The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne
An Online Catalogue Raisonné under the Direction of Société Paul Cezanne
(Formerly directed by Walter Feilchenfeldt, Jayne Warman and David Nash)
FWN 1054
La Plaine de Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône vue prise des carrières du Chou
1878–80
Alternate titles: Dans la vallée de l'Oise; In the Oise valley; In the Valley of the Oise; The Plain of Saint-Ouen (Autumn Scene from the Chou Quarries)
Rewald (W88); Venturi revised: c.1876; Venturi (835): 1879–82
Graphite, gouache, and watercolor on paper
12 3/4 x 19 11/16 in. (32.4 x 50 cm)
Provenance
Exhibition History
Paul Cassirer Ltd, London, Paul Cézanne – Water Colours, July 1939, no. 17, as In the Oise valley, dated 1879–82, lent by Private collection.
Tate Gallery, London, Paul Cézanne: an Exhibition of Watercolours, opening on April 10, 1946, no. 53 [supplement to catalogue], as In the Valley of the Oise, 1879-1882, lent by Cassirer. Traveled to: Museum and Art Gallery, Leicester, United Kingdom, May–June 1946; Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield, United Kingdom, July 1946.
Fine Arts Associates [Otto Gerson], New York, Cézanne: Rarely Shown Works, November 10–29, 1952, [W] 4, ill. formerly H. v. S, Berlin.
Knoedler Galleries, New York, Cézanne Watercolors, April 2–20, 1963, no. 13, pl. X, as Dans la vallée de l'Oise, dated 1879-82, lent by Mrs. James Fosburgh, New York.
Grand Palais, Paris, Cézanne, September 26, 1995–January 14, 1996, no. 68, ill. in color, p. 214, as Dans la vallée de l'Oise, 1878-1880, lent by Metropolitan Musuem of Art. Traveled to: Tate Gallery, London, February 8–April 28, 1996; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, May 26–September 1, 1996.
Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, Au fil de l'eau: Cézanne, June 17–September 15, 2000, no. 22, ill. 47, as Dans la vallée de l'Oise, 1878-1880, lent by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Paul Cézanne: Drawings and Watercolors from the Metropolitan Museum's Collection, November 18, 2014–March 15, 2015.
Published References
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 835, ill. vol. II, as Dans la vallée de l'Oise.
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, no. 88, ill.
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: The Eye and the Mind, 2 vols. Marseille: Editions Crès, 2008, vol. 1, fig. 166; vol. 2, p. 118, as Dans la vallée de l'Oise.
Lloyd, Christopher. Paul Cézanne, Drawings and Watercolors. London and Los Angeles: Thames & Hudson and John Paul Getty Museum, 2015, p. 97, fig. 56.
Marchesseau, Daniel. Paul Cezanne, Le chant de la terre. Martigny: Fondation Pierre Gianadda, 2017. Exhibition catalogue, p. 166, ill.
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. 122, fig. 3, as The Plain of Saint-Ouen (Autumn Scene from the Chou Quarries).
Camille Pissarro, Les Carrières du Chou, Pontoise, 1882.
Paul Gauguin, Chou Quarries at Pontoise II, 1882. National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
Georges Manzana-Pissarro, Impressionist Picnic (Guillaumin, Pissarro, Gauguin, Cézanne, Madame Cézanne and Manzana-Pissarro). Pen and ink on paper, inscribed "Souvenir de l'été 1881."
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Record last updated May 4, 2023. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "La Plaine de Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône vue prise des carrières du Chou, 1878–80 (FWN 1054)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1065 (accessed on April 19, 2024).
