The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne
An Online Catalogue Raisonné under the Direction of Société Paul Cezanne
(Formerly directed by Walter Feilchenfeldt, Jayne Warman and David Nash)
FWN 1392
Rochers près des grottes au-dessus de Château-Noir
1895–1900
Alternate titles: Rochers à Bibemus; Rocks near the Caves above Château Noir
Rewald (W438); Venturi: 1895–99
Watercolor on paper
12 3/16 x 18 1/2 in. (31 x 47 cm)
Private collection
Provenance
Exhibition History
Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, Italy, Arte Moderna in una Raccolta Italiana, 1953, no. 17, ill.
Galleria La Loggia, Bologna, Italy, 20 Dipinti di grandi Artisti Europei, 1955.
Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna, Turin, Italy, Capolavori d'Arte Moderne nella Collezioni Private, 1959.
Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna, Turin, Italy, Il Cavalieri Azzurro - Der Blaue Reiter, 1971, ill., p. 111.
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. 81, ill., pl. 40, as Rocks near the Caves above Château Noir, 1895-1900, lent by Collection Gianni Mattioli, Milan. 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).
Grand Palais, Paris, Cézanne: Les dernières années (1895–1906), April 20–July 23, 1978, no. 42, ill. in b/w, as Rochers près des grottes au-dessus de Château-Noir, 1895-1900, lent by Collection Mattioli, Milan.
Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Martigny, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne: le chant de la terre, June 16–November 19, 2017, no. 62, ill. lent by Private collection.
Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, New Jersey, Cézanne, The Rock and Quarry Paintings, March 7–June 14, 2020, fig. 17, 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).
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Cézanne Drawing, June 6–September 25, 2021, pl. 163, Private collection.
Published References
Venturi, Lionello. Paul Cézanne: Water-colours. Oxford: B. Cassirer, 1943, p. 41, no. 28, ill.
Ballo, Guido. Occhio Critico: Il nuova sistema per vedere l'arte. Milan: Longanesi & C., 1966, p. 25, fig. 9 p. 23, as Rochers à Bibemus.
Bellony-Rewald, Alice. The Lost World of the Impressionists. Boston: New York Graphic Society, 1976, p. 265, ill.
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, no. 438, ill.
France-Lanord, Hadrien. La couleur et la parole: les chemins de Paul Cézanne et de Martin Heidegger. Paris: Gallimard, 2018, ill. p. 226 (detail), as Rochers près des grottes au-dessus de Château-Noir.
Elderfield, John. "Excavations." In Cézanne, The Rock and Quarry Paintings. Princeton: Princeton University Art Museum; New Haven: Yale University Press, 2020. Exhibition catalogue, p. 28, fig. 17, as Rocks near the Caves above Château Noir, dated 1895–1900.
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
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
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Record last updated February 18, 2022. 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 1392)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1420 (accessed on April 20, 2024).
