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1888–1890 · Art Institute of Chicago

Madame Cézanne in a Yellow Chair

Paul CézanneWikidata

painting by Paul Cézanne, Art Institute of Chicago

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Date
1888–1890Wikidata
Art Institute of Chicago: 1888–90
Medium
Oil on canvasArt Institute of Chicago
Wikidata: Oil paint on canvas
Dimensions
80.9 × 64.9 cmArt Institute of Chicago
Wikidata: 81 × 65 cm
Gallery
Gallery 248Art Institute of Chicago
Genre
portraitWikidata
Materials
oil paint, canvasWikidata
Inventory no.
1948.54Wikidata
Credit line
Wilson L. Mead FundArt Institute of Chicago

Provenance

Where it has been

  1. Dates unknown
    Alphonse Kann
    medium confidenceWikidata · owned by
  2. Dates unknown
    Théodore Duret
    medium confidenceWikidata · owned by
  3. Dates unknown
    Paul Rosenberg
    medium confidenceWikidata · owned by
  4. Dates unknown
    Art Institute of Chicago
    medium confidenceWikidata · collection

Exhibition historyArt 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.). Washington, DC, The Phillips Collection, Cézanne: An Exhibition in Honor of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Phillips Collection, Feb. 27–Mar. 28, 1971, cat. 23 (ill.), as 1893–95; Art Institute of Chicago, Apr. 17–May 16, 1971; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, June 1–July 3, 1971. Sydney, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Modern Masters: Manet to Matisse, Apr. 10–May 11, 1975, cat. 19 as 893–95; Melbourne, National Gallery of Victoria, May 28–June 22, 1975; New York, Museum of Modern Art, Aug. 4–Sept. 1, 1975. Art Institute of Chicago, European Portraits 1600–1900 in The Art Institute of Chicago, July 8–Sept. 11, 1978, cat. 22 (ill.). Tokyo, Seibu Museum of Art, The Impressionist Tradition: Masterpieces from The Art Institute of Chicago, Oct. 18–Dec. 17, 1986, cat. 48 (ill.), as 1893–95; Fukuoka, Japan, Fukuoka Art Museum, Jan. 5–Feb. 2, 1986; Kyoto, Japan, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Mar. 4–Apr. 13, 1986. Leningrad [Saint Petersburg], Hermitage Museum, Ot Delakrua do Matissa: shedevry frantsuzskoĭ zhivopici XIX–nachala XX veka, iz Muieia Metropoliten v Niu–Ĭorke i Khudozhestvennogo Instituta v Chikago [From Delacroix to Matisse: Great Paintings from the nineteenth century to the Beginning of the twentieth century from the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and the Art Institute of Chicago], Mar. 15–May 19, 1988, cat. 36; Moscow, Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, June 10–July 30, 1988. Tübingen, Germany, Kunsthalle Tübingen, Cézanne: Gemälde, Jan. 16–May 7, 1993, cat. 42 (ill.), as Madame Cézanne auf gelbem Lehnstuhl (Madame Cézanne au fauteuil jaune). Stockholm, Nationalmuseum, Cézanne i blickpunkten, Oct. 17, 1997–Jan. 11, 1998, cat. 6 (ill.). Saint Petersburg, The State Hermitage Museum, Polʹ Sezann i russkiĭ avangard nachala XX veka [Cézanne and the Russian Avant–Garde of the XX century], Aug. 8–Sept. 24, 1998, cat. 26 (ill), as c. 1890; Moscow, The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Oct. 5–Nov. 15, 1998. New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Cézanne to Picasso Ambroise Vollard, Patron of the Avant–Garde, Sept. 14, 2006–Jan. 7, 2007, cat. 46 (ill.), as Madame Cezanne in a Yellow Armchair; Art Institute of Chicago, Feb. 17–May 13, 2007; Paris, Musée d’Orsay, as De Cézanne à Picasso: Chefs–d'Oeuvre de la galerie Vollard, June 19–Sept. 16, 2007, cat. 33. Fort Worth, TX, Kimbell Museum of Art, The Impressionists: Master Paintings from the Art Institute of Chicago, June 29–Nov. 2, 2008, cat. 64 (ill.). Paris, Musée Luxembourg, Cezanne et Paris, Oct. 10, 2011–Feb. 27, 2012, car. 13 (ill.), as Madame Cézanne au fauteuil jaune. New York, NY, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Portraits of Madame Cézanne, Nov. 19, 2014–Mar. 15, 2015, no cat. no., pl. 20. Paris, Musée d'Orsay, Cézanne Portraits, June 13, 2017–Sept. 24, 2017, cat. 44, as Madame Cézanne au fauteuil jaune; London, National Portrait Gallery, Oct. 26, 2017–Feb. 11, 2018, as Madame Cezanne in a Red Dress, cat. 14.2; Washington DC, National Gallery of Art, Mar. 25–July 1, 2018. Art Institute of Chicago, Cezanne, May 15–Sep. 5, 2022, cat. 36 (ill.); London, Tate, Oct. 5, 2022–Mar. 12, 2023. Stuttgart, Germany, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Modigliani Moderne Blicke, Nov. 24, 2023–Mar. 17, 2024, cat. 105 (ill.), as Madame Cézanne im gelben Sessel; Potsdam, Germany, Museum Barberini, Apr. 27–Aug. 18, 2024 [Stuttgart only].
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