The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne
An Online Catalogue Raisonné under the Direction of Société Paul Cezanne
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FWN 1129
Pin devant la vallée de l'Arc
1883–85
Alternate titles: Arc-Tal mit Viadukt; Das Tal des Arc mit Viadukt und einer Pinie; Der Mont St. Victoire bei Aix in der der Provence; Der Viadukt im Arc-Tal; La Vallée de l'Arc; Pin devant la vallée de l'Arc (depuis Montbriand); Pine before the Valley of the Arc; Pine Tree Overlooking the Vallée del'Arc; View of the Arc Valley with a Railway Viaduct - La vallée de l'Arc
Rewald (W239); Venturi revised: 1886–87; Venturi (913): 1883–87
Graphite and watercolor on paper
12 3/8 x 19 1/16 in. (31.4 x 48.5 cm)
Provenance
Exhibition History
Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne, August 30–October 12, 1936, no. 71, ill. in b/w, as La Vallée de l'Arc, c. 1885, lent by Albertina, Vienna.
San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, Paul Cézanne: Exhibition of Paintings, Water-colors, Drawings and Prints, September 1–October 4, 1937, no. 42, ill., as La Vallée de l'Arc, 1883-87, lent by Albertina, Vienna.
Albertina, Vienna, Meisterwerke aus Frankreichs Museen: Zeichnungen französischer Künstler vom Ausgang des Mittelalters bis Cézanne, Autumn 1950, no. 255, as Arc-Tal mit Viadukt.
Haus der Kunst, Munich, Paul Cézanne, October 12–November 18, 1956, no. 75, ill. 1883/87, lent by Albertina, Wien.
Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, (Kunsthaus Lempertz), Cologne, Cézanne, Ausstellung zum Gedenken an sein 50. Todesjahr, December 1956–January 1957, no. 35, ill.
Österreichische Galerie, Belvedere, Vienna, Paul Cézanne, April 14–June 18, 1961, no. 54, pl. 34, c. 1885.
Museum Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany, Documenta III, Internationale Ausstellung, Handzeichnungen, June 27–October 5, 1964, no. 5, w393 is erroneously illustrated.
National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Cézanne and Poussin: The Classical Vision in Landscape, August 9–October 21, 1990, no. 40, ill. in color, as Pine before the Valley of the Arc, lent by Albertina, Vienna.
Grand Palais, Paris, Cézanne, September 26, 1995–January 14, 1996, no. 91, ill. in color, p. 257, as Pin devant la vallée de l'Arc, 1883-1885, lent by Albertina, Vienna, shown in London only. Traveled to: Tate Gallery, London, February 8–April 28, 1996; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, May 26–September 1, 1996.
Kunstforum, Vienna, Cézanne: Vollendet unvollendet, January 20–April 25, 2000, no. 93, ill., as Pin devant la vallée de l'Arc, 1883-85, lent by Albertina, Vienna; shown in Vienna only. Traveled to: Kunsthaus, Zürich, May 5–August 13, 2000 (initially planned to end on July 30 the exhibition was extended until August 13).
Albertina Museum, Vienna, Goya bis Picasso: Meisterwerke der Sammlung Jan Krugier und Marie Anne Krugier-Poniatowski, April 8–August 28, 2005, no. 103, ill., as Das Tal des Arc mit Viadukt und einer Pinie.
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Cézanne in Provence, January 29–May 7, 2006, no. 68, ill. lent by Albertina, Vienna; shown in Aix only. Traveled to: Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, June 9–September 17, 2006.
Art Museum, Milwaukee, Impressionism: Pastels, Watercolors, Drawings, October 14, 2011–January 8, 2012, no. 12, ill., as Pine Tree Overlooking the Vallée del'Arc, 1883-85, lent by Albertina, Vienna. Traveled to: Albertina, Vienna, February 10–May 13, 2012.
Albertina, Vienna, Impressionismus: Pastelle, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, October 14, 2011–January 8, 2012, no. 10, ill., as Das Tal des Arc mit Viadukt und einer Pinie, c. 1883-1885, lent by Albertina, Vienna.
Published References
Stix, Alfred. Von Ingres bis Cézanne: 32 Handzeichnungen französischer Meister des XIX. Jahrhunderts aus der Albertina. Vienna: Anton Schroll, 1927, no. 31, pl. 31, as Der Mont St. Victoire bei Aix in der der Provence.
Rewald, John, and Léo Marschutz. "Cézanne et la Provence." Le Point 4 (August 1936), p. 16, ill.
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 913, ill. vol. II, as La Vallée de l'Arc.
Novotny, Fritz. Cézanne. London: Phaidon Press, 1947, pl. 90, as View of the Arc Valley with a Railway Viaduct - La vallée de l'Arc, 1883-87, Albertina, Vienna.
Schmidt, Georg. Aquarelle von Paul Cézanne. Mit zweiundreissig vielfarbigen Tafeln. Basel: Holbein-Verlag, 1952, fig. 10.
Neumeyer, Alfred. Cézanne's Drawings. New York and London: Thomas Yoseloff, 1958, no. 77.
Johnson, Ellen. "Cézanne and a Pine Tree." Bulletin of the Allen Memorial Art Museum 21, no. 1 (Fall 1963), fig. 8.
Barskaya, Anna and Evgenia Georgievskaia. Paul Cézanne: Bilder aus Museen der Sowjetunion. Leningrad: Aurora Art Publishers, 1983, ill. p. 134.
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, no. 239, ill. and color pl. 24.
Meisterzeichnungen der Albertina: C.D. Friedrich bis Cézanne. Schröder, Klaus Albrecht [editor]. Vienna: Albertina, 2003, no. 74, ill., as Der Viadukt im Arc-Tal, 1883-87.
Ekelhart, Christine. Die französischen Zeichnungen und Aquarelle des 19. und 20. Jahrhunderts der Albertina. Schröder, Klaus Albrecht. Vienna: Böhlau, 2007, no. 33, ill., as Das Tal des Arc mit Viadukt und einer Pinie, 1883-1885.
Benedik, Christian et al. Die grossen Meister der Albertina. Schröder, Klaus Albrecht. Vienna: Michael Imhof Verlag, 2008, p. 472, no. 190, ill. pp. 474-475, as Das Tal des Arc mit Viadukt und einer Pinie, text by Christine Ekelhart.
Coutagne, Denis. "P. Cézanne, sur la colline de la Constance–Valcros." Aix-en-Provence: SPLA Pays d'Aix Territoires, June 2015, ill. p. 44.
Lloyd, Christopher. Paul Cézanne, Drawings and Watercolors. London and Los Angeles: Thames & Hudson and John Paul Getty Museum, 2015, p. 224, fig. 151.
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. 7, ill., as Pin devant la vallée de l'Arc (depuis Montbriand).
Record last updated June 2, 2023. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Pin devant la vallée de l'Arc, 1883–85 (FWN 1129)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1219 (accessed on September 16, 2024).