Man with Pipe

1892/1896

Paul Cezanne

Associated Names
Paul Cezanne

Artist, French, 1839 - 1906

This painting depicts the head and shoulders of a man in profile, facing the right. His skin is painted in shades of orange, with some areas given an olive-green tint. He has a dark mustache under a straight nose, and his eye has been painted with an indistinct black oval. The man wears a tall brown hat and a light-colored shirt with a brown coat or vest over it, and the hint of a black bowtie. He has a long white pipe in his mouth. The background consists of abstract brushstrokes in dark blues and browns. The brushstrokes in the painting are all thick and visible, creating clear streaks of color.

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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.

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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

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