Catalogue entry

FWN 360

Château Noir

1903–04

Alternate titles: Le Château Noir; Vue du Château-Noir

Rewald (940): 1903–04; Venturi revised: 1902–6; Venturi (794): 1904–6

Oil on canvas

29 x 36 11/16 in. (73.6 x 93.2 cm)

Vollard archives: photo no. 365, Annotated by Cezanne's son: 1901

The Museum of Modern Art, New York (Gift of Mrs. David Levy)

Keywords

Locales
Southern France:
- Château Noir »

Provenance

Ambroise Vollard, Paris

Claude Monet, Giverny (Oct. 26, 1906);

Michel Monet, Giverny

Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris and New York, and Paul Rosenberg, Paris and New York

Dr. and Mrs. David M. Levy, New York (Jan. 2, 1941);

The Museum of Modern Art, New York (1957)

Exhibition History

1936c Paris

Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris, Cézanne, May 20–October 11, 1936, no. 111, pl. XXX, as Château Noir, lent by Rosenberg; exhibited for the first time.

1936d London

New Burlington Galleries, London, Exhibition of Masters of French 19^th Century Painting, October 1–31, 1936, no. 96, as Le Château Noir, lent anonymously.

1938b Amsterdam

Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Honderd jaar Fransche kunst, July 2–September 25, 1938, no. 38, as Château Noir.

1939a Paris

Paul Rosenberg, Paris, Exposition Cézanne (1839-1906), organisée à l'occasion de son centenaire au profit de l’œuvre de l'allaitement maternel, February 21–April 1, 1939, no. 34, ill., as Le Château Noir, 1904, lent by F. S.

1939b London

Rosenberg & Helft, London, Exhibition Cézanne (1839-1906) to celebrate his centenary, April 19–May 20, 1939, no. 22, ill., (dated 1904), lent by F.S.

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. 23, ill. lent by Levy.

1946e New York

The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Paintings from New York Private Collections, July 2–September 22, 1946, no number, p. 6.

1952 Chicago and traveling

The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Cézanne: Paintings, Watercolors & Drawings, A Loan Exhibition, February 7–March 16, 1952, no. 117, ill. lent by Levy. 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, lent by Levy.

1958b New York

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Paintings from Private Collections: Summer Loan Exhibition, 1958, no. 27, as Le Château Noir, lent by Dr. and Mrs. David M. Levy.

1958c New York

The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Works of Art: Given or Promised, October 8–November 9, 1958, no number, ill., p. 19.

1959d New York

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Paintings from Private Collections: Summer Loan Exhibition, 1959, no. 17, lent by Dr. and Mrs. David M. Levy.

1961c New York

The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Adele R. Levy Collection: Memorial Exhibition, June 9–July 16, 1961, listed p. 1, ill., on cover, as Le Château Noir.

1977–78 New York and traveling

The Museum of Modern Art, New York and Reunion des Musees Nationaux, Paris, France, Cézanne: The Late Work, October 7, 1977–January 3, 1978, no. 51, pl. 60. Traveled to: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, January 26–March 19, 1978; Grand Palais, Paris, Cezanne: Les dernières années (1895–1906), April 20–July 23, 1978 (see Paris 1978a for a separate listing because the catalogue numbers are different from the two American venues).

1978a Paris

Grand Palais, Paris, Cézanne: Les dernières années (1895–1906), April 20–July 23, 1978, no. 52, ill.

1983 Basel

Galerie Beyeler, Basel, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne: Peintures, Aquarelles, Dessins, June–September 1983, no. 29, ill., (dated 1902–04), as Le Château Noir, lent by Museum of Modern Art.

1990 Aix-en-Provence

Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, Sainte-Victoire: Cézanne, June 16–September 2, 1990, no. 29, fig. 7.

1992–93 Bonn

Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Bonn, Germany, The Great Collections 1: The Museum of Modern Art, New York, From Cézanne to Pollock, October 17, 1992–January 10, 1993, pp. 48-49 and 169, ill., as Le Château Noir, 1904-06.

1993 Tübingen

Kunsthalle, Tübingen, Germany, Cézanne Gemälde, January 16–May 2, 1993, no. 95, ill.

1998 St. Petersburg and traveling

State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation, Cézanne and the Russian Avant-Garde, August 9–September 24, 1998, no. 48, ill. Traveled to: Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, October 15–November 18, 1998 (exhibition catalogue in Russian; text by Albert Kostenevich).

2006 Washington, D.C. and traveling

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Cézanne in Provence, January 29–May 7, 2006, no. 99, ill., (dated 1900–04), shown in Washington only. Traveled to: Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, June 9–September 17, 2006.

Published References

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. 9.

Venturi 1935b

Venturi, Lionello. "Paul Cézanne." L'Arte 6, nos. 4 and 5 (July 1935), p. 413, fig. 31.

L'Art et la Vie 1936

p. 221.

Raynal 1936

Raynal, Maurice. Cézanne. Paris: Editions de Cluny, 1936, ill. in color after p. 56.

Huyghe 1936b

Huyghe, René. "Cézanne et son oeuvre." L'Amour de l'art 17, no. 5 (May 1936), fig. 73, as Vue du Château-Noir.

Venturi 1936b

Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 794, ill. vol. II, as Le Château Noir.

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, as Château Noir.

Novotny 1938

Novotny, Fritz. Cézanne und das Ende der wissenschaftlichen Perspektive. Vienna: Anton Schroll, 1938, list of motifs: no. 10.

Zervos 1938

Zervos, Christian. Histoire de l'art contemporain. Paris: Éditions Cahiers d'art, 1938, p. 44, ill.

Bagarry 1939

Bagarry, Adrien-Pierre. "Le centenaire de Cézanne." La Renaissance (Paris), vol. 22, no. 1 (March 1939), p. 8, ill., as Le Château Noir, 1904, F. S. collection.

Barnes and de Mazia 1939

Barnes, Albert C., and Violette de Mazia. The Art of Cézanne. New York: Harcourt Brace, 1939, no. 186, listed (analysis p. 391).

L'Illustration 1939

L'Illustration (Christmas 1939), ill.

ARTNews 1942

Art News (May 15, 1942), p. 14, ill., as Le Château Noir.

Dorival 1948

Dorival, Bernard. Cézanne. Paris: Pierre Tisné, 1948, pl. 141, listed p. 169.

Schapiro 1952a

Schapiro, Meyer. Cézanne. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1952, pp. 122–23, ill.

Barr 1955

Barr, Jr., Alfred H. "Paintings from Private Collections." Bulletin of the Museum of Modern Art 22, no. 4 (Summer 1955), p. 11, ill.

Badt 1956

Badt, Kurt. Die Kunst Cézannes. Munich: Prestel, 1956, p. 164.

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. 19, ill.

Barr 1961

Barr, Jr., Alfred H. "Painting and Sculpture Acquisitions, 1960." Bulletin of the Museum of Modern Art 28, No. 2/4 (1961), p. 9, ill., as Château Noir.

Badt 1971

Badt, Kurt. Das Spätwerk Cézannes. Konstanz: Universitätsverlag, 1971, p. 42, ill.

Huyghe 1971

Huyghe, René. Impressionism. London: Bracken Books, 1971, pp. 266–67, ill.

Schapiro 1973

Schapiro, Meyer. Paul Cézanne. Translated by Louis-Marie Ollivier. Paris: Nouvelles Editions Françaises, 1973, pl. 46, with comments.

Elgar 1975

Elgar, Frank. Cézanne. New York: Praeger, 1975, fig. 113.

Barr 1977

Barr, Jr., Alfred H. Painting and Sculpture in the Museum of Modern Art, 1929–1967. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1977, p. 531, ill. p. 15.

Stokes 1978

Stokes, Adrian. "Cézanne." In The Critical Writings of Adrian Stokes, vol. 2, 1937–58. London: Thames & Hudson, 1978, fig. 102, commentary pp. 271–72.

Barskaya 1983a

Barskaya, Anna and Evgenia Georgievskaia. Paul Cézanne: Bilder aus Museen der Sowjetunion. Leningrad: Aurora Art Publishers, 1983, ill. p. 147.

Perl 1984

Perl, Jed. "Van Gogh at the Met." The New Criterion vol. 3, no. 4 (December 1984), p. 33, as Le Château Noir.

Kendall 1988

Kendall, Richard, ed. Cézanne: By Himself. London: Macdonald, 1988, p. 286, ill.

Düchting 1989

Düchting, Hajo. Paul Cézanne: Natur wird Kunst. Cologne: Benedict Taschen Verlag, 1989, p. 207, ill.

Naubert-Riser 1992

Naubert-Riser, Constance. Cézanne. London: Studio Editions, 1994, p. 129.

Schmitt 1995

Schmitt, Evmarie. Cézanne in der Provence. München and New York: Prestel, 1995, pp. 84-5.

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. 133.

Machotka 1996

Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: Landscape into Art. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1996, p. 110, fig. 81, with photographs of the motif, figs. 79 and 80, as Le Château Noir.

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. 940, ill. vol. 2, as Château Noir.

Lewis 2000

Lewis, Mary Tompkins. Cézanne. London: Phaidon, 2000, p. 301, fig. 188.

Boehm 2000a

Boehm, Gottfried. "Cézanne and the Unfinished." In Cézanne: Finished, Unfinished. Ostfildern-Ruit: Hatje Cantz, 2000. Exhibition catalogue, p. 33, fig. 6, as Château Noir.

Coutagne 2002

Coutagne, Denis. "The Major Works in the Lauves Studio." In Atelier Cézanne, 1902–2002: Le centenaire. Aix-en-Provence: Société Paul Cézanne, 2002, fig. 29, ill. in color.

Société Paul Cézanne 2005

Société Paul Cézanne. P. Cézanne: Les sites provençaux. Edited by Pavel Machotka. Marseille: Editions Crès, 2005, p. 111, ill. with photos of motif (c. 1935 and c. 1976), p. 110, as Château Noir.

Feilchenfeldt 2005b

Feilchenfeldt, Walter. "Cézannes Sammler. Von Zola bis Annenberg." In "By Appointment Only": Schriften zu Kunst und Kunsthandel, Cézanne und Van Gogh. Wädenswil: Nimbus, 2005, p. 165, ill.

Nelson 2010

Nelson, B.R. "The portrayal of reflective life in action in painting: discovery of the inner life of sensory perception in watercolours by Turner and oil paintings by Cézanne." In Forms of Enlightenment in Art. Cambridge, England: Open Angle Books, 2010, pp. 181-185, as Château Noir.

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. 38–42.

Kropmanns 2012

Kropmanns, Peter. "A Trophy of Conquering Love: Cézanne and Poussin." In Cézanne and the Past: Tradition and Creativity. Budapest: Museum of Fine Arts, 2012. Exhibition catalogue, p. 71, fig. 36, p. 64 (detail), as Château Noir.

Machotka 2014

Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: Landscape into Art. Prague: Arbor Vitae, 2014, p.185, fig. 70c, with black and white and color photos of motif, p. 184, figs. 70a and 70b, as Château Noir.

Patin 2016

Patin, Sylvie. Monet's Private Picture Gallery at Giverny. Montreuil: Gourcuff Gradenigo, 2016, p. 132, ill.

Eiling et al. 2017

Eiling, Alexander, Anett Göthe, Astrid Reuter, Bettina Kaufmann, Eva-Maria Höllerer, Juliane Betz and Julia Lachenmann. "Catalog." In Cézanne Metamorphoses. Munich and Karlsruhe: Prestel and Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, 2017. Exhibition catalogue, p. 285 fig. 1.

Lobstein 2017

Lobstein, Dominique. "Paul Cézanne in the Monet Collection." In Monet Collectionneur [Monet, The Collector]. Vanves: Editions Hazan, 2017. Exhibition catalogue, p. 176.

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. 269, listed and ill. (also p. 36, fig. 5).

Patin 2017

Patin, Sylvie. "Cézanne et Monet." In Paul Cezanne, Le chant de la terre. Martigny: Fondation Pierre Gianadda, 2017. Exhibition catalogue, p. 59, fig. 4.

Swinbourne 2020

Swinbourne, Anna. "L'Estaque; Fontainebleau; Bibémus; Château Noir." In Cézanne, The Rock and Quarry Paintings. Princeton: Princeton University Art Museum; New Haven: Yale University Press. Exhibition catalogue, p. 131, fig. 81, as Château Noir, dated 1903–04.

Château Noir, 1903–04 (FWN 360). Photograph of the motif.
John Rewald Archive, Department of Image Collections, National Gallery of Art Library, Washignton, D.C.

Photograph of the motif. John Rewald Archive, Department of Image Collections, National Gallery of Art Library, Washignton, D.C.

Site identified by John Rewald.

Record last updated March 11, 2022. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.

Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Château Noir, 1903–04 (FWN 360)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=913 (accessed on April 19, 2024).