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 1388
Rochers près des grottes au-dessus de Château Noir
1895–1900
Alternate titles: Felsen oberhalb des Château Noir (Rochers au-dessus de Château Noir); Le mur (Rochers à Bibémus); Rochers à Bibémus; Rochers près des grottes au-dessus du Château noir; Rocks near the Château Noir
Rewald (W432); Venturi revised: 1895–99; Venturi (1042): 1895–1900
Watercolor on laid paper
Watermark: VIDALON
19 1/4 x 11 7/16 in. (48.9 x 29 cm)
Private collection
Provenance
Private collection (2007)
Exhibition History
Knoedler Galleries, New York, Cézanne Watercolors, April 2–20, 1963, no. 39, pl. XL, as Rochers à Bibémus, 1895-1900, lent by Mrs. Ursula Price London.
Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, Watercolour and Pencil Drawings by Cézanne, September 19–November 4, 1973, no. 82, ill. in b/w, catalogue note: p. 168, as Rocks near the Château Noir, lent by Private collection, London. Traveled to: Hayward Gallery, London, November 13–December 30, 1973.
Kunsthalle Tübingen, Tübingen, Paul Cézanne Aquarelle, January 16–March 21, 1982, no. 122 (supplement), ill., as Felsen oberhalb des Château Noir (Rochers au-dessus de Château Noir), 1895-1900, lent by Private collection. Traveled to: Kunsthaus, Zürich, April 2–May 31, 1982.
Grand Palais, Paris, Cézanne, September 26, 1995–January 14, 1996, no. 150, ill. in color, p. 367, as Rochers près des grottes au-dessus du Château noir, 1895-1900, lent by Private collection, shown in Paris and London only. Traveled to: Tate Gallery, London, February 8–April 28, 1996; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, May 26–September 1, 1996.
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Classic Cézanne, November 28, 1998–February 28, 1999, no. 33, ill., as Rochers près des grottes au-dessus de Château Noir, 1895-1900, lent by Private collection.
Acquavella Galleries, New York, Cézanne Watercolors, October 18–November 24, 1999, no. 11, ill.
Neue Galerie, New York, The Ronald S. Lauder Collection: Selections from the 3rd Century BC to the 20th Century, October 27, 2011–April 2, 2012, p. 331, pl. 175.
Luxembourg & Dayan, London, Reconstructing Cezanne, Sequence and Process in Paul Cezanne's works on paper, October 2–December 7, 2019, no. 3, ill.
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Cézanne Drawing, June 6–September 25, 2021, pl. 159, Private collection.
Published References
Ozenfant, Amedée. Foundations of Modern Art. Translated by John Rodker. New York: Brewer, Warren and Putnam, 1931, p. 65, ill. (reproduced upside-down).
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1042, ill. vol. II, as Rochers à Bibémus.
Novotny, Fritz. Cézanne und das Ende der wissenschaftlichen Perspektive. Vienna: Anton Schroll, 1938, list of motifs: no. 25.
Reff, Theodore. "Cézanne: The Logical Mystery." Art News 62, no. 2 (April 1963), pp. 28-29, fig. 3.
Wadley, Nicholas. "Cézanne Water-colours and Drawings at the Hayward Gallery." The Burlington Magazine 115, no. 849 (December 1973), p. 831.
Rewald, John. "Cézanne's Last Motifs at Aix." In Cézanne: The Late Work. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1977. Exhibition catalogue, p. 92, ill. (with photograph of the motif) and pl. 42.
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, no. 432, ill.
Dauberville, Guy-Patrice, and Floriane Dauberville. Paul Cezanne chez Bernheim-Jeune. Paris: Editions G-P.F. Dauberville & Archives Bernheim-Jeune, 2020, no. 363, ill., as Le mur (Rochers à Bibémus).
Photograph of the motif.
John Rewald Archive, Department of Image Collections, National Gallery of Art Library, Washington, D.C.
Photo: John Rewald, circa 1934; © Sabine Rewald
Photograph of the motif.
John Rewald Archive, Department of Image Collections, National Gallery of Art Library, Washington, D.C.
Photo: John Rewald, circa 1934; © Sabine Rewald
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Record last updated July 30, 2023. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Rochers près des grottes au-dessus de Château Noir, 1895–1900 (FWN 1388)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1414 (accessed on October 5, 2024).
