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Catalogue entry

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

Keywords

Provenance
Estate of Paul Cezanne
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris (1907)
Photo-Secession, New York (April 18, 1911)
Arthur B. Davies, New York
Mrs. Cornelius J. Sullivan, New York;
Sullivan Collection, Parke-Bernet, New York, Dec. 6–7, 1939, no. 39, ill.
[Knoedler Galleries, New York]
Mr. and Mrs. John W. Warrington, Cincinnati (Dec. 1939);
Christie's, New York, May 15, 1997, no. 222, ill.
Christie's, New York, Nov. 9, 2000, no. 413, ill.
Anderson Galleries Inc., Beverly Hills, CA
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. 12, as La Fontaine.
1911 New York
Photo-Succession Gallery [Alfred Stieglitz], New York, Watercolors by Cezanne, March 1–25, 1911, no. 5, as The Fountain.
1913 New York
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.
1913 Chicago
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Armory Show, March 24–April 16, 1913, no. 45.
1913 Boston
Copley Society of Boston, Copley Hall, Boston, Armory Show, April 28–May 19, 1913, no. 20?
1926d New York
Ferargil Gallery, New York, The Important Collection of Modern Paintings Collected by an American Collector, 1926, no. 31?
1947 Cincinnati
Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, Paintings by Paul Cézanne, February 5–March 9, 1947, no. 15.
1959e New York
Wildenstein Galleries, New York, Loan Exhibition: Cézanne, November 5–December 5, 1959, no. 72, lent by Mr. and Mrs. John W. Warrington.
1967 Pasadena
Pasadena Art Museum, Pasadena, Cézanne watercolors, November 10–December 10, 1967, no. 16, ill.
1977–78 New York and traveling
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).
1982 Tübingen and traveling
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 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 998, ill. vol. II, as Parc.
Novotny 1937
Novotny, Fritz. Cézanne. Vienna: Phaidon, 1937, pl. 113.
Novotny 1938
Novotny, Fritz. Cézanne und das Ende der wissenschaftlichen Perspektive. Vienna: Anton Schroll, 1938, list of motifs: no. 18.
Nicodemi 1944
Nicodemi, Giogio. Cézanne: 76 Disegni. Milan: Görlich, 1944, no. 67, ill.
Novotny 1947
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.
Homer 1977
Homer, W. I. Alfred Stieglitz and the American Avant-Garde. Boston, 1977, fig. 30.
Rewald 1983a
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, no. 428, ill.
Rewald 1989
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 2020
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 13, 2024).