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Catalogue entry

FWN 1444
La Montagne Sainte-Victoire
c.1900
Alternate titles: Alberi in montagna; Arbres devant la montagne (Montagne Sainte-Victoire); Landscape with the Montagne Sainte-Victoire; Mont Sainte-Victoire; Mont Ste.-Victoire; Montage Saint-Victoire; Trees on the Mountain; Tress on a Mountainside
Rewald (W499); Venturi revised: c.1900; Venturi (1018): 1900–06
Graphite and watercolor on wove paper
Watermark: "GOLFIER SAINT MARCEL ANNONAY" at right edge
12 9/16 x 19 3/4 in. (32 x 50.2 cm)

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Provenance
Estate of Paul Cézanne
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris (1907)
Montross Gallery, New York (April 1, 1916)
Lillie P. Bliss, New York;
The Museum of Modern Art, New York (Lillie P. Bliss Bequest);
Parke-Bernet, New York, May 11, 1944, no. 65, ill.
Mr. and Mrs. Siegfried Kramarsky, New York;
Dr. Sonja Binkhorst-Kramarsky, New York;
Private collection, New York;
Christie's, New York, Nov. 12, 2019, no. 156, ill.
Stephen Ongpin Fine Art, London
Exhibition History
1913 Rome
Rome, Prima esposizione internazionale d'arte della 'Secessione", March–April 1913, no. 677.
1914a Paris
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Paul Cézanne, January 6–17, 1914.
1914 Rome
Secessione, II. Internationale, Rome, Seconda esposizione internationale d'arte della 'Secessione", February–June 1914, no. 24, as Alberi in montagna, lent by Bernheim-Jeune.
1916b New York
Montross Gallery, New York, Cézanne, January 1–31, 1916, no. 12, as Trees on the Mountain.
1920 Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Paintings and Drawings by Representative Modern Masters, April 17–May 9, 1920, no. 55 (lent by Lillie P. Bliss).
1926 Brooklyn
Brooklyn Academy of Arts and Sciences, Brooklyn, New York, Summer Exhibition of Modern French and American Painters, June 12–October 14, 1926.
1931–32 New York and traveling
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Memorial Exhibition: The Collection of the Late Miss Lillie P. Bliss, May 17–September 27, 1931, no. 20, ill., as Tress on a Mountainside. Traveled to: Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts, October 17–December 15, 1931; John Herron Art Institute, Indianapolis, January 1932.
1934c New York
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, The Lillie P. Bliss Collection, May 14–September 12, 1934, no. 17, ill., as Mont Ste.-Victoire.
1935 Pittsburgh
Carnegie Art Institute, Pittsburgh, Paintings, Drawings and Watercolors from the Lillie P. Bliss Collection, March 13–April 10, 1935, no. 30.
1935 Chicago
The Arts Club of Chicago, Chicago, Drawings and Watercolors from the Lillie P. Bliss Collection, May 21–June 11, 1935, no. 30.
1952 Chicago and traveling
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Cézanne: Paintings, Watercolors & Drawings, A Loan Exhibition, February 7–March 16, 1952, no. 114, as Mont Sainte-Victoire, c. 1900-06, lent by Mr. Siegfried Kramarsky, New York. Traveled to: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, April 1–May 16, 1952.
1956 The Hague
Haags Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, the Netherlands, Paul Cézanne, June 1–August 1, 1956, no. 87, 1900-06, lent by S. Kramarsky, New York.
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. 79, ill. lent by Kramarsky.
1956 Zurich
Kunsthaus, Zurich, Paul Cézanne, August 22–October 7, 1956, no. 138.
1959e New York
Wildenstein Galleries, New York, Loan Exhibition: Cézanne, November 5–December 5, 1959, no. 82, ill. lent by Dr. Sonja Kramarsky.
1963f New York
Knoedler Galleries, New York, Cézanne Watercolors, April 2–20, 1963, no. 52, pl. LI, as Montage Saint-Victoire, 1897-1900, lent by Dr. Sonja Binkhorst-Kramarsky, New York.
1967 Pasadena
Pasadena Art Museum, Pasadena, Cézanne watercolors, November 10–December 10, 1967, no. 30, ill.
2021 New York
Stephen Ongpin Fine Art, New York, A Sense of Place, Landscape of the 19th & 20th Centuries, January 22–February 5, 2021, no. 39, ill., as Landscape with the Montagne Sainte-Victoire.
2023–24 London
Royal Academy of Arts, London, Impressionists on Paper, Degas to Toulouse-Lautrec, November 25, 2023–March 10, 2024, no. 73, ill. lent by Stephen Ongpin Fine Art, London.
Published References
Klein 1934
Klein, Jerome. The Lillie P. Bliss Collection. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1934, no. 17.
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1018, ill. vol. II, as Montage Saint-Victoire.
Barr 1942
Barr, Jr., Alfred H. Painting and Sculpture in the Museum of Modern Art. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1942, p. 30, no. 101, as Mont Ste.-Victoire.
Barr 1977
Barr, Jr., Alfred H. Painting and Sculpture in the Museum of Modern Art, 1929–1967. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1977, p. 651.
Rewald 1983a
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, no. 499, ill.
Keyes 2003
Keyes, George S. "Reconsideration of Late Variants of Cézanne's 'Theme of Mont Sainte-Victoire.'" Bulletin of the Detroit Institute of Arts vol. 77, no. 1/2 (2003), p. 36, fig. 6.
Dauberville 2020
Dauberville, Guy-Patrice, and Floriane Dauberville. Paul Cezanne chez Bernheim-Jeune. Paris: Editions G-P.F. Dauberville & Archives Bernheim-Jeune, 2020, no. 352, ill., as Arbres devant la montagne (Montagne Sainte-Victoire) (installation photograph from 1914 exhibition, p. 97).

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Record last updated December 20, 2021. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "La Montagne Sainte-Victoire, c.1900 (FWN 1444)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1481 (accessed on March 28, 2024).