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 128
La Chaîne de l'Étoile avec le Pilon du Roi
1878–79
Alternate titles: Bei Gardanne; Environs de Gardanne; La Chaîne de l'Étoile avec le Pilon du Roi (depuis le chemin de Valcros); Le Pilon du Roi; Near Gardanne; Paysage Provençal
Rewald (399): 1878–79; Venturi revised: 1883–85; Cézanne fils: Aix 1885; Venturi (418): 1884–85
Oil on canvas
19 3/8 x 23 3/16 in. (49.2 x 59 cm)
Vollard A stockbook: no. 3534, huile; au premier plan une bande verte après q.q. vallonnements de terrain -- ciel gris bleu, 50 x 60 cm (100 frs)
Vollard C stockbook: no. 7142, paysage. collines bleues au fond. Midi, 50 x 60 cm
Vollard archives: photo no. 515, Annotated by Cezanne's son: Aix 1885
Provenance
Exhibition History
Knoedler Galleries, New York, Paintings from the Ambroise Vollard Collection, XIX-XX Centuries, November 6–December 3, 1933, no. 6, as Environs de Gardanne, 1885. Traveled to: Arts and Crafts Club, Detroit, December 11, 1933–January 1934.
McLellan Gallery, Glasgow, United Kingdom, French Painting in the XIXth Century, May 1934, no. 9.
Alex Reid & Lefevre, London, Renoir, Cézanne and Their Contemporaries, June 1934, no. 5, as Environs de Gardanne, 1885.
Wildenstein Galleries, London, Homage to Paul Cézanne, July 1939, no. 31, lent by Private collection.
Alex Reid & Lefevre, London, French paintings of the XIXth & XXth centuries, August 7–29, 1942, no. 4.
Glasgow Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow, United Kingdom, The Spirit of France, June 1943, no. 55.
Scottish Arts Council Gallery, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, French Paintings of the 19th and 20th Centuries, August 20–September 11, 1955, no. 4.
Museum & Art Gallery, Belfast, United Kingdom, 19th and 20th Century French Paintings, December 2, 1958–January 31, 1959, no. 3.
Stadthalle, Wolfsburg, Germany, Französische Malerei von Delacroix bis Picasso, April 8–May 31, 1961, no. 18, pl. 12, as Bei Gardanne, 1885, lent by Glasgow Museum & Art Galleries.
Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Boudin to Picasso, 1968, no. 20, ill.
National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, Cézanne, March 30–May 19, 1974, no. 22. Traveled to: Municipal Museum, Kyoto, Japan, June 1–July 17, 1974; Cultural Center, Fukuoka, Japan, July 24–August 18, 1974.
Speed Art Museum, Louisville, Kentucky, Millet to Matisse: Nineteenth and Twentieth Century French Painting from Kelvingrove Art Gallery, Glasgow, November 6, 2002–February 2, 2003, no. 12, ill. Traveled to: Frick Art and Historical Center, Pittsburgh, February 26–May 25, 2003; Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska, June 18–September 14, 2003; Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, New Mexico, October 8, 2003–January 4, 2004; Musée de Québec, Québec City, January 29–May 2, 2004; Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, Michigan, May 19–August 15, 2004.
Published References
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 418, ill. vol. II, as Paysage Provençal.
Barnes, Albert C., and Violette de Mazia. The Art of Cézanne. New York: Harcourt Brace, 1939, no. 93, listed.
Catalogue of French Paintings. Glasgow, 1953, p. 11, ill., as Near Gardanne.
"Recent Acqusitions – Art." Scottish Art Review 4, no. 1 (1953), p. 20, ill. p. 16, McInnes Collection.
Macaulay, W.J. "Some additions to the Glasgow art collection." Scottish Art Review 4, no. 3 (1953), pp. 14, 18, ill., as Environs de Gardanne, dated 1885.
Reid, A. McNeill. "The French Room at Kelvingrove." Scottish Art Review 7, no. 3 (1960), pp. 18–19.
Honeyman, T.J. Art and Audacity. London: Collins, 1971, ill. between pp. 104 and 105, as Near Gardanne.
Rishel, Joseph J. Cézanne in Philadelphia Collections. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1983. Exhibition catalogue, p. 62, fig. 29b, as Le Pilon du Roi.
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. 399, ill. vol. 2, as La Chaîne de l'Étoile avec le Pilon du Roi.
Athanassoglou-Kallmyer, Nina M. Cézanne and Provence: The Painter in His Culture. Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, 2003, p. 10, fig. 1.3, as La Chaîne de l'Étoile avec le Pilon du Roi, dated c. 1878.
Robbins, Anne. Cézanne in Britain. London: National Gallery, 2006. Exhibition catalogue, p. 93, as La Chaîne de l'Étoile avec le Pilon du Roi, listed.
Chédeville, François. "La Chaîne de l'Étoile et le Pilon du Roi." Société Paul Cézanne (April 25, 2014).
Coutagne, Denis. "P. Cézanne, sur la colline de la Constance–Valcros." Aix-en-Provence: SPLA Pays d'Aix Territoires, June 2015, ill. p. 91.
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. 33, ill., as La Chaîne de l'Étoile avec le Pilon du Roi (depuis le chemin de Valcros).
Cezanne, Jas de Bouffan: art et histoire. Under the scientific direction of Denis Coutagne and François Chédeville. Lyon; Aix-en-Provence: Fage édition; Société Paul Cezanne, 2019, fig. 37 p. 55.
Notes
"Evidently Cézanne was not quite satisfied with the Gardanne since, when we bought it from Vollard, the famous French dealer, the sky had been slashed by the artist, a thing Cézanne was wont to do if something did not come just as he wanted it to do. It was eventually most skilfully restored by Helmut Ruhemann and it would take an expert eye to find out where the damage had been." (Reid, 1906, pp. 18–19)
It seems odd that Vollard did not mention it in his stockbook entry, unless that designation is incorrect.
Photograph of the motif.
John Rewald Archive, Department of Image Collections, National Gallery of Art Library, Washington, D.C.
Photo: John Rewald, circa 1935; © Sabine Rewald
Record last updated February 8, 2023. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "La Chaîne de l'Étoile avec le Pilon du Roi, 1878–79 (FWN 128)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=394 (accessed on April 18, 2024).
