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FWN 1389
Rochers près des grottes au-dessus de Château Noir
1895–1900
Alternate titles: Les rochers (Bibémus); Les rochers à Bibémus; Rochers à Bibémus; Rocks at Bibemus; Rocks near the Caves above Château Noir; The Rocks
Rewald (W433); Venturi revised: 1895–99; Venturi (1044): 1895–1900; Chappuis: c.1895
Graphite and watercolor on laid paper
18 11/16 x 11 13/16 in. (47.5 x 30 cm)
Private collection

Keywords

Provenance
Estate of Paul Cezanne
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris (1907)
Mme Zetlin, Paris (Oct. 5, 1920)
Hôtel Drouot, May 8, 1942, no. 8
Fine Arts Associates (Otto Gerson), New York
Ward Cheney, New York
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Sussman, New York
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Pulitzer, Jr., St. Louis
Private collection
Exhibition History
1914a Paris
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Paul Cézanne, January 6–17, 1914.
1916b New York
Montross Gallery, New York, Cézanne, January 1–31, 1916, no. 24, as The Rocks.
1931a Paris
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Cézanne, May 18–29, 1931.
1946c London and traveling
Tate Gallery, London, Paul Cézanne: an Exhibition of Watercolours, opening on April 10, 1946, no. 45, as Rocks at Bibemus, 1895-1900, (with incorrect measurements), lent anonymously. Traveled to: Museum and Art Gallery, Leicester, United Kingdom, May–June 1946; Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield, United Kingdom, July 1946.
1952 New York
Fine Arts Associates [Otto Gerson], New York, Cézanne: Rarely Shown Works, November 10–29, 1952, [W] 9, ill. lent by Mr. and Mrs. Ward Cheney.
1956c New York
Fine Arts Associates [Otto Gerson], New York, Cezanne Watercolors, January 30–February 18, 1956, no. 17, ill. lent by Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Pulitzer Jr.
1957 New York and traveling
Knoedler Galleries, New York, Modern Painting, Drawing and Sculpture Collected by Louise and Joseph Pulitzer, Jr., April 9–May 4, 1957, no. 16, ill. Traveled to: Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts, May 16–September 15, 1957.
1963f New York
Knoedler Galleries, New York, Cézanne Watercolors, April 2–20, 1963, no. 40, pl. XL, as Rochers à Bibémus, 1895-1900, lent by Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Pulitzer, Jr, St. Louis.
1977–78 New York and traveling
The Museum of Modern Art, New York and Reunion des Musees Nationaux, Paris, France, Cézanne: The Late Work, October 7, 1977–January 3, 1978, no. 83, ill., pl. 43, as Rocks near the Caves above Château Noir, 1895-1900, lent by Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Pulitzer, Jr, St. Louis. Traveled to: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, January 26–March 19, 1978; Grand Palais, Paris, Cezanne: Les dernières années (1895–1906), April 20–July 23, 1978 (see Paris 1978a for a separate listing because the catalogue numbers are different from the two American venues).
1978a Paris
Grand Palais, Paris, Cézanne: Les dernières années (1895–1906), April 20–July 23, 1978, no. 44, ill. in b/w, as Rochers près des grottes au-dessus de Château Noir, 1895-1900, lent by Joseph Pulitzer Jr, Saint-Louis.
2006 Washington, D.C. and traveling
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Cézanne in Provence, January 29–May 7, 2006, no. 91, ill. lent by Private collection; shown in Washington only. Traveled to: Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, June 9–September 17, 2006.
2020 Princeton and traveling
Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, New Jersey, Cézanne, The Rock and Quarry Paintings, March 7–June 14, 2020, fig. 86, as Rocks near the Caves above Château Noir, dated 1895–1900, to be shown in London only. Traveled to: Royal Academy, London, July 12–October 18, 2020 (N.B. This venue was cancelled due to 2020 coronavirus).
2021a New York
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Cézanne Drawing, June 6–September 25, 2021, pl. 157, Private collection.
Published References
Rewald and Marschutz 1936
Rewald, John, and Léo Marschutz. "Cézanne et la Provence." Le Point 4 (August 1936), pp. 26-27, ill.
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1044, ill. vol. II, as Rochers à Bibémus.
Novotny 1938
Novotny, Fritz. Cézanne und das Ende der wissenschaftlichen Perspektive. Vienna: Anton Schroll, 1938, list of motifs: no. 27.
Hôtel Drouot 1942
Les ventes de tableaux, aquarelles, gouaches, dessins, miniatures a l’Hôtel Drouot: répertoire et prix d’adjudication, septembre 1941 à juillet 1942. Paris: Hôtel Drouot, 1942, p. 32, as Les rochers à Bibémus.
Neumeyer 1958
Neumeyer, Alfred. Cézanne's Drawings. New York and London: Thomas Yoseloff, 1958, no. 87.
Reff 1963a
Reff, Theodore. "Cézanne: The Logical Mystery." Art News 62, no. 2 (April 1963), p. 28.
Rewald 1983a
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, no. 433, ill.
Machotka 2014
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: Landscape into Art. Prague: Arbor Vitae, 2014, p. 180, fig. 68a, with color photo of motif, fig. 68b, as Rochers près des grottes au-dessus de Château Noir.
Dauberville 2020
Dauberville, Guy-Patrice, and Floriane Dauberville. Paul Cezanne chez Bernheim-Jeune. Paris: Editions G-P.F. Dauberville & Archives Bernheim-Jeune, 2020, no. 361, ill., as Les rochers (Bibémus) (installation photographs from 1914 exhibition, p. 96, and 1931, p. 126 (hung upside down).
Dumas 2020
Dumas, Ann. "Cézanne and his love affair with the rocks of Provence." RA Magazine (Summer 2020), ill.
Rochers près des grottes au-dessus de Château Noir, 1895–1900 (FWN 1389). Photograph of the motif. John Rewald Archive, Department of Image Collections, National Gallery of Art Library, Washington, D.C.
Photograph of the motif. John Rewald Archive, Department of Image Collections, National Gallery of Art Library, Washington, D.C.
Photo: John Rewald, circa 1934; © Sabine Rewald
Rochers près des grottes au-dessus de Château Noir, 1895–1900 (FWN 1389). Photograph of the motif. John Rewald Archive, Department of Image Collections, National Gallery of Art Library, Washington, D.C.
Photograph of the motif. John Rewald Archive, Department of Image Collections, National Gallery of Art Library, Washington, D.C.
Photo: John Rewald, circa 1934; © Sabine Rewald
Rochers près des grottes au-dessus de Château Noir, 1895–1900 (FWN 1389). Site identified by Pavel Machotka.
Site identified by Pavel Machotka.
Photo: Pavel Machotka, 1977; © Courtesy Pavel Machotka Archive

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Record last updated August 16, 2021. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Rochers près des grottes au-dessus de Château Noir, 1895–1900 (FWN 1389)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1415 (accessed on May 15, 2024).