 4, fig. 14; titled Les deux sœurs).

R. Cogniat, ed., Cezanne, Paris, 1939 (illustrated, pl. IV).

R.H. Wilenski, Modern French Painters, New York, 1940, p. 30 (illustrated, pl. 7).

G. Rivière, Cezanne: Le peintre solitaire, Paris, 1942, p. 51 (illustrated).

B. Dorival, Cezanne, Paris, 1948 (illustrated, pl. IV; titled Femmes au jardin).

R.W. Murphy, The World of Cezanne, New York, 1968, p. 41 (illustrated).

F. Elgar, Cezanne, London, 1969, p. 27, no. 11 (illustrated).

S. Orienti, The Complete Paintings of Cezanne, New York, 1972, p. 88, no. 41 (illustrated; titled Two Ladies and Two Gentlemen Outdoors (Conversation Piece)).

M. Roskill, "Early Impressionism and the Fashion Print" in The Burlington Magazine, vol. 112, no. 807, June 1970, p. 392.

A. Barskaya, Paul Cezanne, Leningrad, 1975, p. 162 (illustrated).

L. Venturi, Cezanne, Geneva, 1978, pp. 58 and 170 (illustrated, p. 58).

J.-J. Lévêque, La vie et l'œuvre de Paul Cezanne, Paris, 1988, p. 54 (illustrated).

J. Rewald, Cezanne and America: Dealers, Collectors, Artists and Critics, 1891-1921, Princeton, 1989, pp. 300, no. 151 (illustrated).

J. Rewald, The Paintings of Paul Cezanne: A Catalogue Raisonné, New York, 1996, vol. I, pp. 137-138, no. 152 (illustrated, vol. II, p. 52).

A. Dombrowski, "The Emperor's Last Clothes: Cezanne, Fashion and 'L'année terrible'" in The Burlington Magazine, vol. 148, no. 1242, September 2006, pp. 586 and 589-590 (illustrated in color, p. 589).

A. Danchev, Cezanne: A Life, New York, 2012, p. 189.

L. Gottlieb and J.E. Sorensen, Modernism: Reinventing Painting, 1908-1941, exh. cat., AroS Aarhus Kunstmuseum, 2012, pp. 180 and 182 (illustrated, p. 180, fig. 121).

A. Dombrowski, Cezanne, Murder, and Modern Life, Berkeley, 2013, p. 184 (illustrated in color, pl. 14a).

F. Kitschen, "Auf der dunklen Seite der Moderne" in Kunstchronik, vol. 68, no. 2, February 2015, p. 86.

F. and G.-P. Dauberville, Paul Cezanne chez Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, 2020, p. 554, no. 160 (illustrated, p. 555; illustrated in situ in Galerie Bernheim-Jeune et Cie. exhibitions pp. 117, 129 and 137; illustrated in Galerie Bernheim Jeune et Cie. exhibition catalogues, pp. 127 and 131; titled Les deux soeurs de Cezanne (La conversation)).

W. Feilchenfeldt, J. Warman and D. Nash, The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné (www.cezannecatalogue.com), no. FWN 607 (illustrated in color).



Exhibited

Paris, Galerie Bernheim-Jeune et Cie., Paul Cezanne, January 1914, no. 9 (titled Les sœurs de Cézanne).

New York, M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., Exhibition of Paintings by Contemporary French Artists, January 1916, no. 12 (titled The Two Sisters).

Paris, Galerie Bernheim-Jeune et Cie., Rétrospective Paul Cezanne, June 1926, no. 51 (titled Les deux sœurs).

Berlin, Galerie Thannhauser, Erste Sonderausstellung in Berlin, January-February 1927, p. 10, no. 12 (illustrated, p. 11; titled Die zwei Schwestern).

Paris, Galerie Pigalle, Cezanne, December 1929, p. 17, no. 1 (illustrated; titled Les deux sœurs).

Paris, Galerie Bernheim-Jeune et Cie., Cent ans de portraits français: 1800-1900, October-November 1934, no. 18 (illustrated; dated 1875).

Paris, Galerie Bernheim-Jeune et Cie., Quelques tableaux d'Ingres à Gauguin, June-July 1935, no. 4 (illustrated; titled Les deux sœurs).

Paris, Galerie Bernheim-Jeune et Cie., La Femme, 1800-1930, April-June 1948, p. 21, no. 15 (illustrated, p. 20).

Paris, Orangerie des Tuileries, Monticelli et le baroque Provençal, June-September 1953, pp. 6-7, no. 12 (with incorrect provenance; titled Les deux sœurs ou La Conversation).

Paris, Galerie Bernheim-Jeune et Cie., Cezanne: Aquarelliste et peintre, May-July 1960, no. 27.

Paris, Galerie Bernheim-Jeune et Cie., Cent ans de portrait: 1860-1960, May-July 1962, no. 12 (titled Les deux soeurs).

Schaffhausen, Museums zu Allerheiligen, Die Welt des Impressionismus, June-September 1963, p. 17, no. 4 (illustrated; titled Die zwei Schwestern).

Paris, Galerie Bernheim-Jeune et Cie., L'art et la mode, 1965, no. 6.

Paris, Galerie Bernheim-Jeune et Cie., Aquarelles de Cezanne, January-March 1971, no. 24 (titled Les deux sœurs ou La Conversation).

Paris, Musée d'Orsay; New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art and The Art Institute of Chicago, L'Impressionnisme et la Mode, September 2012-May 2013, pp. 122 and 298, no. 59 (illustrated in color, p. 122).

Martigny, Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Paul Cezanne: Le chant de la terre, June-November 2017, pp. 266 and 340, no. 79 (illustrated in color, p. 267).

The Art Institute of Chicago and London, Tate Modern, Cezanne, May 2022-March 2023, p. 74, no. 6 (illustrated in color, p. 75).
Artist:Paul Cézanne (1839 - 1906)
Applied technique:Oil on canvas
Art style:Impressionism
Place of origin:Western Europe, France, Europe
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