The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne
An Online Catalogue Raisonné under the Direction of Société Paul Cezanne
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FWN 1033
Paysage provençal, au toit rouge
c.1875
Alternate titles: Environs de Melun; Environs de Vichy; Landscape near Melun; Paysage; Paysage aux environs de Melun; Paysage de l'Ile de France; Paysage de Provence; Paysage près de Melun; Paysage provençal; Paysage provençal au toit rouge
Rewald (W72); Venturi revised: 1880–81; Venturi (972): 1883–87; Schmidt: c.1877; Neumeyer: c.1877
Graphite and watercolor on laid paper
14 3/16 x 11 13/16 in. (36 x 30 cm)
Private collection
Provenance
Exhibition History
Galerie Renou et Colle, Paris, Aquarelles et baignades de Cézanne, June 3–17, 1935.
Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris, Cézanne, May 20–October 11, 1936, no. 118, as Paysage aux environs de Melun, c. 1880, lent by Paul Cézanne fils, Paris.
Valentine [Dudensing] Gallery, New York, Cézanne watercolors, Renoir drawings, January 4–30, 1937, no. 5, as Paysage près de Melun ?
The British Institute of Adult Education, Accrington, United Kingdom, [Loan exhibition of modern English and French painting], April–May 1937. Traveled to: Art Gallery, Blackburn, United Kingdom, opening May 3, 1937; Hatton Gallery, Newcastle, United Kingdom, opening April 17, 1937.
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Quarante aquarelles de Cézanne, April 1–May 5, 1938, no catalogue issued.
Ancien international Sporting club de Monte-Carlo, Monaco, De Cézanne à nos jours, March 2–19, 1939, no. 5, as Environs de Melun, lent by Paul Cézanne fils; tentative identification.
Société des artistes indépendants, Grand Palais, Paris, 50e exposition - Centenaire du peintre indépendant Paul Cézanne, March 17–April 10, 1939, no. 32, as Environs de Vichy, 1883-87, lent by Cézanne fils.
Tate Gallery, London, Paul Cézanne: an Exhibition of Watercolours, opening on April 10, 1946, no. 9, as Landscape near Melun, 1880, lent anonymously. Traveled to: Museum and Art Gallery, Leicester, United Kingdom, May–June 1946; Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield, United Kingdom, July 1946.
Wildenstein Galleries, New York, Summer Exhibition, 1947, no. 69, ill.
Wildenstein Galleries, New York, Cézanne, March 27–April 26, 1947, no. 69, ill. in b/w, p. 68, as Paysage, 1883-87, lent anonymously.
Galerie Lucien Blanc, Aix-en-Provence, France, Aquarelles de Paul Cézanne, July 1953, no. 7, ill., on cover, as Paysage, dated 1883–87, lent by Private collection.
Published References
Rivière, Georges. Le Maître Paul Cézanne. Paris: Librairie Floury, 1923, p. 222, listed.
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 972, ill. vol. II, as Paysage.
Rivière, Georges. Cézanne: Le Peintre solitaire. Paris: Librairie Floury, 1942, p. 167, ill.
Venturi, Lionello. Paul Cézanne: Water-colours. Oxford: B. Cassirer, 1943, p. 8, no. 3, ill. (dated 1883–87), Paul Cézanne fils, Paris.
Schmidt, Georg. Aquarelle von Paul Cézanne. Mit zweiundreissig vielfarbigen Tafeln. Basel: Holbein-Verlag, 1952, fig. 7.
Cherpin, Jean. "A Aix-en-Provence: Le Retour de Cézanne." Arts (July 17-23, 1953), p. 9, ill.
Neumeyer, Alfred. Cézanne's Drawings. New York and London: Thomas Yoseloff, 1958, no. 66.
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, no. 72, ill., as Paysage de l'Ile de France.
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: The Eye and the Mind, 2 vols. Marseille: Editions Crès, 2008, vol. 1, fig. 112, vol. 2, p. 90, as Paysage provençal.
Simms, Matthew. Cézanne's watercolors: between drawing and painting. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2008, p. 51, fig. 38.
Gloor, Lukas. "Der Bestand der Sammlung Emil Bührle: Illustrierte Liste aller 633 Käufe." In Die Sammlung Emil Bührle: Geschichte, Gesamtkatalog und 70 Meisterwerke. München: Hirmer, 2021, p. 276, no. 385, fig. 385 p. 277, as Paysage provençal au toit rouge.
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Record last updated July 2, 2019. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Paysage provençal, au toit rouge, c.1875 (FWN 1033)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1049 (accessed on May 2, 2025).
