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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)
Catalogue entry
FWN 114
La Maison de Bellevue sur la colline
1878–79
Alternate titles: Landschaft; Landschaft auf braunem Hügel; Maison de Bellevue
Rewald (377): 1878–79; Venturi revised: 1883–85; Cézanne fils: Montbriand, 1885–90; Venturi (412): 1882–85; Ratcliffe: after 1885
Oil on canvas
21 1/16 x 25 3/16 in. (53.5 x 64 cm)
Vollard A stockbook: no. 3432, peinture; paysage du Dauphiné terrains rouges derrière lequel on trouve un étagement de maisons, 54 x 65 cm (150 frs)
Vollard archives: photo no. 306 and [548], Annotated by Cezanne's son: Montbriand, 1885–90
Private collection, Japan
Provenance
Ambroise Vollard, Paris
Gustav Knauer, Berlin
Paul Cassirer, Berlin
Hugo Cassirer, Berlin;
Lotte Cassirer-Fürstenberg, Berlin;
Stephan Cassirer, Copenhagen;
Sotheby's, London, Dec. 4, 1968, no. 21, ill.
Henry Ford II, Detroit;
Sotheby's, London, Dec. 6, 1983, no. 9, ill.; bought in
Davlyn Gallery, New York
Galerie Nichido, Tokyo
Fukuoka Broadcasting Corporation
Private collection, Japan
Exhibition History
1909b Berlin
Paul Cassirer, Berlin, XII. Jahrgang, III. Ausstellung, November 17–December 12, 1909, no. 33, as Landschaft, lent by Private collection [Hugo Cassirer].1921 Berlin
Paul Cassirer, Berlin, Cézanne-Ausstellung: Cézannes Werke in deutschem Privatbesitz: Gemälde, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, November–December 11, 1921, no. 25, as Landschaft auf braunem Hügel, lent by H. Cassirer.1984 Madrid
Museo Español de Arte Contemporáneo, Madrid, Paul Cézanne, March 9–April 1984, no. 19.1986 Tokyo and traveling
Isetan Museum of Art, Tokyo, Cézanne, September 18–October 7, 1986, no. 16, ill. Traveled to: Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Modern Art, Kobe, Japan, October 10–November 9, 1986; Aichi Prefectural Art Gallery, Nagoya, Japan, November 15–December 4, 1986.1997 Kasama
Kasama Nichido Museum of Art, Kasama, Ibaraki, Japan, Cézanne, October 4–November 30, 1997, no. 14, ill.1999–2000 Yokohama and traveling
Yokohama Museum of Art, Yokohama, Japan, Cézanne and Japan, September 11–December 19, 1999, no. 18, ill., as La Maison de Bellevue sur la colline, lent by Private collection, Japan. Traveled to: Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, Nagoya, Japan, January 5–March 12, 2000.2009–10 The Hague
Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, the Netherlands, Cézanne, Picasso, Mondriaan: in nieuw perspectief, October 17, 2009–January 24, 2010, no. 71, ill., as La Maison de Bellevue sur la colline.Published References
Matisse 1909
Matisse, Henri. "Notizen eines Malers." Kunst und Künstler 7, no. 8 (1909), ill. p. 347.Pfister 1927
Pfister, Kurt. Cézanne: Gestalt, Werk, Mythos. Potsdam: Gustav Kiepenheuer Verlag, 1927, fig. 61, as Landschaft.Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 412, ill. vol. II, as Maison de Bellevue.Novotny 1938
Novotny, Fritz. Cézanne und das Ende der wissenschaftlichen Perspektive. Vienna: Anton Schroll, 1938, list of motifs: no. 73.Pickvance and Takumi 1986
Pickvance, Ronald, and Hideo Takumi. Cézanne. Tokyo: Tokyo Shimbun, 1986. Exhibition catalogue, p. 43, pl. 16.Rewald 1996
Rewald, John. The Paintings of Paul Cézanne, A Catalogue Raisonné, 2 vols. In Collaboration with Walter Feilchenfeldt and Jayne Warman. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1996, no. 377, ill. vol. 2, as La Maison de Bellevue sur la colline.Ely 2006b
Ely, Bruno. "Gardanne, Montbriand and Bellevue." In Cézanne in Provence. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art; New Haven: Yale University Press, 2006. Exhibition catalogue, p. 154, fig. 3, as La Maison de Bellevue sur la colline.Machotka 2008
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: The Eye and the Mind, 2 vols. Marseille: Editions Crès, 2008, vol. 1, fig. 113; vol. 2, p. 89, as La Maison de Bellevue sur la colline.Echte and Feilchenfeldt 2013d
Echte, Bernhard and Feilchenfeldt, Walter. "Kollektion Paul Cézanne: 17. November bis 12. Dezember 1909." Kunstsalon Cassirer: Die Ausstellungen 1908-1910. vol. 4, "Ganz eigenartige neue Werte". Wädenswil: Nimbus, 2013, p. 310, ill.Machotka 2014
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: Landscape into Art. Prague: Arbor Vitae, 2014, p. 130, fig. 44a, with color photo of motif, fig. 44b, as La Maison de Bellevue sur la colline.Coutagne 2015
Coutagne, Denis. "P. Cézanne, sur la colline de la Constance–Valcros." Aix-en-Provence: SPLA Pays d'Aix Territoires, June 2015, ill. p. 71.Bonfort 2016
Bonfort, ed., Didier. Dans les pas de P. Cezanne, Valcros - Bellevue - Montbriand. Didier Bonfort, ed.. Aix-en-provence: Sauvegarde des paysages de Cezanne, February 2016, p. 3, ill., as La Maison de Bellevue sur la colline.Notes
Cézanne fils confused the Bellevue estate with Montbriand. Maxime Conil, the artist's brother-in-law, bought the estate of Bellevue in 1885. Rewald contends that Cézanne knew of this property before 1885 because it is near the Jas de Bouffan.
The house at Bellevue.
John Rewald Archive, Department of Image Collections, National Gallery of Art Library, Washington, D.C.
Photo: John Rewald, circa 1935; © Sabine Rewald
Site identified by Pavel Machotka.
Photo: Pavel Machotka, 1976; © Courtesy Pavel Machotka Archive
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Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "La Maison de Bellevue sur la colline, 1878–79 (FWN 114)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=373 (accessed on April 29, 2024).
