Catalogue entry

FWN 193

Vue sur l'Estaque et le château d'If

1883–85

Alternate titles: Dorf am Meer; Dorf am Meeresufer; L'Estaque; La baie de Marseille; La mer à l'Estaque; Landschaft, L'Estaque; View of L'Estaque; View of L'Estaque and the Château d'If; Vue de L'Estaque; Vue sur l'Estaque

Rewald (531): 1883–85; Venturi revised: 1883–85; Venturi (406): 1882–85; Rivière: c.1879–80; Cooper: early summer 1885 (Courtauld); Gowing: early summer 1885 (Edinburgh) and c.1885; Other: Novotny: circa 1883

Oil on canvas

28 x 22 11/16 in. (71 x 57.7 cm)

Vollard A stockbook: no. 3720, Marine à Lestac, maisons rouges entourées de pins parasols; derriere mer bleue, 73 x 60 cm (150 frs)

Vollard archives: photo no. 206, Annotated by Cezanne's son: L'Estaque 1883

Private collection, U.S.A.

Keywords

Locales
Southern France:
- L'Estaque »
- La Tour Sommati »
- Marseille »
Landscape
Natural motifs:
- rock(s) / rocher(s) »
- sea / mer »
Landscape
Man-made motifs:
- house(s) / maison(s) »
- smoke-stack / cheminée »

Provenance

Ambroise Vollard, Paris

Baron Denys Cochin, Paris

Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris (May 12, 1905)

Paul Cassirer, Berlin (Sept. 21, 1905)

Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, and Jos. Hessel, Paris (April 2, 1909)

Jos. Hessel, Paris (July 12, 1910)

Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris (Oct. 12, 1912)

Walther Halvorsen, Oslo (April 21, 1915)

Erich Goeritz, Luxembourg

Galerie Thannhauser, Lucerne (July 9, 1936)

Wildenstein Galleries, Paris (July 7, 1936)

Samuel Courtauld, London (November 1936);

R.A. Butler, London;

Private collection;

Christie's, London, February 4, 2015, no. 8, ill.

Private collection, U.S.A.

Exhibition History

1904 Brussels

La Libre Esthétique, Brussels, Exposition des peintres impressionnistes, February 25–March 29, 1904, no. 14, as La baie de Marseille, lent by Baron Cochin.

1906 Berlin

Paul Cassirer, Berlin, Collectiv-Ausstellung, VIII. Jahrgang, VI. Ausstellung, February 20–March 14, 1906, no. 10, as Dorf am Meeresufer.

1906 Posen

Kaiser Friedrich-Museum, Posen, Poland, [Französische Impressionisten], Beginning of May 1906, as Dorf am Meer.

1907 Vienna

Galerie Miethke, Dorotheergasse 11 and Graben 17, Vienna, [Französische Kunst der Gegenwart (Gauguin-Ausstellung)], March 15–April 28, 1907, no. 92, as Dorf am Meer, tentative identification, lent by Cassirer.

1907 Prague

S.V.U. Mánes, Pavillon Mánes, Prague, Francouzští impressionisté [French Impressionists], September 27–November 30, 1907, no. 56, tentative identification.

1909b Berlin

Paul Cassirer, Berlin, XII. Jahrgang, III. Ausstellung, November 17–December 12, 1909, no. 2, as L'Estaque.

1911b Berlin

Paul Cassirer, Berlin, XIII. Jahrgang, Winter 1910/1911, VIII. Ausstellung, March 1911, no. 4, as Landschaft, L'Estaque.

1913 Brussels

La Libre Esthétique, Brussels, Interprétations du Midi, March 8–April 13, 1913, no. 50, as L'Estaque.

1914a Paris

Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Paul Cézanne, January 6–17, 1914, no. 3, as L'Estaque, for sale.

1916b New York

Montross Gallery, New York, Cézanne, January 1–31, 1916, no. 3, ill., as L'Estaque, lent by Bernheim-Jeune.

1918 Kristiania

Kunstnerforbundet, Kristiania (Oslo), Norway, Den franske Utstilling, January–February 1918, no. 8, as L'Estaque, lent by Halvorsen?

1925b London

Leicester Galleries, London, Paintings and Drawings by Paul Cézanne, June–July 1925, no. 7, ill. in b/w, as L'Estaque, [lent by Halvorsen?]

1939d London

Wildenstein Galleries, London, Homage to Paul Cézanne, July 1939, no. 32, lent by S. Courtauld.

1948 London

Tate Gallery, London, Samuel Courtauld: Memorial Exhibition, May–June 1948, no. 8, as L'Estaque, c. 1885.

1949–50 London

Royal Academy of Arts, London, Landscape in French Art, 1550–1900, December 10, 1949–March 5, 1950, no. 308, as View of L'Estaque, probably 1885, lent by Mrs R.A. Butler.

1954 Edinburgh and traveling

Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Paintings by Cézanne, August 20–September 18, 1954, no. 34, as Vue sur l'Estaque, c. 1885, lent by Mrs. R.A. Butler; shown only in Edinburgh. Traveled to: Tate Gallery, London, September 29–October 27, 1954.

1955b Paris

Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris, Impressionnistes de la Collection Courtauld de Londres, October 1955, no. 6, pl. 38.

1963a London

Wildenstein Galleries, London, The French Impressionists and Some of Their Contemporaries, April 24–May 18, 1963, no. 24, ill. lent by Butler.

1979–80 London and traveling

Royal Academy of Arts, London, Post-Impressionism: Cross-Currents in European Painting, November 17, 1979–March 16, 1980, no. 42, ill., (dated c. 1885), as La mer à l'Estaque, lent by Lord Butler of Saffron Walden. Traveled to: National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., May 25–September 1, 1980.

1990 Edinburgh

National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Cézanne and Poussin: The Classical Vision in Landscape, August 9–October 21, 1990, no. 35, ill.

1994 London

Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, Impressionism for England: Samuel Courtauld as Patron and Collector, June 17–September 25, 1994, no. 7, ill.

2006 Washington, D.C. and traveling

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Cézanne in Provence, January 29–May 7, 2006, no. 51, ill., fig. 13, p. 71, shown in Aix only. Traveled to: Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, June 9–September 17, 2006.

2009 Philadelphia

Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Cézanne and Beyond, February 26–May 17, 2009, pl. 88, p. 274, as Vue sur l'Estaque et le château d'If, Private collection, on loan to the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge (catalogued, but not shown).

2019 Paris

Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris, La Collection Courtauld: le parti de l'impressionnsime, February 20–June 17, 2019. (Exhibition catalogue: Serres et al 2019), no. 36, ill., as Vue sur l'Estaque et le château d'If, c. 1883-1885, lent by Private collection.

2020–21 Boston

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Cézanne: In and Out of Time, November 11, 2020–February 8, 2021, lent by Private Collection.

2021 Boston

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, Paul Cézanne Influence, March 13–October 17, 2021.

Published References

Die Kunst für Alle 1906

"Von Ausstellungen und Sammlungen." Die Kunst für Alle 21, no. 19 (July 1, 1906), p. 454 mentioned as exhibited in Posen.

Mahen 1907

Mahen, Jiři. "Impressionisté (Poznámky k XXIII. výstavě 'Mánesa' v Praze) [Impressionists (Notes on the XXIII. Manes' exhibition)]." Lidové noviny (Brno) (October 15, 1907), p. 2, as Vesnice na břehu moře.

Braun 1911

Braun, Felix. "Salon Cassirer." National-Zeitung (Berlin), March 4,1911, No. 54, as L'Estaque.

Caffin 1914

Caffin, Charles Henry. How to Study the Modern Painters. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1914, p. 201, ill.

Cortissoz 1916

Cortissoz, Royal. "Paul Cézanne and the Cult for His Paintings." New York Tribune, January 9, 1916.

Mather 1916

Mather, Frank Jewett, Jr. "Paul Cézanne." The Nation 102 (January 13, 1916), p. 58.

Wright 1916b

Wright, Willard Huntington. "Paul Cézanne." International Studio 57, no. 228 (February 1916), p. cxxxi, ill.

Le Bulletin de la vie artistique 1921a

"Le courrier de la presse: Cézanne." Le Bulletin de la vie artistique 2, no. 2 (January 15, 1921), ill. p. 52, as L'Estaque.

Gasquet 1921b

Gasquet, Joachim. Cézanne. Paris: Les Editions Bernheim-Jeune, 1921, pl. p. 38, as L'Estaque.

Glaser 1922

Glaser, Curt. Paul Cézanne. Leipzig: E.A. Seemann, 1922, pl. 8, as L'Estaque, c. 1883.

Klingsor 1923

Klingsor, Tristan L. Cézanne. Paris: Rieder, 1923, pl. 5, as L'Estaque.

Rivière 1923

Rivière, Georges. Le Maître Paul Cézanne. Paris: Librairie Floury, 1923, p. 207, listed.

Arishima 1925

Arishima, Ikuma. Sezannu [Cézanne]. Tokyo: Ars, 1925, pl. 11.

Cortissoz 1925

Cortissoz, Royal. Personalities in Art. New York: C. Scribner's Sons, 1925, p. 298.

Gasquet 1926

Gasquet, Joachim. Cézanne. Paris: Les Editions Bernheim-Jeune, 1926, pl. [11] hors texte, as L'Estaque.

Maus 1926

Maus, Madeleine Octave. Trente Années de lutte pour l'art, 1884–1914. Brussels: Librairie L'Oiseau bleu, 1926, pp. 452–53, ill.

Salmon 1926a

Salmon, André. "Cézanne et son 'Grappin' [Hommage à Paul Cézanne]." L'Art vivant (Paris), no. 37 (July 1, 1926), p. 489, ill., as L'Estaque.

Bertram 1929

Bertram, Anthony. Cézanne. London: Studio, 1929, pl. 16.

Gasquet 1929

Gasquet, Joachim, translated by Elsa Glaser. "Aus dem Leben Cézannes." Kunst und Künstler 27, no. 7 (1929), ill. p. 281.

Gasquet 1930b

Gasquet, Joachim. Cézanne. Berlin: B. Cassirer, 1930, ill. opp. p. 32.

Mack 1935

Mack, Gerstle. Paul Cézanne. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1935, fig. 24.

Iavorskaia 1935a

Iavorskaia, Nina. Cézanne. Moscow: Ogiz-Izogiz, 1935, pl. 17.

Raynal 1936

Raynal, Maurice. Cézanne. Paris: Editions de Cluny, 1936, pl. LV p. 84.

Venturi 1936b

Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 406, ill. vol. II, as La mer à l'Estaque.

Novotny 1938

Novotny, Fritz. Cézanne und das Ende der wissenschaftlichen Perspektive. Vienna: Anton Schroll, 1938, list of motifs: no. 107.

Cogniat 1939a

Cogniat, Raymond. Cézanne. Paris: Pierre Tisné, 1939, pl. 63.

Rewald 1939c

Rewald, John. Cézanne, sa vie, son œuvre, son amitié pour Zola. Paris: Albin Michel, 1939, fig. 49.

Whittet 1951

G. S. Whittet. "A Gallery of Art Dealers, 4. Wildenstein." The Studio Vol. 142, no, 700 (July 1951), p. 21, ill., as L'Estaque.

Cooper 1954b

Cooper, Douglas. The Courtauld Collection. London: Athlone Press, 1954, no. 9, pl. 5.

Art et Style 1955b

Blunt, Anthony (preface). Art et Style. 36, Les impressionnistes de la collection Courtauld. Paris, 3rd trimester 1955, ill. in b/w (n.p.), as L'Estaque, c. 1885.

Mathey 1959

Mathey, François. Les Impressionnistes et leur temps. Paris: Fernand Hazan, 1959, p. 125, ill., as Vue de L'Estaque.

Feist 1963

Feist, Peter Heinz. Paul Cézanne. Leipzig: E.A. Seemann, 1963, pp. 16, 28, pl. 31.

Pool 1967

Pool, Phoebe. Impressionism. New York: Praeger, 1967, pl. 146, as L'Estaque, dated 1885.

Ikegami 1969

Ikegami, Chuji. Cézanne. Tokyo: Shueisha, 1969, pl. 24.

Brion 1971

Brion, Marcel. Cézanne. Milan: Fratelli Fabbri, 1971, ill. p. 77.

Plazy 1981

Plazy, Gilles. Cézanne. Fribourg: Editions Medea, 1981, p. 44.

Müller 1982

Müller, Joseph-Emile. Cézanne. Translated by Jane Brenton. Paris: Fernand Hazan, 1982, pl. 18.

Rewald 1986b

Rewald, John. Cézanne: A Biography. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1986, p. 144, ill.

Kendall 1988

Kendall, Richard, ed. Cézanne: By Himself. London: Macdonald, 1988, p. 132, ill.

Lévêque 1988

Lévêque, Jean Jacques. La Vie et l'oeuvre de Paul Cézanne. Courbevoie: ACR, 1988, p. 181, ill. in color.

Düchting 1989

Düchting, Hajo. Paul Cézanne: Natur wird Kunst. Cologne: Benedict Taschen Verlag, 1989, cover.

Rewald 1989

Rewald, John. Cézanne and America: Dealers, Collectors, Artists and Critics, 1891–1921. Princeton: Princeton University Press; London: Thames & Hudson, 1989, pp. 290, 291, fig. 147.

Naubert-Riser 1992

Naubert-Riser, Constance. Cézanne. London: Studio Editions, 1994, p. 83.

Verdi 1992

Verdi, Richard. Cézanne. London and New York: Thames & Hudson, 1992, p. 116, fig. 97.

Patin 1995

Patin, Sylvie. Cézanne. Paris: Editions Hazan, 1995, p. 59.

Schmitt 1995

Schmitt, Evmarie. Cézanne in der Provence. München and New York: Prestel, 1995, cover (detail), p. 71.

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. 531, ill. vol. 2, as Vue sur l'Estaque et le château d'If.

Kear 2003

Kear, Jonathan. "Leaving L'Estaque. Cézanne's Imagery of Provence in teh 1880s." Art on the Line, 2003, fig. 6.

Natter 2003

Natter, Tobias. Die Galerie Miethke: Eine Kunsthandlung im Zentrum der Moderne. Vienna: Jüdisches Museum der Stadt Wien, 2003. Exhibition catalogue, p. 156, ill.

Smith 2006

Smith, Paul. "Cézanne's Late Landscapes, or the Prospect of Death." In Cézanne in Provence. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art; New Haven: Yale University Press, 2006. Exhibition catalogue, p. 71, fig. 13, as Vue sur l'Estaque et le château d'If.

Machotka 2008

Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: The Eye and the Mind, 2 vols. Marseille: Editions Crès, 2008, vol. 1, fig. 180; vol. 2, p. 124, as Vue sur l'Estaque et le château d'If.

Golding 2009

Golding, John. "Cézanne, Braque and Pictorial Space." In Cézanne and Beyond. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art; New Haven: In association with Yale University Press, 2009, p. 274, pl. 88, as View of L'Estaque and the Château d'If.

Blanc 2013

Blanc, Geneviève. L'Estaque, Art et Patrimoine, Chronique d'une double histoire. Gémenos: Groupe Horizon, 2013, p. 200, ill.

Echte and Feilchenfeldt 2013a

Echte, Bernhard and Feilchenfeldt, Walter. "Kollektionen von Lovis Corinth, Werke von Courbet, […]: 20. Februar bis 14. März 1906." In Kunstsalon Cassirer: Die Ausstellungen 1905-1908 vol. 3, "Den Sinnen ein magischer Rausch". Wädenswil: Nimbus, 2013, p. 178, ill.

Echte and Feilchenfeldt 2016a

Echte, Bernhard and Feilchenfeldt, Walter. "Kollektionen von Paul Cézanne, Ferdinand Hodler, Leopold Kalckreuth […]: März 1911." In Kunstsalon Cassirer: Die Ausstellungen 1910-1912 vol. 5, "Verheissung und Erfüllung zugleich". Wädenswil: Nimbus, 2016, p. 250, ill. listed as probably cat. no. 4 in "1911b Berlin" exhibition.

Blanc 2019

Blanc, Geneviève. L'Oeuvre de Cezanne à L'Estaque, Huiles – Aquarelles – Dessins, 1864–1885. Marseille: Éditions Gaussen, 2019, fig. 139 (discussion p. 116), as Vue sur l'Estaque et le château d'If (with diagram identifying the motif, fig. 138).

Blanc 2020

Blanc, Geneviève. Et si L'Estaque m'était contée? [privately published], 2020, p. 191, ill. with a diagram identifying the individual buildings.

Dauberville 2020

Dauberville, Guy-Patrice, and Floriane Dauberville. Paul Cezanne chez Bernheim-Jeune. Paris: Editions G-P.F. Dauberville & Archives Bernheim-Jeune, 2020, no. 124, ill., as L'Estaque.

Vue sur l'Estaque et le château d'If, 1883–85 (FWN 193). View of l'Estaque.
John Rewald Archive, Department of Image Collections, National Gallery of Art Library, Washignton, D.C.

View of l'Estaque. John Rewald Archive, Department of Image Collections, National Gallery of Art Library, Washignton, D.C.

Record last updated May 25, 2023. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.

Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Vue sur l'Estaque et le château d'If, 1883–85 (FWN 193)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=521 (accessed on April 19, 2024).