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)
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FWN 1156
Gardanne, le vieux pont
1885–86
Alternate titles: Bridge; Die Brücke von Gardanne; Gardanne, The Old Bridge; Old Bridge, Gardanne; Paysage; The Bridge; The Bridge at Gardanne; View of Gardanne
Rewald (W248); Venturi revised: 1886–88; Venturi (912): 1885–86
Graphite and watercolor on laid paper
Watermark: Desloye "PL BAS"
8 3/16 x 12 1/8 in. (20.8 x 30.8 cm)
Provenance
Exhibition History
Museum of the French Institute, New York, Cezanne, Redon and Others,, March 16–April 3, 1921, no. 11.
Brooklyn Academy of Arts and Sciences, Brooklyn, New York, Summer Exhibition of Modern French and American Painters, June 12–October 14, 1926, no no.
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Memorial Exhibition: The Collection of the Late Miss Lillie P. Bliss, May 17–September 27, 1931, no. 14, as The Bridge. Traveled to: Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts, October 17–December 15, 1931; John Herron Art Institute, Indianapolis, January 1932.
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, The Lillie P. Bliss Collection, May 14–September 12, 1934, no. 13A, ill., as The Bridge at Gardanne.
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Cubism and Abstract Art, March 2–April 19, 1936, no. 34, as View of Gardanne, dated c. 1885–86.
Grand Rapids Art Gallery, Grand Rapids, Michigan, Picasso and French Republican Art, 1942, no no.
Albany Institute of History and Art, Albany, New York, Beauty and Is it Art?, 1944, no no.
Univeristy of Nebraska Art Galleries, Lincoln, Nebraska, 56th Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Art, 1946, no no.
School of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, [unknown title], 1948, no no.
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Cézanne: Paintings, Watercolors & Drawings, A Loan Exhibition, February 7–March 16, 1952, no. 63, as Old Bridge, Gardanne, 1885-86, lent by The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Traveled to: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, April 1–May 16, 1952.
Museum of Modern Art, New York, XXVth Anniversary Exhibition, 1955, no no.
Pavillon de Vendôme, Aix-en-Provence, France, Exposition pour commémorer le cinquantenaire de la mort de Cézanne, July 21–August 15, 1956, no. 70, lent by MoMA.
Haus der Kunst, Munich, Paul Cézanne, October 12–November 18, 1956, no. 76, 1885/86, lent by Musuem of Modern Art, New York.
Fine Arts Associates [Otto Gerson], New York, Cezanne Watercolors, January 30–February 18, 1956, no. 5, ill. lent by MoMA.
Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, (Kunsthaus Lempertz), Cologne, Cézanne, Ausstellung zum Gedenken an sein 50. Todesjahr, December 1956–January 1957, no. 36, ill.
Knoedler Galleries, New York, Cézanne Watercolors, April 2–20, 1963, no. 19, pl. XIV, as Gardanne, le vieux pont, dated 1885-86, lent by The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Lillie P. Bliss Collection.
Pasadena Art Museum, Pasadena, Cézanne watercolors, November 10–December 10, 1967, no. 10, ill.
Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C., Cézanne: An Exhibition in Honor of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Phillips Collection, February 27–March 28, 1971, no. 42, ill. Traveled to: The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, April 17–May 16, 1971; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, June 1–July 3, 1971.
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Ways of Looking, 1971, no no.
Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, Watercolour and Pencil Drawings by Cézanne, September 19–November 4, 1973, no. 53, ill. in b/w, catalogue note: pp. 161-162, as The Bridge at Gardanne, lent by Museum of Modern Art, New York. Traveled to: Hayward Gallery, London, November 13–December 30, 1973.
National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, Cézanne, March 30–May 19, 1974, no. 71, ill., as Gardanne, le vieux pont, 1885-86, lent by The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Traveled to: Municipal Museum, Kyoto, Japan, June 1–July 17, 1974; Cultural Center, Fukuoka, Japan, July 24–August 18, 1974.
Museum of Modern Art, New York, A Century of Modern Drawing 1881-1981, 1982–83, no no.
National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Cézanne and Poussin: The Classical Vision in Landscape, August 9–October 21, 1990, no. 50, ill. in color, as Gardanne, The Old Bridge, lent by The Museum of Modern Art, New York.
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, MoMA 2000, ModernStarts, Places: Landscape - The Modernist Vision 1880-1920, October 28, 1999–March 14, 2000, no. no.
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Cézanne Drawing, June 6–September 25, 2021, pl. 131, Museum of Modern Art, New York.
Published References
Rivière, Georges. Le Maître Paul Cézanne. Paris: Librairie Floury, 1923, p. 77, ill., as Paysage.
Borély, Jules. "Cézanne à Aix [Hommage à Paul Cézanne]." L'Art vivant (Paris), no. 37 (July 1, 1926), p. 490, ill.
Klein, Jerome. The Lillie P. Bliss Collection. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1934, no. 13a.
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 912, ill. vol. II, as Gardanne, le vieux pont.
Novotny, Fritz. Cézanne und das Ende der wissenschaftlichen Perspektive. Vienna: Anton Schroll, 1938, list of motifs: no. 105.
Barr, Jr., Alfred H. Painting and Sculpture in the Museum of Modern Art. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1942, no. 90a, as The Bridge at Gardanne.
Loran, Erle. Cézanne's Composition. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1943, p. 48, and pl. III (with photograph of the motif).
Pantheon. Cezanne 10 Water Colors. New York: Pantheon, 1947, no. [01], as View of Gardanne, 1885-86, Museum of Modern Art, New York.
Hofmann, Werner. Paul Cézanne (1839-1906). Munich, Vienna, Basel: Kurt Desch, 1953, pl. 4, as Die Brücke von Gardanne, 1885-86.
Barr, Jr., Alfred H. Painting and Sculpture in the Museum of Modern Art, 1929–1967. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1977, p. 13, ill., p. 530.
Monnier, G. "The Late Watercolors." In Cézanne: The Late Work, Rubin, William, ed. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1977. Exhibition catalogue, p. 113, ill.
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, no. 248, ill.
Coutagne, Denis, et al. Les Sites Cézanniens du Pays d'Aix: Hommage à John Rewald. Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux, 1996, p. 123.
Benesch, Evelyn. "From the Incomplete to the Unfinished: Realisation in the Work of Paul Cézanne." In Cézanne: Finished, Unfinished. Ostfildern-Ruit: Hatje Cantz, 2000. Exhibition catalogue, p. 49, fig. 9.
Record last updated September 1, 2022. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Gardanne, le vieux pont, 1885–86 (FWN 1156)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1228 (accessed on September 10, 2024).
