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Catalogue entry

FWN 1127

La Montagne Sainte-Victoire

c.1885

Alternate titles: La Montagne Sainte-Victoire et la Bastide Vieille; Mount Sainte Victoire; Paysage montagneux; Sainte-Victoire et Bastide Vieille

Rewald (W238)

Graphite and watercolor on laid paper

12 1/2 x 18 in. (31.8 x 45.7 cm)

Christie's, New York

Keywords

Landscape
Natural motifs:
- Montagne Sainte-Victoire »
Landscape
Man-made motifs:
- house(s) / maison(s) »

Catalogue Entry
Additional Materials
Sketchbook

Provenance

Ambroise Vollard, Paris

McNeil Reid, London;

Reid & Lefèvre, London

H.G. Gerlach, London;

Sotheby's, London, July 17, 1946, no. 32

Arthur Tooth & Sons, London

Sir Alexander Korda, London (1953);

Sotheby's, London, June 14, 1962, no. 15, ill.

O'Hana Galleries, London

Christie's, London, July 1, 1999, no. 831, ill.

Nagel Auktion, Stuttgart, Oct. 23, 1999, no. 948

Koller Auktionen, Zurich, June 7, 2000, no. 66

Sotheby's, New York, Nov. 8, 2001, no. 137, ill.

Private collection

Sotheby's, London, June 23, 2010, no. 259, ill.; bought in

Christie's, New York, May 7, 2014, no. 142, ill.

Exhibition History

1937d London

Reid & Lefevre, London, Cézanne Watercolours, December 1937, no. 2, as Paysage montagneux.

1946c London and traveling

Tate Gallery, London, Paul Cézanne: an Exhibition of Watercolours, opening on April 10, 1946, no. 42, as Mount Sainte Victoire, lent anonymously. Traveled to: Museum and Art Gallery, Leicester, United Kingdom, May–June 1946; Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield, United Kingdom, July 1946.

1953 Aix-en-Provence

Galerie Lucien Blanc, Aix-en-Provence, France, Aquarelles de Paul Cézanne, July 1953, no. 4, as La Montagne Sainte-Victoire, lent by Private collection.

2009 Philadelphia

Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Cézanne and Beyond, February 26–May 17, 2009, ill., pl. 32, p. 173.

Published References

Rewald 1983a

Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, no. 238, ill.

Coutagne 2015

Coutagne, Denis. "P. Cézanne, sur la colline de la Constance–Valcros." Aix-en-Provence: SPLA Pays d'Aix Territoires, June 2015, ill. p. 63, as Sainte-Victoire et Bastide Vieille.

Bonfort 2016

Bonfort, ed., Didier. Dans les pas de P. Cezanne, Valcros - Bellevue - Montbriand. Didier Bonfort, ed.. Aix-en-provence: Sauvegarde des paysages de Cezanne, February 2016, p. 8, ill., as La Montagne Sainte-Victoire et la Bastide Vieille.

Related work

Record last updated January 11, 2022. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.

Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "La Montagne Sainte-Victoire, c.1885 (FWN 1127)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1218 (accessed on April 20, 2024).