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)
FWN 1180
La Montagne Sainte-Victoire vue par delà le mur du Jas de Bouffan
1885–88
Alternate titles: Arbres et Colline au fond; Blick über die Gartenmauer von Jas de Bouffan auf das Gebirge Sainte-Victoire; La Montagne Sainte-Victoire seen from the Wall of the Jas de Bouffan; La montagne Sainte-Victoire vue du "Jas de Bouffan"; Mont Sainte-Victoire Seen Beyond the Wall of the Jas de Bouffan; Montagne Sainte-Victoire; View on the "montagne Sainte Victoire" from "Jas de Bouffan"; Vue sur la Montagne Sainte-Victoire
Rewald (W263); Venturi revised: 1895–98; Venturi (1547): 1885–90
Graphite and watercolor on laid paper
Watermark: Desloye "PL BAS"
18 9/16 x 12 in. (47.2 x 30.5 cm)
Provenance
Exhibition History
Thos. Agnew & Sons, London, Water-Colour and Pencil Drawings by Cézanne, July 1936, no. 23, as Arbres et Colline au fond, lent by Mme Paul Guilluame.
Paul Cassirer, Amsterdam, Fransche meesters uit de XIX eeuw: teekeningen, aquarellen, pastels [...], July–August 1938, no. 14, ill.
Paul Cassirer Ltd, London, Paul Cézanne – Water Colours, July 1939, no. 39, as View on the "montagne Sainte Victoire" from "Jas de Bouffan", dated 1885–90, lent by Private collection.
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Teekeningen van Fransche meesters 1800 - 1900, February 1946, no. 18.
Österreichische Galerie, Belvedere, Vienna, Paul Cézanne, April 14–June 18, 1961, no. 59, c. 1885.
Pavillon de Vendôme, Aix-en-Provence, France, Exposition Cézanne: Tableaux, Aquarelles, Dessins, July 1–August 15, 1961, no. 25, ill. in b/w, pl.16, as La montagne Sainte-Victoire vue du "Jas de Bouffan", 1885-1887, lent by Heinz Berggruen, Paris.
Knoedler Galleries, New York, Cézanne Watercolors, April 2–20, 1963, no. 21, pl. XIX, as Montagne Sainte-Victoire, 1885-87, lent by The Contemporary Art Establishment, Zurich.
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., French Paintings from the Collections of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon and Mrs. Mellon Bruce, March 18–May 1, 1966, no. 231, ill., as Mont Sainte-Victoire Seen Beyond the Wall of the Jas de Bouffan, 1885-88.
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Gifts to the Nation: Selected Acquisitions from the Collections of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, July 20–October 17, 1986.
National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Cézanne and Poussin: The Classical Vision in Landscape, August 9–October 21, 1990, no. 51, ill. in color, as La Montagne Sainte-Victoire seen from the Wall of the Jas de Bouffan, lent by National Gallery of Art, Washington.
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Cézanne in Provence, January 29–May 7, 2006, no. 26, ill. lent by National Gallery, Washington, D.C.; shown in Washington only. Traveled to: Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, June 9–September 17, 2006.
Albertina, Vienna, Impressionismus: Pastelle, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, October 14, 2011–January 8, 2012, no. 16, ill., as Blick über die Gartenmauer von Jas de Bouffan auf das Gebirge Sainte-Victoire, c. 1885-1888, lent by National Gallery of Art, Washington.
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Cézanne Drawing, June 6–September 25, 2021, pl. 124, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Published References
v.D. "Fransche meesters uit de 19de eeuw. Teekeningen, aquarellen, pastels bij Paul Cassirer & Co. te Amsterdam." Algemeen Handelsblad (Amsterdam), July 26, 1938, p. 9 mentioned, as Montagne Sainte-Victoire.
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, no. 263, ill. and color pl. 26.
Kapos, Martha. The Post-Impressionists: A Retrospective. New York: Hugh Lauter Levin Associates, 1993, pl. 86, p. 267.
Lloyd, Christopher. Paul Cézanne, Drawings and Watercolors. London and Los Angeles: Thames & Hudson and John Paul Getty Museum, 2015, p. 223, fig. 150.
Record last updated September 2, 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 vue par delà le mur du Jas de Bouffan, 1885–88 (FWN 1180)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1243 (accessed on April 25, 2024).
