Cézanne in the Barnes Foundation is made possible through the generous support of Acquavella Galleries, Inc, John Alchin and Hal Marryatt, Edward and Gwen Asplundh, Lois and Julian Brodsky, Leslie Miller and Richard Worley Foundation, Katherine Sachs, Joan Thalheimer, Margaret and Tom Whitford, The Honorable Constance H. Williams and Dr. Sankey V. Williams, Robert N. Wilson and Michele Plante, and other individual donors.
Co-published and distributed by Rizzoli Electa and edited by André Dombrowski, Frances Shapiro-Weitzenhoffer Associate Professor of 19th-Century European Art at the University of Pennsylvania; Nancy Ireson, Deputy Director for Collections and Exhibitions & Gund Family Chief Curator at the Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia; and Sylvie Patry, Chief Curator and Deputy Director for Curatorial Affairs and Collections at the Musée d’Orsay, Paris, this landmark 432-page volume catalogues the 69 works by Cézanne in the Barnes collection, which include 61 oil paintings and eight works on paper.
“The Barnes is home to the largest single group of Cézanne’s paintings in the world, an impressive collection that spans every stage of the artist’s career,” says Thom Collins, Neubauer Family Executive Director and President. “During Dr. Barnes’s lifetime, access to the collection was limited and the works in the galleries went understudied. In keeping with our commitment to advancing scholarship about the collection, we have prioritized the examination of our holdings through a variety of research initiatives. Cézanne in the Barnes Foundation is the next in a series of major volumes dedicated to our collection, following our books on African art, Matisse, and Renoir. This catalogue is born of many years of research, examination, and collaboration with colleagues around the world, and we are thrilled to share this long-awaited book with audiences everywhere.”
“Dr. Barnes felt a strong affinity for Cézanne’s work and collected it voraciously from 1912, the year that artist William Glackens helped him to purchase works that formed the basis of his collection,” says Nancy Ireson. “With deeply insightful contributions from preeminent conservators and art historians, this volume will serve as a key resource for everyone from students to researchers to art lovers for generations to come. We have dedicated it to the late Joe Rishel, our great friend and colleague, in recognition of his lasting impact on Cézanne studies in Philadelphia and beyond.”
Dr. Albert C. Barnes began collecting works by Cézanne from major art dealers in Paris including Paul Durand-Ruel and raised appreciation of the artist in the United States. The Barnes Foundation’s extensive Cézanne holdings—never before published in their entirety—span every period of the artist’s career and include his largest rendition of The Card Players (1890–1892) and one of three versions of The Large Bathers (1895–1906).
The Large Bathers in the Barnes collection, which Dr. Barnes acquired in 1933, now emerges as perhaps the earliest of his monumental Bather paintings (the other two are housed in the National Gallery, London, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art, respectively). The technical examination of this painting and others in the collection was made possible by a grant from the Bank of America Art Conservation Project in 2018–19. The findings of this study as presented in the catalogue greatly enhance our understanding of Cézanne’s materials and working methods.
This landmark publication features more than 400 illustrations and includes contributions by Carol Armstrong, Nina M. Athanassoglou-Kallmyer, Barbara Buckley, John Elderfield, Cindy Kang, Jean-Claude Lebensztejn, Nancy Locke, Martha Lucy, Jennifer Mass, Christopher Riopelle, Joseph J. Rishel, Fabienne Ruppen, Anya Shutova, and Jane Warman.
Cézanne in the Barnes Foundation is the sixth volume in a series of books that chronicle the Barnes collection’s holdings. Other publications include: American Paintings and Works on Paper in the Barnes Foundation (2010), by Richard J. Wattenmaker; Masterworks of the Barnes Foundation (2012), by Judith F. Dolkart and Martha Lucy; Renoir in the Barnes Foundation (2012), by John House and Martha Lucy; African Art in the Barnes Foundation (2015), by Christa Clarke; and the three-volume, award-winning Matisse in the Barnes Foundation (2016), including essays by Yve-Alain Bois, Barbara Buckley, Karen Butler, Claudine Grammont, and Jennifer Mass.
Cézanne in the Barnes Foundation is now available in the Barnes Shop.
https://shop.barnesfoundation.org/collections/books-media/products/cezanne-in-the-barnes-foundation
Title: Cézanne in the Barnes Foundation
Publish Date: October 19, 2021
Format: Hardcover
Category: Art - Individual Artists - Monographs
Publisher: Rizzoli Electa
Trim Size: 10 x 11-1/2
Pages: 432
US Price: $85.00
CDN Price: $115.00
ISBN: 978-0-8478-6488-1
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