Paul Cézanne
The Fishermen
c. 187555.2 x 81.9 cm
Oil on canvas
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Gift of Heather Daniels and Katharine Whild, and Purchase, The Annenberg Foundation Gift, Gift of Joanne Toor Cummings, by exchange, Wolfe Fund, and Ellen Lichtenstein and Joanne Toor Cummings Bequests, Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Bernhard Gift, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Rodgers, and Wolfe Fund, by exchange, and funds from various donors, 2001
Literature
Catalogues raisonnés
R 237
Collection catalogues
introduction by Gary Tinterow, Masterpieces of European Painting, 1800-1920, in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; New Haven, 2007, nr. 110
Provenance
Victor Chocquet, Paris, until d. 1891, bought from the artist
his widow, Marie Chocquet, Paris, 1891–died 1899
her sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 1, 3-4 July, nr. 22, to Hessel
with Josse Hessel, Paris, from 1899
with Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, until 1907, sold on 18 July to Cassirer
with Paul Cassirer, Berlin, 1907–9, sold on 4 January 1908 to Nationalgalerie, Berlin, purchase never completed, returned to dealer on 21 March, 1908, sold on 26 January 1909 Liebermann
Max Liebermann, Berlin, 1909–died 1935
one of fourteen paintings deposited by Walter Feilchenfeldt, Zürich, as agent, at Kunsthaus Zürich, from 9 May 1933 to 19 October 1936
possibly his widow, Martha Liebermann, Berlin, 1935–38, painting remained at Kunsthaus Zürich, apparently until released to Riezler
their daughter, Mrs. Kurt (Käthe) Riezler, Berlin, until 10 November 1938, and New York, by 1939, died 1952
her daughter, Mrs. Howard B. (Maria Riezler) White, Northport, New York, 1952–died 1995
her daughters, Heather Daniels and Katharine Whild, 1995–2001
Other works by Paul Cezanne
The murder
c. 1870
c. 1870
Still Life with Apples and Pears
c. 1891-92
c. 1891-92
The Card Players
1890-92
1890-92
Still Life
Large pine and red earth
1890-95
1890-95