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 1057
Toits de l'Estaque
1878–82
Alternate titles: Blick auf L'Estaque und den Golf von Marseille; Dächer; Dächer von L'Estaque (Toits de l'Estaque); Daken; Estaque-Landschaft; Ortschaft am Meer; Roofs at L'Estaque; Rooftops at L'Estaque; The Roofs of L'Estaque
Rewald (W116); Venturi revised: 1883–85; Venturi (916): 1883–85
Graphite and watercolor on laid paper
Watermark: Desloye "ED&Cie" in cartouche
12 5/16 x 18 11/16 in. (31.3 x 47.4 cm)
Provenance
Exhibition History
Modern Gallery [de Zayas], New York, Paintings by Cézanne, January 25, 1916, no no. listed (consigned by Charles Vignier, Paris?)
Paul Cassirer, Berlin, Ein Jahrhundert französischer Zeichnung, December 1929–January 1930, no. 4, ill., as Dächer.
Museum Boymans, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, Teekeningen van Ingres tot Seurat, December 20, 1933–January 21, 1934, no. 13, ill., pl.28, as Daken.
Kunsthalle, Bern, Switzerland, Französische Meister des 19. Jahrhunderts und van Gogh, February 18–April 2, 1934, no. 13, as Dächer.
Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland, Meisterzeichnungen französischer Künstler von Ingres bis Cézanne, June 29–August 18, 1935, no. 182, as Ortschaft am Meer, Aquarell, lent by Herr Franz Koenigs, Haarlem.
Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne, August 30–October 12, 1936, no. 69, as Estaque-Landschaft, c. 1885, lent by F. Koenigs, Haarlem.
Paul Cassirer, Amsterdam, Fransche meesters uit de XIX eeuw: teekeningen, aquarellen, pastels [...], July–August 1938, no. 5.
Paul Cassirer Ltd, London, Paul Cézanne – Water Colours, July 1939, no. 24, as The Roofs of L'Estaque, dated 1883–85, lent by Private collection.
Tate Gallery, London, Paul Cézanne: an Exhibition of Watercolours, opening on April 10, 1946, no. 10, as The Roofs of L'Estaque, 1883-1885, lent by Museum Boymans, Rotterdam. Traveled to: Museum and Art Gallery, Leicester, United Kingdom, May–June 1946; Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield, United Kingdom, July 1946.
Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, Musée Boymans de Rotterdam: dessins du XVe au XIXe siècle, February 20–April 20, 1952, no. 140, as Toits de l'Estaque, 1883-85 (erroneously listed as no. 171 in the 1935 Basel exhibition).
Haags Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, the Netherlands, Paul Cézanne, June 1–August 1, 1956, no. 61, 1883-85, lent by Museum Boymans, Rotterdam.
Knoedler Galleries, New York, Cézanne Watercolors, April 2–20, 1963, no. 15, pl. XV, as Toits de l'Estaque, 1883-85, lent by Museum Boymans van Beuningen, Rotterdam.
Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C., Cézanne: An Exhibition in Honor of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Phillips Collection, February 27–March 28, 1971, no. 39, ill. Traveled to: The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, April 17–May 16, 1971; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, June 1–July 3, 1971.
Kunsthalle Tübingen, Tübingen, Paul Cézanne Aquarelle, January 16–March 21, 1982, no. 22, ill., as Dächer von L'Estaque (Toits de l'Estaque), c. 1882, lent by Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam (Inv.-No. F II 183). Traveled to: Kunsthaus, Zürich, April 2–May 31, 1982.
Grand Palais, Paris, Cézanne, September 26, 1995–January 14, 1996, no. 73, ill. in color, p. 224, as Toits de l'Estaque, 1878-1882, lent by Museum Boymans, Rotterdam, shown in Paris and Philadelphia only. Traveled to: Tate Gallery, London, February 8–April 28, 1996; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, May 26–September 1, 1996.
Albertina, Vienna, Impressionismus: Pastelle, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, October 14, 2011–January 8, 2012, no. 21, ill., as Blick auf L'Estaque und den Golf von Marseille, 1878-1882, lent by Museum Boijmans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam.
Published References
Meier-Graefe, Julius. "Französische Zeichnungen." Der Cicerone 22, no. 1 (January 1930), ill. p. 10, as Dächer.
Scheffler, Karl. "Französische Zeichnungen des neunzehnten Jahrhunderts bei Paul Cassirer." Kunst und Künstler 28, no. 5 (1930), pp. 192-193, ill. p. 187.
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 916, ill. vol. II, as Toits de l'Estaque.
Andersen, Wayne V. "Watercolor in Cézanne's Artist Process." Art International 7 (May 25, 1963), p. 24, ill.
Hoetink, Bernard. Franse Tekeningen uit de 19e Eeuw. Rotterdam: Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, 1968, no. 26, ill.
Zayas, Marius de. "How, When, and Why Modern Art Came to New York." Francis M. Naumann. Arts Magazine 54 (April 1980), p. 100, fig. 16.
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, no. 116, ill. and color pl. 4.
Prati, Xavier, ed. L'Estaque au temps des peintres, 1870–1914. Marseille: Association College-quartier, 1985, p. 21, with ill.
Finch, Christopher. Nineteenth-Century Watercolors. New York, London, Paris: Abbeville Press, 1991, pl. 364, as Roofs at L'Estaque.
Simms, Matthew. Cézanne's watercolors: between drawing and painting. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2008, p. 75, fig. 53.
Blanc, Geneviève. L'Estaque, Art et Patrimoine, Chronique d'une double histoire. Gémenos: Groupe Horizon, 2013, p. 201, ill.
Lloyd, Christopher. Paul Cézanne, Drawings and Watercolors. London and Los Angeles: Thames & Hudson and John Paul Getty Museum, 2015, p. 102, fig. 61.
Blanc, Geneviève. L'Oeuvre de Cezanne à L'Estaque, Huiles – Aquarelles – Dessins, 1864–1885. Marseille: Éditions Gaussen, 2019, fig. 126 (discussion p. 106), as Toits de l'Estaque (with diagram identifing the tile factories, fig.125).
Lloyd, Christopher. Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Drawings. New York: Thames & Hudson Inc., 2019, p. 92, ill., as Rooftops at L'Estaque.
Blanc, Geneviève. Et si L'Estaque m'était contée? [privately published], 2020, p. 192, ill.
Record last updated July 30, 2024. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Toits de l'Estaque, 1878–82 (FWN 1057)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1093 (accessed on December 9, 2024).
