Updated 18 October 2023
Currently not on display
Currently not on display
On the Boat
Date | 1900-06 |
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Materials and Techniques | pencil and watercolour on paper |
Size(cm) | 12.5 x 22.0 |
Inscriptions | Paginated lower right: XXX |
Credit Line | Matsukata Collection |
Standard ref. | Venturi 1116; Rewald 604; M1487 |
Category | Drawings |
Collection Number | D.1959-0007 |
This rough sketch is among the works executed by Cézanne during his later years. It appears that three men are aboard a boat on a lake; however, it is difficult to know for sure, since the shapes are even less distinctly defined than those in his sketch "Pot and Soup Tureen." The roughly painted areas of blue and green, which appear to represent mountains and foliage in the background, create a vibrating effect suggestive of light. In this respect, this work resembles an Informel abstract painting. (Source: The Digital Gallery. 1999-2006)
Provenance
Estate of Paul Cézanne, Paris; Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, 1907; purchased from Galerie Bernheim-Jeune by Kojiro Matsukata, Kobe, ca. November 1921, as ‘En bateaux’ (Fr. 35,000 for five watercolours by Cézanne) [see bill of sale of Galerie Bernheim-Jeune to Kojiro Matsukata, dated 10 November 1921, in Bibliothèque centrale des musées nationaux, Paris; copy in NMWA curatorial files]; sequestered by French government, 1944; vested in French government under San Francisco Peace Treaty, 1952; transferred from French to Japanese government, 23 January 1959; entered into NMWA, April 1959.
Exhibition History
- 1924
- French Art, The California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, 0 1924 - 0 1925, cat. no. painting-6
- 1947
- Les origines de l'art contemporain: la peinture française de Manet à Bonnard, Strasbourg Museum (also shown at Besançon and Nancy), 27 September 1947 - 0 0, cat. no. 52
- 1953
- Cézanne; peintures, aquarelles, dessins, Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, 30 July 1953 - 5 August 1953, Musée Masséna, Nice, 8 August – 12 September 1953; Musée des beaux-arts, Grenoble, 15 September – 18 October 1953, cat. no. 46.
- 1958
- De l'Impressionnisme à nos jours: aquarelles, pastels, gouaches, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Paris, 27 June 1958 - 0 0, cat. no. 30
- 1960
- The Masterpieces of the Ex-Matsukata Collection, National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 14 May 1960 - 10 July 1960, cat. no. 11
- 1962
- [Tour Exhibition] The Matsukata Collection of the National Museum of Western Art, The Hakutsuru Museum, Kobe, 20 October 1962 - 5 November 1962, P-045
- 1962
- [Tour Exhibition] The Matsukata Collection of the National Museum of Western Art, The Art Gallery of Aichi Prefecture, Nagoya, 17 November 1962 - 9 December 1962, cat. no. 9 (当館記録による)
- 1963
- The Matsukata Collection of the National Museum of Western Art, The Shimane Prefectural Museum, Matsue, 5 October 1963 - 20 October 1963, P-045
- 1963
- [Tour Exhibition] The Matsukata Collection of the National Museum of Western Art, The Ishibashi Museum of Art, Kurume, 26 October 1963 - 10 November 1963, P-045
- 1964
- [Tour Exhibition] The Matsukata Collection of the National Museum of Western Art, The Nakajima Sports Center of Hokkaido Prefecture, 22 August 1964 - 13 September 1964, cat. no. 21
- 1971
- [Tour Exhibition] The Matsukata Collection of the National Museum of Western Art, The Toyama Prefectural Center, Museum of Art, Toyama, 2 October 1971 - 24 October 1971, cat. no. 8
- 1974
- Cézanne, National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 30 March 1974 - 19 May 1974, cat. no. 81
- 1976
- [Tour Exhibition] The Matsukata Collection of the National Museum of Western Art, The Tottori Prefectural Museum, Tottori, 9 October 1976 - 7 November 1976, cat. no. 25
- 1977
- [Tour Exhibition] The Matsukata Collection of the National Museum of Western Art, The Nara Prefectural Museum, Nara, 15 October 1977 - 13 November 1977, cat. no. 23
- 1978
- [Tour Exhibition] Masterpieces from the National Museum of Western Art, The Art Center of Oita Prefecture, Oita, 20 December 1978 - 31 January 1979, cat. no. 18
- 1982
- Paul Cézanne: Aquarelle, Kunsthalle Tübingen, 16 January 1982 - 21 March 1982, Kunsthaus Zürich April 1982, cat. no. 121, col. repr.
- 1984
- Paul Cézanne, Museo Español de Arte Contemporáneo, Madrid, 0 March 1984 - 0 April 1984, cat. no. 64, col. repr.
- 1989
- Master Drawings: Cézanne, Matisse and Picasso, The National Museum of Art, Osaka, 7 October 1989 - 26 November 1989
- 1997
- Resonating Love and Life: European Art from National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, The Niigata Prefectural Museum of Modern Art, Nagaoka, 12 April 1997 - 18 May 1997, cat. no. 23
- 2001
- French Masterpiece Drawings from The National Museum of Western Art Collection, National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 27 March 2001 - 24 June 2001, exhibited 27 March - 13 May
- 2010
- Modern Drawings from the National Museum of Western Art: Selections from the Matsukata Collection and Post-1959 Acquisitions, National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 23 February 2010 - 30 May 2010, cat. no. 11
- 2012
- Cézanne. Paris-Provence, The National Art Center, Tokyo, 28 March 2012 - 11 June 2012, cat. no. 54, col. repr.
- 2019
- The Matsukata Collection: A One-Hundred-Year Odyssey: Upon the 60th Anniversary of the NMWA, The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 11 June 2019 - 23 September 2019, cat. no. 124, col. repr.
Bibliography
- 1936
- Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne, son art, son œuvre. Paris, 1936, no. 1116.
- 1940
- Paul Cézanne: 1858-1885. 2vols, Tokyo, Takamizawamokuhansha, 1940, cat. no. 1045.
- 1955
- La Collection Matsukata. Tokyo, Asahi- Shimbun, 1955, no. 21. (in Japanese)
- 1959
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- 1961
- Sekai Bijutsu Zenshu. vol. 36, Tokyo, Kadokawa-shoten, 1961, repr. p. 260. (in Japanese)
- 1961
- Catalogue du Musée National d'Art Occidental, Tokyo. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, 1961 (Préface and Catalogue Général in Japanese and French), P-45.
- 1962
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- 1964
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- 1974
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- 1982
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- 1984
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- 1989
- Masterpieces of The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, 1989 (Japanese, preface in Japanese and English), no. 81, col. repr.
- 1990
- Inoue, Akihiko; Ono, Masaharu. Cézanne Aquarelle. Kyoto, Korinsha, 1990, cat. no. 15. (in Japanese)
- 1990
- The Old Matsukata Collection. Kobe City Museum, ed. Kobe, "Matsukata Korekushon Ten" Jikkoiinkai, 1990, cat. no. 377.
- 1991
- Barnes, Rachel, ed. Cézanne. Nagai, Takanori, trans. Tokyo, Nikkei Inc, 1991 (Nikkei Pocket Gallery) [Cézanne by Cézanne. Webb & Bower, Exeter, 1991], pp. 78-79. (in Japanese)
- 1997
- Resonating Love and Life: European Art from National Museum of Western Art (exh. cat.). The Niigata Prefectural Museum of Modern Art, 12 April-18 May 1997. The Niigata Prefectural Museum of Modern Art; National Museum of Western Art, cat. no.23.
- 2012
- Cézanne.: Paris-Provence(exh. cat.). [Tokyo], Nihon Keizai Shimbun, Inc., c2012, cat. no. 54, col. repr.
- 2019
- The Matsukata Collection: Complete Catalogue of the European Art. Kawaguchi, Masako; Jingaoka, Megumi, eds. vol. 2: Sculpture, Drawings, Prints and Decorative Arts and Other Works, Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 2019, cat. no. 1487, col. repr.