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Catalogue entry

FWN 154
L'Estaque
1879–83
Alternate title: L'Estaque or Rochers et arbres
Rewald (443): 1879–83; Venturi revised: c.1890; Venturi (492): 1886–90
Oil on canvas
31 1/2 x 39 1/16 in. (80 x 99.3 cm)
The Museum of Modern Art, New York (The William S. Paley Collection)

Keywords

Provenance
Ambroise Vollard, Paris
Claude Monet, Giverny (Mar. 1896);
Michel Monet, Giverny
André Weil (Galerie Matignon), Paris
Jacques Seligmann, Paris and New York, and Knoedler Galleries, New York (July 24, 1935)
Valentine [Dudensing] Gallery, New York (1935)
Mr. and Mrs. William S. Paley, New York (1935);
The Museum of Modern Art, New York (1959)
Exhibition History
1895 Paris
Galerie Vollard, Paris, Paul Cézanne, November 11–December 15, 1895, Monet buys.
1905b Paris
Salon d'Automne, Grand Palais, Paris, 3e exposition, October 18–November 25, 1905, no. 322, as L'Estaque, tentative identification.
1939f New York
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Art in Our Time: 10th Anniversary Exhibition, May 10–September 10, 1939, no. 58.
1942 Chicago
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Living Heritage of French Literature and Thought since the Revolution, 1942.
1942d New York
Paul Rosenberg, New York, A Loan Exhibition of Paintings by Cézanne (1839-1906) for the Benefit of Fighting France, November 19–December 19, 1942, no. 9, ill. lent by Paley.
1944d New York
American-British Art Center, New York, Corot to Picasso, June 1–23, 1944, no. 2, ill.
1947b New York
Wildenstein Galleries, New York, Cézanne, March 27–April 26, 1947, no. 41, ill. lent by Paley.
1952 Chicago and traveling
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Cézanne: Paintings, Watercolors & Drawings, A Loan Exhibition, February 7–March 16, 1952, no. 47, ill. lent by Paley. Traveled to: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, April 1–May 16, 1952.
1955b New York
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Paintings from Private Collections, May 31–September 7, 1955, no number, p. 7, lent by Paley.
1958c New York
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Works of Art: Given or Promised, October 8–November 9, 1958, ill., p. 18.
1975 Sydney and traveling
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Modern Masters: Manet to Matisse, April 10–May 11, 1975, no number, ill. Traveled to: National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia, May 28–June 22, 1975; The Museum of Modern Art, New York, August 4–September 28, 1975.
1992 New York
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, The William S. Paley Collection, February 2–May 7, 1992, no. 14, ill.
2005–06 New York and traveling
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Pioneering Modern Painting: Cézanne & Pissarro 1865–1885, June 26–September 12, 2005, no. 83, ill., p. 183, as L'Estaque. Traveled to: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, October 20, 2005–January 16, 2006; Musée d'Orsay, Paris, February 27–May 28, 2006 (Cézanne et Pissarro 1865-1885).
2006 Washington, D.C. and traveling
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Cézanne in Provence, January 29–May 7, 2006, no. 45, ill., (dated c. 1876–79), shown in Washington only. Traveled to: Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, June 9–September 17, 2006.
2017–18 Karlsruhe
Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe, Germany, Cézanne - Metamorphosen, October 28, 2017–February 11, 2018, no. 23, ill.
2020 Princeton and traveling
Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, New Jersey, Cézanne, The Rock and Quarry Paintings, March 7–June 14, 2020, no. 4, ill., as L'Estaque, dated 1879–83, catalogue notes by Annemarie Iker. Traveled to: Royal Academy, London, July 12–October 18, 2020 (N.B. This venue was cancelled due to 2020 coronavirus).
Published References
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 492, ill. vol. II, as L'Estaque.
Venturi 1942
Venturi, Lionello. "Cézanne: Fighter for Freedom." Art News 41, no. 13 (November 15, 1942), p. 18, ill.
Barr 1958
Barr, Jr., Alfred H. "Works of Art: Given or Promised." Bulletin of the Museum of Modern Art 26, no. 1 (Autumn 1958), p. 18, ill.
Museum of Modern Art, New York 1960
"Painting and Sculpture Acquisitions January 1 through December 31,1959." Bulletin of the Museum of Modern Art (New York) 27, nos. 3-4 (1960), p. 3, ill.
Seligmann 1961
Seligmann, Germain. Merchants of Art. New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1961, pl. 67.
Rewald 1989
Rewald, John. Cézanne and America: Dealers, Collectors, Artists and Critics, 1891–1921. Princeton: Princeton University Press; London: Thames & Hudson, 1989, p. 44, fig. 17.
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. 443, ill. vol. 2 and p. 51, ill. col. vol. 1, as L'Estaque.
Lewis 2000
Lewis, Mary Tompkins. Cézanne. London: Phaidon, 2000, pp. 212-13, fig. 129.
Feilchenfeldt 2005e
Feilchenfeldt, Walter. "Cézannes Gemälde: Formate und Themen, Echtheitsfragen." In "By Appointment Only": Schriften zu Kunst und Kunsthandel, Cézanne und Van Gogh. Wädenswil: Nimbus, 2005, p. 236, ill.
Lanchner 2011
Lanchner, Carolyn. 10 Works by Paul Cézanne in the Museum of Modern Art Collection. MoMA Artists Series. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 2011, pp. 8–11, ill.
Patin 2016
Patin, Sylvie. Monet's Private Picture Gallery at Giverny. Montreuil: Gourcuff Gradenigo, 2016, p. 130 ill. (image flipped).
Lobstein 2017
Lobstein, Dominique. "Paul Cézanne in the Monet Collection." In Monet Collectionneur [Monet, The Collector]. Vanves: Editions Hazan, 2017. Exhibition catalogue, p. 172.
Mathieu and Lobstein 2017
Mathieu, Marianne, and Dominique Lobstein with the collaboration of Claire Gooden. "Vue synoptique de la collection Monet." In Monet Collectionneur [Monet, The Collector]. Vanves: Editions Hazan, 2017. Exhibition catalogue, p. 268, listed and ill.
Blanc 2019
Blanc, Geneviève. L'Oeuvre de Cezanne à L'Estaque, Huiles – Aquarelles – Dessins, 1864–1885. Marseille: Éditions Gaussen, 2019, fig. 74 (discussion p. 69), as L'Estaque or Rochers et arbres, with contemporary photographs of the view (figs. 75, 76).
Dumas 2020
Dumas, Ann. "Cézanne and his love affair with the rocks of Provence." RA Magazine (Summer 2020), ill.
Record last updated October 20, 2023. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "L'Estaque, 1879–83 (FWN 154)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=434 (accessed on April 20, 2024).