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 1056
La Baie de l'Estaque
1878–82
Alternate titles: Estaque-Landschaft; L'Estaque; La baia dell'Estaque; La baie de L'Estaque; La montagne Marseilleveyre; La montagne Marseilleveyre et l'ile Maire; Landscape near L'Estaque; Landscape near l'Estaque - Paysage à l'Estaque; Landschaft am See; Paysage de l'Estaque; Südfranzösische Landschaft; The Bay at L'Estaque
Rewald (W117); Venturi revised: 1883–85; Venturi (915): 1882–85
Graphite, watercolor, and gouache on laid paper
11 7/16 x 17 15/16 in. (29.1 x 45.5 cm)
Provenance
Paul Cassirer, Berlin (private collection);
Exhibition History
Paul Cassirer, Berlin, Cézanne-Ausstellung: Cézannes Werke in deutschem Privatbesitz: Gemälde, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, November–December 11, 1921, no. 48 ?, as Landschaft am See, lent by Paul Cassirer pr.
Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich, Sammlung:1910-1930, May 26–August 11, 1935, no. 223, as Estaque-Landschaft, Inv. Nr. 2370.
Galerie de la Gazette des Beaux-Arts, Paris, La peinture française du XIXe siècle en Suisse, March–June 1938, no. 17, as La montagne Marseilleveyre, lent by Kunsthaus Zürich.
Musée de Lyon, Palais Saint-Pierre, Lyon, France, Centenaire de Paul Cézanne, May 7–June 18, 1939, no. 47, as La montagne Marseilleveyre et l'ile Maire, 1882-1885, lent by Kunsthaus Zürich.
Société des artistes indépendants, Grand Palais, Paris, 50e exposition - Centenaire du peintre indépendant Paul Cézanne, March 17–April 10, 1939, no. 31, as Paysage de l'Estaque, 1882-85, lent by Kunstmuseum Zürich.
Wildenstein Galleries, London, Homage to Paul Cézanne, July 1939, no. 53, as L'Estaque, c. 1882, lent by Kunsthaus Zürich.
Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich, Ausländische Kunst in Zürich, July 25–September 26, 1943, no. 549, as Südfranzösische Landschaft.
Haags Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, the Netherlands, Paul Cézanne, June 1–August 1, 1956, no. 60, 1882-85, lent by Kunsthaus Zürich.
Pavillon de Vendôme, Aix-en-Provence, France, Exposition pour commémorer le cinquantenaire de la mort de Cézanne, July 21–August 15, 1956, no. 68, lent by Kunsthaus Zurich; dated circa 1882.
Haus der Kunst, Munich, Paul Cézanne, October 12–November 18, 1956, no. 74, 1882/85, lent by Kunsthaus Zürich.
Österreichische Galerie, Belvedere, Vienna, Paul Cézanne, April 14–June 18, 1961, no. 53, 1882-1885.
Kunsthalle Tübingen, Tübingen, Paul Cézanne Aquarelle, January 16–March 21, 1982, no. 14, ill., as La montagne Marseilleveyre, c. 1878, lent by Kunsthaus Zürich, Graphische Sammlung (Inv.-No. 2370). Traveled to: Kunsthaus, Zürich, April 2–May 31, 1982.
National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Cézanne and Poussin: The Classical Vision in Landscape, August 9–October 21, 1990, no. 15, ill. in color, as The Bay at L'Estaque, lent by Kunsthaus Zürich.
Musée Cantini, Marseille, France, L'Estaque, naissance du paysage moderne, 1870–1910, June 25–September 25, 1994, no. 7, ill. no. 8 is the verso, Maisons à l'Estaque, 1878–82 (kunsthaus, Zurich).
Kunstforum, Vienna, Cézanne: Vollendet unvollendet, January 20–April 25, 2000, no. 80, ill., as La Baie de l'Estaque, 1878-82, lent by Kunsthaus Zürich. Traveled to: Kunsthaus, Zürich, May 5–August 13, 2000 (initially planned to end on July 30 the exhibition was extended until August 13).
Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, Au fil de l'eau: Cézanne, June 17–September 15, 2000, no. 23, ill. p. 11, as L'Estaque, c. 1879-80, lent by Kunsthaus Zürich.
Complesso del Vittoriano, Rome, Cézanne: Il padre dei moderni, March 7–July 7, 2002, listed p. 124, ill., as La baia dell'Estaque, lent by Kunsthaus Zürich.
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Cézanne in Provence, January 29–May 7, 2006, no. 41, ill., as La baie de L'Estaque, lent by Kunsthaus Zurich; shown in Aix only. Traveled to: Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, June 9–September 17, 2006.
Kunsthaus, Zurich, Hommage à Cézanne, November 30, 2006–February 11, 2007, no no., as La baie de L'Estaque, c. 1878, Kunsthaus Zürich.
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Cezanne, May 15–September 5, 2022, no. 82, ill. shown in Chicago only. Traveled to: Tate Moderrn, London, October 6, 2022–March 12, 2023.
Published References
Meier-Graefe, Julius. Cézanne Aquarelle: Mappe mit zehn Faksimiles nach Aquarellen des Meisters. Munich: R. Piper & Co., 1918, pl. VIII, as Landschaft am See (Durieux-Cassirer).
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 915, ill. vol. II, as La montagne Marseilleveyre.
Novotny, Fritz. Cézanne. London: Phaidon Press, 1947, col. pl. 89, as Landscape near l'Estaque - Paysage à l'Estaque, 1882-85, Kunsthaus Zürich.
Schmidt, Georg. Aquarelle von Paul Cézanne. Mit zweiundreissig vielfarbigen Tafeln. Basel: Holbein-Verlag, 1952, fig. 9.
Neumeyer, Alfred. Cézanne's Drawings. New York and London: Thomas Yoseloff, 1958, no. 70.
Rewald, John. Cézanne: Paysages. Paris: Fernand Hazan, 1958, pl. 5, as La montagne Marseilleveyre, 1882-1885.
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, no. 117, ill.
Lartigue, Charles de. Les paysages de Paul Cézanne. Lyon: Les Créations du Pélican, 1995, p. 85, ill.
Coutagne, Denis. "Cézanne au fil de l'eau." In Au fil de l'eau. Aix-en-Provence: Ville d'Aix-en-Provence, 2000. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 11, as La Baie de l'Estaque.
Feilchenfeldt, Walter. "Die Zeichnungen Cézannes: Kleine Formate: Skizzen. Grosse Formate: Aquarelle ohne Farbe." In "By Appointment Only": Schriften zu Kunst und Kunsthandel, Cézanne und Van Gogh. Wädenswil: Nimbus, 2005, p. 220, ill.
Simms, Matthew. Cézanne's watercolors: between drawing and painting. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2008, p. 77, fig. 54.
Lloyd, Christopher. Paul Cézanne, Drawings and Watercolors. London and Los Angeles: Thames & Hudson and John Paul Getty Museum, 2015, p. 99, fig. 58, dated 1876–82.
Ramuz, Charles Ferdinand. L’exemple de Cézanne; Cézanne le précurseur. Lugano: Pagine d’Arte, 2016, listed p. [10], ill. p. [17].
Blanc, Geneviève. L'Oeuvre de Cezanne à L'Estaque, Huiles – Aquarelles – Dessins, 1864–1885. Marseille: Éditions Gaussen, 2019, fig. 30 (discussion p. 39), as La baie de L'Estaque, with contemporary photo and vintage postcard view of the motif (figs. 31, 32).
Blanc, Geneviève. Et si L'Estaque m'était contée? [privately published], 2020, p. 21, ill. with photo of motif.
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. 80, fig. 1, as Landscape near L'Estaque.
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Record last updated February 8, 2021. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "La Baie de l'Estaque, 1878–82 (FWN 1056)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1094 (accessed on April 26, 2024).
