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Catalogue entry

FWN 1392
Rochers près des grottes au-dessus de Château-Noir
1895–1900
Alternate titles: Rochers à Bibemus; Rocks near the Caves above Château Noir
Rewald (W438); Venturi: 1895–99
Watercolor on paper
12 3/16 x 18 1/2 in. (31 x 47 cm)
Vollard archives: photo no. 32
Private collection

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Provenance
Ambroise Vollard, Paris;
Estate of Ambroise Vollard, Paris
Rosenberg & Stiebel, New York
Lionello Venturi, Rome
Gianni Mattioli, Milan
Private collection
Exhibition History
1953 Florence
Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, Italy, Arte Moderna in una Raccolta Italiana, 1953, no. 17, ill.
1955 Bologna
Galleria La Loggia, Bologna, Italy, 20 Dipinti di grandi Artisti Europei, 1955.
1959 Turin
Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna, Turin, Italy, Capolavori d'Arte Moderne nella Collezioni Private, 1959.
1971 Turin
Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna, Turin, Italy, Il Cavalieri Azzurro - Der Blaue Reiter, 1971, ill., p. 111.
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. 81, ill., pl. 40, as Rocks near the Caves above Château Noir, 1895-1900, lent by Collection Gianni Mattioli, Milan. 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).
1978a Paris
Grand Palais, Paris, Cézanne: Les dernières années (1895–1906), April 20–July 23, 1978, no. 42, ill. in b/w, as Rochers près des grottes au-dessus de Château-Noir, 1895-1900, lent by Collection Mattioli, Milan.
2017 Martigny
Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Martigny, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne: le chant de la terre, June 16–November 19, 2017, no. 62, ill. lent by Private collection.
2020 Princeton and traveling
Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, New Jersey, Cézanne, The Rock and Quarry Paintings, March 7–June 14, 2020, fig. 17, as Rocks near the Caves above Château Noir, dated 1895–1900, to be shown in London only. Traveled to: Royal Academy, London, July 12–October 18, 2020 (N.B. This venue was cancelled due to 2020 coronavirus).
2021a New York
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Cézanne Drawing, June 6–September 25, 2021, pl. 163, Private collection.
Published References
Venturi 1943
Venturi, Lionello. Paul Cézanne: Water-colours. Oxford: B. Cassirer, 1943, p. 41, no. 28, ill.
Venturi 1953
Venturi, Lionello. La Nuova Stampa, June 10, 1953.
Ballo 1966
Ballo, Guido. Occhio Critico: Il nuova sistema per vedere l'arte. Milan: Longanesi & C., 1966, p. 25, fig. 9 p. 23, as Rochers à Bibemus.
Clay 1975
Clay, Jean. De l'Impressionime à l'Art Moderne. Paris, 1975, p. 177, ill.
Bellony-Rewald 1976
Bellony-Rewald, Alice. The Lost World of the Impressionists. Boston: New York Graphic Society, 1976, p. 265, ill.
Rewald 1983a
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, no. 438, ill.
France-Lanord 2018
France-Lanord, Hadrien. La couleur et la parole: les chemins de Paul Cézanne et de Martin Heidegger. Paris: Gallimard, 2018, ill. p. 226 (detail), as Rochers près des grottes au-dessus de Château-Noir.
Elderfield 2020a
Elderfield, John. "Excavations." In Cézanne, The Rock and Quarry Paintings. Princeton: Princeton University Art Museum; New Haven: Yale University Press, 2020. Exhibition catalogue, p. 28, fig. 17, as Rocks near the Caves above Château Noir, dated 1895–1900.
Rochers près des grottes au-dessus de Château-Noir, 1895–1900 (FWN 1392). 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 1392). 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 February 18, 2022. 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 1392)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1420 (accessed on April 26, 2024).