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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)
Catalogue entry
FWN 1201
La Maison de Bellevue sur la colline
1885–90
Alternate titles: Bellevue près de Montbriant; Bourgade sur la hauteur; Häuser in Bellevue; Maisons a bellevue
Rewald (W255); Venturi revised: 1890–94; Venturi (944): 1888–92
Graphite and watercolor on paper
16 15/16 x 20 1/2 in. (43 x 52 cm)
Private collection
Provenance
Paul Cézanne fils, Paris
Gaston Bernheim de Villers, Paris
Jean-Louis Picard, Paris, Nov. 26, 1993, no. 8, ill.
Private collection
Exhibition History
1909b Paris
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Aquarelles & pastels de Cézanne, H.E. Cross, Degas, Jongkind, Camille Pissarro, K.X. Roussel, Paul Signac, Vuillard, May 3–15, 1909, no. 19, as Bourgade sur la hauteur.1910a Paris
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Paul Cézanne, January 10–22, 1910, no. 53, as Bourgade sur la hauteur.1936c Paris
Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris, Cézanne, May 20–October 11, 1936, no. 124, as Bellevue près de Montbriant, 1892–92, lent by Gaston Bernheim de Villers, Paris.1936 Basel
Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne, August 30–October 12, 1936, no. 78, ill. in b/w, as Häuser in Bellevue, c. 1890, lent by Gaston Bernheim de Villers, Paris.1999a New York
Acquavella Galleries, New York, Cézanne Watercolors, October 18–November 24, 1999, no. 6, ill.Published References
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 944, ill. vol. II, as Maisons a bellevue.Novotny 1938
Novotny, Fritz. Cézanne und das Ende der wissenschaftlichen Perspektive. Vienna: Anton Schroll, 1938, list of motifs: no. 72.Rewald 1983a
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, no. 255, ill.Pickvance and Takumi 1986
Pickvance, Ronald, and Hideo Takumi. Cézanne. Tokyo: Tokyo Shimbun, 1986. Exhibition catalogue, p. 43, ill.Machotka 2014
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: Landscape into Art. Prague: Arbor Vitae, 2014, p. 131, fig. 44c, with color photo of motif, fig. 44b, as La Maison de Bellevue sur la colline.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. 21, ill., as La Maison de Bellevue sur la colline, dated 1888–92.Notes
Bellevue is seen here from the chemin de Valcros.
Site identified by Pavel Machotka.
Photo: Pavel Machotka, 1976; © Courtesy Pavel Machotka Archive
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Record last updated January 6, 2021. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "La Maison de Bellevue sur la colline, 1885–90 (FWN 1201)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1235 (accessed on April 19, 2024).
