loading loading

Catalogue entry

FWN 51
Usines près du plateau du Cengle
1867–69
Alternate titles: Fabbriche nei pressi del monte di Cengle; Factories near the Plateau of the Cengle; Fours à chaux à l'Estaque; Landscape with Factory near Aix; Paysage (usine près de la Sainte-Victoire); Paysage: Fours à chaux à l'Estaque; Usine près de la Sainte-Victoire; Usines près du mont de Cengle
Rewald (132): 1867–69; Venturi revised: c.1870; Venturi (58): c.1870; Rivière: 1868; Cooper: 1869–71; Gowing: 1869–70
Oil on canvas
16 1/8 x 21 5/8 in. (41 x 55 cm)
Vollard archives: photo no. 586
Stiftung Sammlung E.G. Bührle, Zurich

Keywords

Provenance
Ambroise Vollard, Paris
Cornelis Hoogendijk, Amsterdam;
Hoogendijk Collection, F. Muller & Cie, Amsterdam, May 22, 1912, no. 7, ill. (as Ville dans une vallée)
Auguste Pellerin, Paris;
Jean-Victor Pellerin, Paris
Paul Rosenberg, Paris and New York (1936)
Sam Salz, New York (July 1, 1943)
[Knoedler Galleries, New York (Mar. 18, 1946)]
William F.C. Ewing, New York (Apr. 1946)
Knoedler Galleries, New York (Oct. 20, 1946)
Walter Feilchenfeldt, Zurich (Apr. 6, 1953)
Emil Georg Bührle, Zurich (May 29, 1953);
Dieter Bührle, Zurich (1960);
Stiftung Sammlung E.G. Bührle, Zurich (2012)
Exhibition History
1937e London
Rosenberg & Helft, London, Exhibition of Works by Ingres to Van Gogh, February 25–March 25, 1937, no. 2, as Usine près de la Sainte-Victoire, 1870.
1939a Paris
Paul Rosenberg, Paris, Exposition Cézanne (1839-1906), organisée à l'occasion de son centenaire au profit de l’œuvre de l'allaitement maternel, February 21–April 1, 1939, no. 2, ill., as Usine près de la Sainte-Victoire, 1870, lent by H.J.M.
1939b London
Rosenberg & Helft, London, Exhibition Cézanne (1839-1906) to celebrate his centenary, April 19–May 20, 1939, no. 2, ill., (dated 1870), lent by H.J.M.
1941a Los Angeles
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, Aspects of French Painting from Cézanne to Picasso, January 15–March 2, 1941, no. 8.
1949 Manchester
Currier Gallery of Art, Manchester, New Hampshire, Monet and the Beginnings of Impressionism, October 8–November 6, 1949, no. 25.
1956 The Hague
Haags Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, the Netherlands, Paul Cézanne, June 1–August 1, 1956, no. 4, ill. lent by Bührle.
1956 Aix-en-Provence
Pavillon de Vendôme, Aix-en-Provence, France, Exposition pour commémorer le cinquantenaire de la mort de Cézanne, July 21–August 15, 1956, no. 2, ill. lent by Bührle.
1956 Zurich
Kunsthaus, Zurich, Paul Cézanne, August 22–October 7, 1956, no. 7, pl. 4.
1956–57 Cologne
Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, (Kunsthaus Lempertz), Cologne, Cézanne, Ausstellung zum Gedenken an sein 50. Todesjahr, December 1956–January 1957, no. 4, ill. lent by Bührle.
1988–89a London and traveling
Royal Academy of Arts, London, Cézanne: The Early Years 1859–1872, April 22–August 21, 1988, no. 48, ill. Traveled to: Musée d'Orsay, Cézanne: les années de jeunesse 1859-1872, Paris, September 19, 1988–January 1, 1989; National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., January 29–April 30, 1989.
1994–95 Paris and traveling
Grand Palais, Paris, Impressionnisme: Les origines, 1859–1869, April 19–August 8, 1994, no. 29, pp. 348-49, fig. 118. Traveled to: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Origins of Impressionism, September 19, 1994–January 8, 1995.
2003–04 Treviso
Casa dei Carraresi, Treviso, Italy, L'Oro e l'azzurro: I colori del Sud da Cézanne a Bonnard, October 10, 2003–March 7, 2004, no. 8, ill., as Fabbriche nei pressi del monte di Cengle, c. 1869-1870, lent by Private collection, Switzerland.
2010–11 Genoa
Palazzo Ducale, Genoa, Italy, Mediterraneo. Da Courbet a Monet a Matisse, November 27, 2010–May 1, 2011, no. 22, ill. p. 34.
2017 Martigny
Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Martigny, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne: le chant de la terre, June 16–November 19, 2017, no. 14, ill. lent by Fondation Collection E.G. Bührle (Legs Dr. Dieter Bührle).
Published References
Rivière 1923
Rivière, Georges. Le Maître Paul Cézanne. Paris: Librairie Floury, 1923, p. 198, as Paysage: Fours à chaux à l'Estaque.
Venturi 1935a
Venturi, Lionello. I'Impressionismo. 1935, fig. 13, as Fours à chaux à l'Estaque, dated 1968.
Faure 1936
Faure, Élie. Cézanne. Paris: Editions Braun, 1936, pl. 4.
Raynal 1936
Raynal, Maurice. Cézanne. Paris: Editions de Cluny, 1936, pl. XXXVI p. 65.
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 58, ill. vol. II, as Usine près de la Sainte-Victoire.
Jaloux 1939
Jaloux, Edmond. "Cézanne." Marianne: grand hebdomadaire politique et littéraire illustré (Paris) (February 22, 1939), ill. p. 12, as Usine près de la Sainte-Victoire.
Rewald 1939b
Rewald, John. "Paul Cézanne: New Documents for the Years 1870–71." The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs 74, no. 433 (April 1939), pl. I fig. A, as Landscape with Factory near Aix, c. 1870.
Rewald 1939c
Rewald, John. Cézanne, sa vie, son œuvre, son amitié pour Zola. Paris: Albin Michel, 1939, fig. 27.
Dorival 1948
Dorival, Bernard. Cézanne. Paris: Pierre Tisné, 1948, pp. 33-134.
Rewald 1948b
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: A Biography. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1948, fig. 33.
Rewald 1950a
Rewald, John. Cézanne. London: Phoenix House, 1950, fig. 23.
Rewald 1986b
Rewald, John. Cézanne: A Biography. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1986, p. 66, ill.
Henkels 1993
Henkels, Herbert. "Cézanne en Van Gogh in het Rijksmuseum voor Moderne Kunst in Amsterdam: De collectie van Cornelis Hoogendijk (1866–1911)." Bulletin van het Rijksmuseum 41, nos. 3–4 (1993), fig. 160.
Cachin and Rishel 1995
Cachin, Françoise, and Joseph Rishel. Cézanne. Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux, 1995. Exhibition catalogue, p. 89, fig. 2.
Rewald 1996
Rewald, John. The Paintings of Paul Cézanne, A Catalogue Raisonné, 2 vols. In Collaboration with Walter Feilchenfeldt and Jayne Warman. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1996, no. 132, ill. vol. 2, as Usines près du mont de Cengle.
Freudenberg 2001
Freudenberg, Inken. Der Zweifler Cézanne. Heidelberg: Kehrer Verlag Heidelberg, 2001, pl. 45.
Athanassoglou-Kallmyer 2003
Athanassoglou-Kallmyer, Nina M. Cézanne and Provence: The Painter in His Culture. Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, 2003, p. 153, fig. 4.4, as Usines près du mont de Cengle.
Kear 2003
Kear, Jonathan. "Leaving L'Estaque. Cézanne's Imagery of Provence in teh 1880s." Art on the Line, 2003, fig. 1.
Janssen 2009
Janssen, Hans. "'Wanneer men het inner lijke beeldt…!' Mondriaan en de invloed van Picasso en Cézanne op zijn werk." In Cézanne, Picasso, Mondriaan: in nieuw perspectief. Zwolle: Waanders, 2009. Exhibition catalogue, fig. 26, as Usines près du mont de Cengle.
Schneider and Jaehner 2013
Schneider, Thomas F. and Inge Jaehner, eds. Remarques Impressionisten: Kunstsammeln und Kunsthandel im Exil / Remarque's Impressionists: Art Collecting and Art Dealing in Exile. Göttingen and Bristol: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2013, pp. 306-07, no. 54, ill.
Blanc 2019
Blanc, Geneviève. L'Oeuvre de Cezanne à L'Estaque, Huiles – Aquarelles – Dessins, 1864–1885. Marseille: Éditions Gaussen, 2019, fig. 154 (discussion p. 124).
Dauberville 2020
Dauberville, Guy-Patrice, and Floriane Dauberville. Paul Cezanne chez Bernheim-Jeune. Paris: Editions G-P.F. Dauberville & Archives Bernheim-Jeune, 2020, no. 110, ill, as Paysage (usine près de la Sainte-Victoire).
Dombrowski, Ireson and Patry 2021
Dombrowski, André, Nancy Ireson, and Sylvie Patry, eds. Cézanne in the Barnes Foundation. New York: Rizzoli Electa in association with The Barnes Foundation, 2021, p. 66, fig. 4, as Factories near the Plateau of the Cengle.
Gloor 2021
Gloor, Lukas. "Der Bestand der Sammlung Emil Bührle: Illustrierte Liste aller 633 Käufe." In Die Sammlung Emil Bührle: Geschichte, Gesamtkatalog und 70 Meisterwerke. München: Hirmer, 2021, p. 270, no. 287, fig. 287 p. 271, as Usines près du mont de Cengle.
Nagaï 2022
Nagaï, Takanori. "L'idée de l'anti-modernisation social chez Cézanne." Bulletin of Kyoto Institute of Technology 14 (February 2022), fig. 12.
Notes

The site is in "Le Cannet," with the plateau du Cengle at the left and the Auéliens mountains in the distance. Le Cannet is on the route leading out of Aix and heading towards Nice.

Record last updated April 28, 2021. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Usines près du plateau du Cengle, 1867–69 (FWN 51)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=142 (accessed on April 23, 2024).