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 1366
Le Puits dans le parc de Château Noir
1895–98
Alternate titles: Der Ziehbrunnen im Park des Château Noir (Le Puits dans le parc de Château Noir); La Fontaine; Parc; The Fountain; The Well in the Park at Château Noir; Well near the "Château Noir" - Citerne au parc du Château Noir
Rewald (W428); Venturi revised: c.1900; Venturi (998): 1888–94
Watercolor on paper
18 3/4 x 12 1/8 in. (47.6 x 30.8 cm)
Private collection
Provenance
Private collection
Exhibition History
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. 12, as La Fontaine.
Photo-Succession Gallery [Alfred Stieglitz], New York, Watercolors by Cezanne, March 1–25, 1911, no. 5, as The Fountain.
Armory of the Sixty-Ninth Regiment, New York, International Exhibition of Modern Art [Armory Show], February 17–March 15, 1913, no. 1084. Traveled to: Art Institute, Chicago, March 24–April 15, 1913; Copley Hall, Boston, April 28–May 18, 1913.
Copley Society of Boston, Copley Hall, Boston, Armory Show, April 28–May 19, 1913, no. 20?
Ferargil Gallery, New York, The Important Collection of Modern Paintings Collected by an American Collector, 1926, no. 31?
Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, Paintings by Paul Cézanne, February 5–March 9, 1947, no. 15.
Wildenstein Galleries, New York, Loan Exhibition: Cézanne, November 5–December 5, 1959, no. 72, lent by Mr. and Mrs. John W. Warrington.
Pasadena Art Museum, Pasadena, Cézanne watercolors, November 10–December 10, 1967, no. 16, ill.
The Museum of Modern Art, New York and Reunion des Musees Nationaux, Paris, France, Cézanne: The Late Work, October 7, 1977–January 3, 1978, no. 80, ill., pl. 63, as The Well in the Park at Château Noir, 1895-98, lent by Mr. and Mrs. John W. Warrington. Traveled to: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, January 26–March 19, 1978; Grand Palais, Paris, Cezanne: Les dernières années (1895–1906), April 20–July 23, 1978 (see Paris 1978a for a separate listing because the catalogue numbers are different from the two American venues).
Kunsthalle Tübingen, Tübingen, Paul Cézanne Aquarelle, January 16–March 21, 1982, no. 60, ill., as Der Ziehbrunnen im Park des Château Noir (Le Puits dans le parc de Château Noir), 1895-98, lent by Private collection. Traveled to: Kunsthaus, Zürich, April 2–May 31, 1982.
Published References
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 998, ill. vol. II, as Parc.
Novotny, Fritz. Cézanne und das Ende der wissenschaftlichen Perspektive. Vienna: Anton Schroll, 1938, list of motifs: no. 18.
Novotny, Fritz. Cézanne. London: Phaidon Press, 1947, pl. 103, as Well near the "Château Noir" - Citerne au parc du Château Noir, 1895-1900, Mrs. Sullivan, New York.
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, no. 428, ill.
Rewald, John. Cézanne and America: Dealers, Collectors, Artists and Critics, 1891–1921. Princeton: Princeton University Press; London: Thames & Hudson, 1989, p. 149, fig. 79.
Dauberville, Guy-Patrice, and Floriane Dauberville. Paul Cezanne chez Bernheim-Jeune. Paris: Editions G-P.F. Dauberville & Archives Bernheim-Jeune, 2020, no. 329, ill. La fontaine.
Notes
The original colors have been compromised possibly due to an unfortunate conservation treatment.
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Record last updated March 18, 2021. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Le Puits dans le parc de Château Noir, 1895–98 (FWN 1366)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1410 (accessed on May 1, 2025).
