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Digital Image © 2018 The Museum of Modern Art, New York
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)
Vollard archives: photo no. 53
The Museum of Modern Art, New York (Lillie P. Bliss Collection)

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Provenance
Estate of Paul Cezanne
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris (1907)
Sacha Guitry, Paris (Jan. 14, 1914)
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris
Montross Gallery, New York (April 4, 1916)
Lillie P. Bliss, New York;
The Museum of Modern Art, New York (1934)
Exhibition History
1916b New York
Montross Gallery, New York, Cézanne, January 1–31, 1916, no. 37, as Bridge.
1921d New York
Museum of the French Institute, New York, Cezanne, Redon and Others,, March 16–April 3, 1921, no. 11.
1926 Brooklyn
Brooklyn Academy of Arts and Sciences, Brooklyn, New York, Summer Exhibition of Modern French and American Painters, June 12–October 14, 1926, no no.
1931–32 New York and traveling
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.
1934 Cambridge, Mass.
Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1934, no. 1.
1934c New York
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.
1936e New York
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.
1942 Grand Rapids
Grand Rapids Art Gallery, Grand Rapids, Michigan, Picasso and French Republican Art, 1942, no no.
1944 Albany
Albany Institute of History and Art, Albany, New York, Beauty and Is it Art?, 1944, no no.
1946 Lincoln
Univeristy of Nebraska Art Galleries, Lincoln, Nebraska, 56th Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Art, 1946, no no.
1948a Boston
School of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, [unknown title], 1948, no no.
1952 Chicago and traveling
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.
1955d New York
Museum of Modern Art, New York, XXVth Anniversary Exhibition, 1955, no no.
1956 Aix-en-Provence
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.
1956 Munich
Haus der Kunst, Munich, Paul Cézanne, October 12–November 18, 1956, no. 76, 1885/86, lent by Musuem of Modern Art, New York.
1956c New York
Fine Arts Associates [Otto Gerson], New York, Cezanne Watercolors, January 30–February 18, 1956, no. 5, ill. lent by MoMA.
1956–57 Cologne
Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, (Kunsthaus Lempertz), Cologne, Cézanne, Ausstellung zum Gedenken an sein 50. Todesjahr, December 1956–January 1957, no. 36, ill.
1963f New York
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.
1967 Pasadena
Pasadena Art Museum, Pasadena, Cézanne watercolors, November 10–December 10, 1967, no. 10, ill.
1971 Washington, D.C. and traveling
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.
1971c New York
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Ways of Looking, 1971, no no.
1973 Newcastle upon Tyne and traveling
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.
1974 Tokyo and traveling
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.
1982–83 New York and traveling
Museum of Modern Art, New York, A Century of Modern Drawing 1881-1981, 1982–83, no no.
1990 Edinburgh
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.
1999–2000 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.
2021a New York
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Cézanne Drawing, June 6–September 25, 2021, pl. 131, Museum of Modern Art, New York.
Published References
Klingsor 1923
Klingsor, Tristan L. Cézanne. Paris: Rieder, 1923, pl. 40.
Rivière 1923
Rivière, Georges. Le Maître Paul Cézanne. Paris: Librairie Floury, 1923, p. 77, ill., as Paysage.
Borély 1926
Borély, Jules. "Cézanne à Aix [Hommage à Paul Cézanne]." L'Art vivant (Paris), no. 37 (July 1, 1926), p. 490, ill.
Fry 1929
Fry, Roger. "Cézannes Udvikling." Samleren 6 (July, August, September 1929), p. 117, ill.
Klein 1934
Klein, Jerome. The Lillie P. Bliss Collection. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1934, no. 13a.
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 912, ill. vol. II, as Gardanne, le vieux pont.
Novotny 1938
Novotny, Fritz. Cézanne und das Ende der wissenschaftlichen Perspektive. Vienna: Anton Schroll, 1938, list of motifs: no. 105.
Barr 1942
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 1943
Loran, Erle. Cézanne's Composition. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1943, p. 48, and pl. III (with photograph of the motif).
Pantheon 1947
Pantheon. Cezanne 10 Water Colors. New York: Pantheon, 1947, no. [01], as View of Gardanne, 1885-86, Museum of Modern Art, New York.
Hofmann 1953
Hofmann, Werner. Paul Cézanne (1839-1906). Munich, Vienna, Basel: Kurt Desch, 1953, pl. 4, as Die Brücke von Gardanne, 1885-86.
Zahn 1957
Zahn, Leopold. Paul Cézanne. Landschaftsaquarelle. Baden-Baden: W. Klein, 1957, pl. 4.
Barr 1977
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 1977
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 1983a
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, no. 248, ill.
Terrasse 1995
Terrasse, Antoine. Les aquarelles de Cézanne. Paris: Flammarion, 1995, pp. 58-9, ill.
Coutagne et al. 1996
Coutagne, Denis, et al. Les Sites Cézanniens du Pays d'Aix: Hommage à John Rewald. Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux, 1996, p. 123.
Benesch 2000
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 April 25, 2024).