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Catalogue entry

FWN 291
La Meule
1892–94
Alternate titles: La carrière; La meule; La pierre à moudre au domaine du Château-Noir; La pierre à moudre au parc du Château Noir; Millstone in the Park of the Château Noir; The Millstone in the Grounds of Château Noir; Wald mit Mühlstein
Rewald (763): 1892–94; Venturi revised: 1895–99; Venturi (768): 1898–1900; Rivière: 1902
Oil on canvas
28 11/16 x 36 3/8 in. (73 x 92.4 cm)
Vollard A stockbook: no. 3876, huile; une jonchee de morceaux de bois, une meule surpasse fond un peu rouge; des grands arbres, 74 x 92 cm (150 frs)
Vollard B stockbook: no. 3341, Meule dans un coin de foret, 73 x 92 cm
Vollard archives: photo no. 49 and 465, Annotated by Cezanne's son: Tholonet 1897
Philadelphia Museum of Art (Mr. and Mrs. Carroll S. Tyson, Jr. Collection) (1963-116-4)

Keywords

Provenance
Ambroise Vollard, Paris
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris (September 8, 1911)
Auguste Pellerin, Paris (September 8, 1911);
Jean-Victor Pellerin, Paris
Wildenstein Galleries, Paris
Mr.and Mrs. Carroll S. Tyson Jr., Philadelphia;
Philadelphia Museum of Art (1963)
Exhibition History
1932 London
Royal Academy of Arts, London, French Art, January 4–March 12, 1932, no. 511, as La Meule, lent by Pellerin, Paris; Commemorative Catalogue: no. 286.
1935 Brussels
Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, L'Impressionnisme, June 15–September 29, 1935, no. 12, ill., as La Meule, lent by J.V. Pellerin.
1936c Paris
Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris, Cézanne, May 20–October 11, 1936, no. 99, ill., pl. XXIX, as La Meule, lent by Pellerin.
1939d London
Wildenstein Galleries, London, Homage to Paul Cézanne, July 1939, no. 39, ill. lent by Pellerin.
1944 London
Wildenstein Galleries, London, Constable to Cézanne, December 4–24, 1944, no. 42, as La Meule, lent by Wildenstein & Company.
1947b New York
Wildenstein Galleries, New York, Cézanne, March 27–April 26, 1947, no. 62, ill. lent by Wildenstein.
1947 Philadelphia
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Masterpieces of Philadelphia Private Collections, May 20–September 15, 1947, no. 44, ill.
1950–51a Philadelphia
Philadelphia Museum of Arts, Philadelphia, Diamond Jubilee Exhibition, Masterpieces of Painting, November 4, 1950–February 11, 1951, no. 87, ill., as La Meule, lent by Tyson.
1983 Philadelphia
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Cézanne in Philadelphia Collections, July 19–August 21, 1983, no. 17, ill. lent by Philadelphia Museum.
2009 Philadelphia
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Cézanne and Beyond, February 26–May 17, 2009, pl. 191, p. 132 (dated 1898–1900), as La Meule.
Published References
Rivière 1923
Rivière, Georges. Le Maître Paul Cézanne. Paris: Librairie Floury, 1923, p. 223, listed.
Lord 1935
Lord, Douglas. "Two Exhibitions at Brussels: II.-The Impressionists at the Palais des Beaux-Arts." The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs 67, no. 389 (August 1935), p. 87, as La Meule.
Rewald and Marschutz 1935a
Rewald, John, and Léo Marschutz. "Plastique et réalité: Cézanne au Château Noir." L'Amour de l'art 16, no. 1 (January 1935), p. 20, no. 13, fig. 6 p. 17, with photograph of motif, as La pierre à moudre au parc du Château Noir.
Faure 1936
Faure, Élie. Cézanne. Paris: Editions Braun, 1936, pl. 53.
Huyghe 1936b
Huyghe, René. "Cézanne et son oeuvre." L'Amour de l'art 17, no. 5 (May 1936), fig. 74, as La pierre à moudre au domaine du Château-Noir.
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 768, ill. vol. II, as La Meule.
Rewald 1937a
Rewald, John. "A propos du catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre de Paul Cézanne et de la chronologie de cette œuvre." La Renaissance (Paris), vol. 20, nos. 3-4 (March–April 1937), p. 56.
Novotny 1938
Novotny, Fritz. Cézanne und das Ende der wissenschaftlichen Perspektive. Vienna: Anton Schroll, 1938, list of motifs: no. 16.
Barnes and de Mazia 1939
Barnes, Albert C., and Violette de Mazia. The Art of Cézanne. New York: Harcourt Brace, 1939, no. 165, listed.
Gordon 1944
Gordon, Jan. "Common Sense and Contemporary Art." Studio (January 1944), p. 4, ill.
Rewald 1944
Rewald, John. "As Cézanne Recreated Nature." Art News 43, no. 1 (February 15, 1944), p. 12, ill., with photograph of motif.
Gibbs 1947
Gibbs, Jo. "Cézanne, Father of Modernism, Gives Comprehensive New York Show." Art Digest 21, no. 13 (April 1, 1947), p. 10, ill.
Louchheim 1947
Louchheim, Aline Bernstein. "The Main Line Collects." Art News 46, no. 5 (July 1947), p. 13, ill.
Dorival 1948
Dorival, Bernard. Cézanne. Paris: Pierre Tisné, 1948, pl. 136, listed p. 168.
Schapiro 1952a
Schapiro, Meyer. Cézanne. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1952, pp. 120–21, ill.
Hofmann 1953
Hofmann, Werner. Paul Cézanne (1839-1906). Munich, Vienna, Basel: Kurt Desch, 1953, pl. 24, as Wald mit Mühlstein.
Rousseau 1953
Rousseau, Théodore, Jr. Paul Cézanne, 1839–1906. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1953, pl. 24.
Rewald 1954b
Rewald, John. "The Collection of Carroll S. Tyson, Jr, Philadelphia, U.S.A." Connoisseur 134 (September 1954), p. 55, ill.
Beucken 1955
Beucken, Jean de. Un portrait de Cézanne. Paris: Gallimard, [1955], p. 274.
Kramer 1957
Kramer, Hilton. "Modern Art at the Turn of the Century." Arts Yearbook 1 (1957), p. 30, ill.
Erpel 1958
Erpel, Fritz. Paul Cézanne. Berlin: Henschelverlag, 1958, p. 47.
Jayne 1964
Jayne, Horace. "Tyson Collection: A Painter's Eye on Masterworks." ARTNews 63, no. 5 (September 1964), p. 28, ill., as Millstone in the Park of the Château Noir.
Rewald 1964
Rewald, John. "The Collection of Carroll S. Tyson, Jr, Philadelphia, U.S.A." Bulletin of the Philadelphia Museum of Art 59, no. 280 (Winter 1964), p. 56, ill.
Ikegami 1969
Ikegami, Chuji. Cézanne. Tokyo: Shueisha, 1969, fig. 30.
Brion 1971
Brion, Marcel. Cézanne. Milan: Fratelli Fabbri, 1971, ill. p. 80.
Schapiro 1973
Schapiro, Meyer. Paul Cézanne. Translated by Louis-Marie Ollivier. Paris: Nouvelles Editions Françaises, 1973, pl. 43, with comments.
Nakahara 1974
Nakahara, Yusuke. Cézanne. Tokyo: Shinchosha, 1974, pl. 25.
Elgar 1975
Elgar, Frank. Cézanne. New York: Praeger, 1975, fig. 109.
Rewald 1977a
Rewald, John. "Cézanne's Final Decade." Horizon (October 1977), p. 88, ill. and pl. 47.
Rewald 1977b
Rewald, John. "Cézanne's Last Motifs at Aix." In Cézanne: The Late Work. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1977. Exhibition catalogue, p. 88, ill. (with photograph of the motif).
Plazy 1981
Plazy, Gilles. Cézanne. Fribourg: Editions Medea, 1981, pp. 136–37, photo reversed.
Butler 1984
Butler, Marigene. "An Investigation of the Materials and Technique Used by Paul Cézanne." American Institute for Conservation. 1984, ill.
Rewald 1986b
Rewald, John. Cézanne: A Biography. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1986, p. 243, ill.
Kendall 1988
Kendall, Richard, ed. Cézanne: By Himself. London: Macdonald, 1988, p. 270, ill.
Düchting 1989
Düchting, Hajo. Paul Cézanne: Natur wird Kunst. Cologne: Benedict Taschen Verlag, 1989, p. 209, ill.
Naubert-Riser 1992
Naubert-Riser, Constance. Cézanne. London: Studio Editions, 1994, p. 115.
Wattenmaker et al 1993
Wattenmaker, Richard et al. Great French Paintings from The Barnes Foundation. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1993. Exhibition catalogue, p. 131, fig. 3.
Lartigue 1995
Lartigue, Charles de. Les paysages de Paul Cézanne. Lyon: Les Créations du Pélican, 1995, p. 142, ill.
Patin 1995
Patin, Sylvie. Cézanne. Paris: Editions Hazan, 1995, p. 79.
Schmitt 1995
Schmitt, Evmarie. Cézanne in der Provence. München and New York: Prestel, 1995, p. 82.
Sollers 1995
Sollers, Philippe. Le Paradis de Cézanne. Paris: Gallimard, 1995, p. 45, ill.
Cahn 1995b
Cahn, Isabelle. Paul Cézanne. Paris: Somogy Editions d'Art, 1995, pp. 116-17, ill.
Coutagne et al. 1996
Coutagne, Denis, et al. Les Sites Cézanniens du Pays d'Aix: Hommage à John Rewald. Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux, 1996, p. 141.
Machotka 1996
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: Landscape into Art. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1996, p. 133, fig. 120, with photograph of the motif, fig. 119, as La Meule.
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. 763, ill. vol. 2, as La Meule.
Athanassoglou-Kallmyer 2003
Athanassoglou-Kallmyer, Nina M. Cézanne and Provence: The Painter in His Culture. Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, 2003, p. 170, fig. 4.25, as La Meule.
Société Paul Cézanne 2005
Société Paul Cézanne. P. Cézanne: Les sites provençaux. Edited by Pavel Machotka. Marseille: Editions Crès, 2005, p. 97, ill. with photo of motif (c. 1935), p. 96, as La meule.
Conisbee 2006b
Conisbee, Philip. "Le Tholonet, Bibémus, and the Château Noir." In Cézanne in Provence. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art and New Haven: Yale University Press, 2006. Exhibition catalogue, p. 197, fig. 9, as La Meule.
Bois 2009
Bois, Yve-Alain. "Cézanne and Matisse: From Apprenticeship to Creative Misreading." In Cézanne and Beyond. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art; New Haven: In association with Yale University Press, 2009. Exhibition catalogue, p. 132, pl. 19, as Millstone in the Park of the Château Noir, dated 1898–1900.
Elderfield 2009
Elderfield, John. "Picasso's Extreme Cézanne." In Cézanne and Beyond. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art; New Haven: In association with Yale University Press, 2009. Exhibition catalogue, p. 226, ill., p. 132, pl. 19, as Millstone in the Park of the Château Noir, dated 1898–1900.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art 2009
The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Masterpieces of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism: The Annenberg Collection - New Edition. Stein, Susan Alyson and Asher Ethan Miller. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art; New Haven: Yale University Press, 2009, fig. 114, ill. p. 155.
Machotka 2014
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: Landscape into Art. Prague: Arbor Vitae, 2014, p. 151, fig. 53c, with black and white and color photos of motif, p. 150, figs. 53a and 53b, as La Meule.
Dauberville 2020
Dauberville, Guy-Patrice, and Floriane Dauberville. Paul Cezanne chez Bernheim-Jeune. Paris: Editions G-P.F. Dauberville & Archives Bernheim-Jeune, 2020, no. 78, ill., as La carrière.
Elderfield et al 2020
Elderfield John, et al. Cézanne, The Rock and Quarry Paintings. Princeton: Princeton University Art Museum; New Haven: Yale University Press, 2020. Exhibition catalogue, p. 143, fig. 90, as The Millstone in the Grounds of Château Noir, dated 1895–1900.
Dombrowski, Ireson and Patry 2021
Dombrowski, André, Nancy Ireson, and Sylvie Patry, eds. Cézanne in the Barnes Foundation. New York: Rizzoli Electa in association with The Barnes Foundation, 2021, p. 183, fig. 8, as Millstone in the Park of the Château Noir.
La Meule, 1892–94 (FWN 291). The millstone in the park of Château Noir. John Rewald Archive, Department of Image Collections, National Gallery of Art Library, Washington, D.C.
The millstone in the park of Château Noir. John Rewald Archive, Department of Image Collections, National Gallery of Art Library, Washington, D.C.
Photo: John Rewald, c. 1935; © Sabine Rewald
La Meule, 1892–94 (FWN 291). Site identified by John Rewald.
Site identified by John Rewald.
Photo: Pavel Machotka, 2010; © Courtesy Pavel Machotka Archive

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Record last updated January 31, 2022. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "La Meule, 1892–94 (FWN 291)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=740 (accessed on April 28, 2024).