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Catalogue entry

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)
Vollard archives: photo no. 93 and 94
Private collection

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Provenance
Estate of Paul Cezanne
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris (1907)
Alphonse Kann, Saint-Germain-en-Laye (Jan. 22, 1910)
Jos. Hessel, Paris
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris (January 24, 1920)
John Hugh Smith, Oxford, United Kingdom (September 30, 1920)
Mayor Gallery, London
Oswald T. Falk, Oxford
Dr. and Mrs. Alfred Scharf, London;
Mrs. Ursula Price, London;
Sotheby's, London, Apr. 1, 1981, no. 162, ill.
John R. Gaines, Lexington, Kentucky
E.V. Thaw, New York
Giuseppe Eskenazi, London
Sotheby's, New York, May 8, 2007, no. 9, ill.
Private collection (2007)
Exhibition History
1963f New York
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.
1973 Newcastle upon Tyne and traveling
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.
1982 Tübingen and traveling
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.
1995–96 Paris and traveling
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.
1998–99 Sydney
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.
1999a New York
Acquavella Galleries, New York, Cézanne Watercolors, October 18–November 24, 1999, no. 11, ill.
2011–12a New York
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.
2019 London
Luxembourg & Dayan, London, Reconstructing Cezanne, Sequence and Process in Paul Cezanne's works on paper, October 2–December 7, 2019, no. 3, ill.
2021a New York
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Cézanne Drawing, June 6–September 25, 2021, pl. 159, Private collection.
Published References
Ozenfant 1928
Ozenfant, Amédée. Art. Paris: J. Budry, 1928, p. 73, ill. (reproduced upside down).
Ozenfant 1931
Ozenfant, Amedée. Foundations of Modern Art. Translated by John Rodker. New York: Brewer, Warren and Putnam, 1931, p. 65, ill. (reproduced upside-down).
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1042, ill. vol. II, as Rochers à Bibémus.
Novotny 1938
Novotny, Fritz. Cézanne und das Ende der wissenschaftlichen Perspektive. Vienna: Anton Schroll, 1938, list of motifs: no. 25.
Reff 1963a
Reff, Theodore. "Cézanne: The Logical Mystery." Art News 62, no. 2 (April 1963), pp. 28-29, fig. 3.
Wadley 1973
Wadley, Nicholas. "Cézanne Water-colours and Drawings at the Hayward Gallery." The Burlington Magazine 115, no. 849 (December 1973), p. 831.
Rewald 1977b
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 1983a
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, no. 432, ill.
Dauberville 2020
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).
Rochers près des grottes au-dessus de Château Noir, 1895–1900 (FWN 1388). Photograph of the motif. John Rewald Archive, Department of Image Collections, National Gallery of Art Library, Washington, D.C.
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
Rochers près des grottes au-dessus de Château Noir, 1895–1900 (FWN 1388). Photograph of the motif. John Rewald Archive, Department of Image Collections, National Gallery of Art Library, Washington, D.C.
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 April 20, 2024).