The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne
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FWN 1069
Eau marécageuse (près de Melun?)
c.1880
Alternate titles: Eau Marécageuse; La Riviere; Landskab med en sø; Rivière
Rewald (W99); Venturi revised: c.1877; Venturi (1535): 1873–77
Watercolor on paper
12 9/16 x 19 5/16 in. (32 x 49 cm)
Private collection
Provenance
Exhibition History
Thos. Agnew & Sons, London, Water-Colour and Pencil Drawings by Cézanne, July 1936, no. 24?, as La Riviere, lent by Mme Paul Guillaume.
Valentine [Dudensing] Gallery, New York, Cézanne watercolors, Renoir drawings, January 4–30, 1937, no. 27?, as Rivière.
San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, Paul Cézanne: Exhibition of Paintings, Water-colors, Drawings and Prints, September 1–October 4, 1937, no. 38, ill., as Eau Marécageuse, 1873-77, lent by Valentine [Dudensing] Gallery - probably on consignment from Vollard.
Matthiesen Gallery, London, A Century of French Drawings: from Prud'hon to Picasso, May 3–31, 1938, no. 18, as Eau Marécageuse (for sale).
Galerie Dr. Raeber, Basel, Switzerland, 50 Zeichnungen, Aquarelle und Pastelle französicher Meister des 19. Jahrhunderts, January 18–February 25, 1939, no. 3, as Eau Marécageuse, size erroneously given as 13 x 46 cm, on consignment from Vollard.
Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, Franske Haandtegninger fra det 19. og 20. Aahrhundrede, May 6–29, 1939, no. 7, as Landskab med en sø, 1873-77, lent by Matthiesen Gallery, London.
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Classic Cézanne, November 28, 1998–February 28, 1999, no. 5, ill., as Eau Marécageuse, c. 1872, lent by Private collection.
Kunstforum, Vienna, Cézanne: Vollendet unvollendet, January 20–April 25, 2000, no. 73, ill., as Eau marécageuse (près de Melun?), c. 1872, lent by Private collection, Zurich-Zollikon. Traveled to: Kunsthaus, Zürich, May 5–August 13, 2000 (initially planned to end on July 30 the exhibition was extended until August 13).
Published References
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1535, ill. vol. II, as Eau Marécageuse.
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, no. 99, ill.
Chédeville, François, and Raymond Hurtu. "Cezanne sur les bords de Marne." Société Cezanne, August 2021, fig. 312.
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Record last updated September 1, 2021. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Eau marécageuse (près de Melun?), c.1880 (FWN 1069)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1076 (accessed on May 19, 2025).
