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)
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Tony Querrec; © RMN-Grand Palais (Musée d'Orsay)
FWN 1458
La Montagne Sainte-Victoire
1900–02
Alternate titles: De berg Ste Victoire; Mont Sainte-Victoire; Mt. Ste. Victoire
Rewald (W502); Venturi revised: 1895–1900; Venturi (1562): c.1900
Graphite and watercolor on laid paper
Watermark: VIDALON
12 1/4 x 18 3/4 in. (31.1 x 47.7 cm)
Provenance
Exhibition History
Kurhaus, Baden-Baden, Germany, La peinture française moderne: de l'impressionnisme à nos jours - Moderne französische Malerei: vom Impressionismus bis zur Gegenwart, September 1946, no. 66, as La Montagne Sainte-Victoire, 0.31 x 0.47cm. Traveled to: Stadtschloss, Berlin, October 22–November 6, 1946; Kunsthalle, Mainz, Germany, November 19–December 5, 1946; Kunstmuseum, Düsseldorf, Germany, December 15, 1946–January 31, 1947.
Kunstgewerbemuseum [Museum für angewandte Kunst], Vienna, Classiques de la peinture française moderne - Meister der modernen französischen Kunst, 1947, no. 29, as La Montagne Sainte-Victoire, tentative identification.
Haus der Kunst, Munich, Moderne französische Malerei von den Impressionisten bis zur Gegenwart, March 1947, no. 29, as La Montagne Sainte-Victoire, tentative identification.
Musée des Beaux-Arts, Strasbourg, France, Les origines de l'art contemporain: la peinture française de Manet à Bonnard, November 1947–March 1948, no. 51, as La Montagne Sainte-Victoire, Collection M.[atsukata]. Traveled to: Musée des Beaux-Arts, Nancy, November 1947–March 1948; Musée des Beaux-Arts et d'Archéologie, Besançon, November 1947–March 1948.
Royal Academy of Arts, London, Landscape in French Art, 1550–1900, December 10, 1949–March 5, 1950, no. 550, as La Montagne Sainte-Victoire, c. 1900, lent by Private collection, Paris.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Het Franse Landschap, von Poussin tot Cézanne, March 18–June 4, 1951, no. 153, as De berg Ste Victoire, c. 1900, lent by Private collection, Paris.
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., French Drawings, Masterpieces from Five Centuries, October 7, 1952–May 5, 1953, no. 165. Traveled to: Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts, October 7, 1952–May 5, 1953; The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, October 7, 1952–May 5, 1953; The Metropolitan Museum of Art - The Cloisters, New York, October 7, 1952–May 5, 1953; The Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, October 7, 1952–May 5, 1953.
Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, Cézanne: Peintures, Aquarelles, Dessins, July 4–August 4, 1953, no. 50, as La Montagne Sainte-Victoire, 1902-06, lent by Private collection, Paris; (not shown in Nice). Traveled to: Musée Masséna, Nice, France, August 8–September 12, 1953; Musée des Beaux-Arts, Grenoble, France, September 15–October 18, 1953.
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, French Drawings: Masterpieces from Seven Centuries, October 13–November 27, 1955, no. 157, c. 1900, lent by Private Collection, Paris. Traveled to: Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, December 7–27, 1955; Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, January 10–February 12, 1956; California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, March 6–April 10, 1956.
Pavillon de Vendôme, Aix-en-Provence, France, Exposition pour commémorer le cinquantenaire de la mort de Cézanne, July 21–August 15, 1956, no. 87, lent by Direction des Domaines de la Seine, Paris.
Haus der Kunst, Munich, Paul Cézanne, October 12–November 18, 1956, no. 152 (supplement), n.d. lent by Direction des Domaines de la Seine, Paris.
Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, (Kunsthaus Lempertz), Cologne, Cézanne, Ausstellung zum Gedenken an sein 50. Todesjahr, December 1956–January 1957, no. 46, ill.
Musée National d'Art Moderne, Paris, De l'Impressionnisme à nos jours, opening June 27, 1958, no. 24, ill., pl. 7, as La Montagne Sainte-Victoire, lent by the French State.
Orangerie, Paris, Vingt ans d'acquisitions au musée du Louvre 1947-1967, December 1967–March 1968, no. 453, as La Montagne Sainte-Victoire.
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Four Americans in Paris: The Collections of Gertrude Stein and Her Family, December 19, 1970–March 1, 1971, p.156. Traveled to: Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, April 4–June 14, 1971; San Francisco Museum of Art, San Frnacisco, California, September 9–October 31, 1971.
Orangerie, Paris, Cézanne dans les musées nationaux, July 19–October 14, 1974, extended until October 28, no. 64, ill., as La Montagne Sainte-Victoire, c. 1900.
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. 96, ill., pl. 132, as Mont Sainte-Victoire, 1900-02, lent by Musée du Louvre, Paris; shown in New York only. 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).
Grand Palais, Paris, Cézanne: Les dernières années (1895–1906), April 20–July 23, 1978, no. 81, ill. in color, as La Montagne Sainte-Victoire, 1900-02, lent by Musée du Louvre, Paris.
Louvre, Cabinet des dessins, Paris, L'aquarelle en France au XIXe siècle: Dessin du musée du Louvre, June 16–September 19, 1983, no. 18, ill., as La Montagne Sainte-Victoire.
Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, Sainte-Victoire: Cézanne, June 16–September 2, 1990, no. 19, fig. 116, 1900-02, lent by Musée d'Orsay, Paris.
Grand Palais, Paris, Cézanne, September 26, 1995–January 14, 1996, no. 193, ill. in color, p. 456, as La Montagne Sainte-Victoire, 1900-1902, lent by Musée d'Orsay, Paris, shown in Philadelphia only. Traveled to: Tate Gallery, London, February 8–April 28, 1996; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, May 26–September 1, 1996.
Kunstforum, Vienna, Cézanne: Vollendet unvollendet, January 20–April 25, 2000, no. 112, ill., as La Montagne Sainte-Victoire, 1900-02, lent by Musée d'Orsay, Paris; shown in Zurich only. Traveled to: Kunsthaus, Zürich, May 5–August 13, 2000 (initially planned to end on July 30 the exhibition was extended until August 13).
Musée d'Orsay, Paris, New-York et l'art moderne. Alfred Stieglitz et son cercle (1905–1930), October 18, 2004–January 16, 2005, no. 36, ill. in color, p. 322, ill. in color p. 87, as La Montagne Sainte-Victoire, 1900-1902, lent by the Musée d'Orsay, Paris; shown in Paris only. Traveled to: Museo nacional Reina Sofia, Madrid, February 10–May 16, 2005.
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Cézanne in Provence, January 29–May 7, 2006, no. 168, ill. lent by Musée d'Orsay; shown in Aix only. Traveled to: Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, June 9–September 17, 2006.
Musée d'Orsay, Paris, Aquarelle: atelier et plein air, May 27–September 7, 2008, no. 47, ill. in color, as La Montagne Sainte-Victoire, c. 1900, not shown.
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Cézanne and Beyond, February 26–May 17, 2009, ill., pl. 166, p. 456, lent by Musée d'Orsay, Paris.
Grand Palais, Paris, Matisse, Cézanne, Picasso ... L'aventure des Stein, October 5, 2011–January 16, 2012, no. 10, ill., as La Montagne Sainte-Victoire, c. 1900, lent by Musée d'Orsay, Paris; shown in Paris only.
Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris, Les archives de rêve. Dessins du musée d'Orsay – Carte blanche à Werner Spies, March 25–June 30, 2014, p. 347 and 420, ill., as La Montagne Sainte-Victoire, 1900-1902 (Vienna ed.of cat.: p. 263 and 332, ill.) Traveled to: Albertina, Vienna, January 30–May 3, 2015 (Archiv der Träume. Meisterwerke aus dem Musée d'Orsay).
Published References
Gasquet, Joachim. "Ce qu'il m'a dit … Le motif." L'Amour de l'art 1, no. 8 (December 1920), ill. p. 262, as Aquarelle.
Fry, Roger. Cézanne: A Study of His Development. New York: Macmillan, 1927, pp. 79-80, fig. 41, pl. XXXI, as Mt. Ste. Victoire.
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1562, ill. vol. II, as La Montagne Sainte-Victoire .
Bazin, Germain. "Cézanne et la Montagne Sainte-Victoire." L'Amour de l'art 19, no. 10 (December 1938), pp. 373-83.
Bertram, Anthony. "Modern European Painting: Lecture II." Royal Society of Arts Journal 88, no. 4549 (Jan. 26, 1940), p. 247, mentioned.
Fry, Roger. Cézanne: A Study of his Developement. London: Hogarth Press, 1952, p. 80, pl. XXXI fig. 41, as Mt. Ste. Victoire.
Merleau-Ponty, Maurice. "L’œil et l'esprit." Art de France: revue annuelle de l'art ancien et moderne 1 (1961), ill. p. 193, as La Montagne Sainte-Victoire .
Bacou, Roseline. Great Drawings of the Louvre Museum - The French Drawings. New York: George Braziller, 1968, no. 95, ill.
Sérullaz, Maurice; collab. Lise Duclaux et Geneviève Monnier. Dessins du Louvre: école française. Paris: Flammarion, 1968, no. 95, ill., as La Montagne Sainte-Victoire , catalogue note by Geneviève Monnier.
Leymarie, Jean. Dessins impressionistes De Manet à Renoir. Geneva: Éditions d'Art Albert Skira, 1969, pp. 98-99, ill. 1900.
Sérullaz, Maurice and Arlette. L’ottocento francese. Milano: Fratelli Fabbri, 1970, pp. 85-86, pl. XXIX, as La Montagne Sainte-Victoire .
Cabinet des dessins, Album 6. Cézanne: Aquarelles. Paris: Henri Scrépel, 1975, ill.
Bellony-Rewald, Alice. The Lost World of the Impressionists. Boston: New York Graphic Society, 1976, p. 228-229, ill.
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne. Geneva: Skira, 1978, p. 148, ill., as La Montagne Sainte-Victoire , c. 1900.
Via, C.C. "Paul Cézanne nella critica del suo tempo: tradizione e continuità." In Cézanne e le avanguardie, Ponente, Nello. Rome, 1981, fig. 6.
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, no. 502, ill.
Teboul, Jacques. Les Victoires de Cézanne. Paris: Adam Biro, 1988, no. 16, ill. (with detail).
Kobe City Museum. The Old Matsukata Collection. Kobe, 1989. Exhibition catalogue, p. 84, fig. 6, ill.in color.
Rewald, John. Cézanne and America: Dealers, Collectors, Artists and Critics, 1891–1921. Princeton: Princeton University Press; London: Thames & Hudson, 1989, p. 59, fig. 38.
Corredor-Guinard. "La littérature et la diffusion des modèles de paysage méditerranéen." In Paysage méditerranéen. Milan: Electa, 1992. Exhibition catalogue, listed p. 201, ill. p. 200, as La Montagne Sainte-Victoire .
Lartigue, Charles de. Les paysages de Paul Cézanne. Lyon: Les Créations du Pélican, 1995, p. 161, ill.
Terrasse, Antoine. Les aquarelles de Cézanne. Paris: Flammarion, 1995, p. 96-7, ill. lent by Paris, musée du Louvre, Cabinet des dessins.
Coutagne, Denis, et al. Les Sites Cézanniens du Pays d'Aix: Hommage à John Rewald. Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux, 1996, p. 152.
Los Llanos, José de. L'Aquarelle de Dürer à Kandinsky. Vanves [Paris]: Editions Hazan, 1996, pp. 183–84, ill. p. 186.
Riva, Sylvia. "I poeti di Cézanne. Il Cézanne dei poeti. Da Baudelaire a Yves Bonnefoy." In Il Cézanne degli scrittori dei poeti e dei filosofi / a cura di Giovanni Cianci, Elio Franzini e Antonello Negri. Milan: Bocca, 2001, p. 292, fig. 23, ill. in b/w, as La Montagne Sainte-Victoire .
Mitchell, Mark D. "A New Tradition: Cézanne, Demuth, and the Invention of Modern Watercolor." In Cézanne and Beyond. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art; New Haven: In association with Yale University Press, 2009. Exhibition catalogue, p. 285, fig. 10.6
Parker, Robert McD. "Catalogue of the Stein Collections." In The Steins Collect: Matisse, Picasso and the Parisian Avent-Garde, edited by Janet Bishop, Cécile Debray, and Rebecca Rabinow. San Francisco: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; New Haven: Yale University Press, 2011. Exhibition catalogue, p. 398, no. 22, ill., as Mont Sainte-Victoire.
Prat, Louis-Antoine. Le Dessin français au XIXe siècle. Paris: Somogy Editions d'Art, 2011, p. 622, no. 1483, ill. in color, as La Montagne Sainte-Victoire , c. 1900.
Parker, Robert McD. with the collaboration of Maxime Touillet. "Résidences de Leo Stein' and 'Résidences de Gertrude Stein." In Matisse, Cézanne, Picasso … L'aventure des Stein, edited by Janet Bishop, Cécile Debray, Rebecca Rabinow and Gary Tinterow. Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux, 2011. Exhibition catalogue, p. 396, no. 4 in fig. 55, as La Montagne Sainte-Victoire .
The Matsukata Collection: Complete Catalogue of the European Art. 2, Sculpture, Drawings, Prints and Decorative Arts and Other Works. Tokyo: National Museum of Western Art, 2018, p. 121, no. 1491, ill., as Mont Sainte-Victoire.
Ruppen, Fabienne. "Tackling Cezanne's Paper: On the Reconstruction of Loose Sheets." In Reconstructing Cezanne. London: Ridinghouse and Luxembourg & Dayan, 2019. Exhibition catalogue, fig. 5.
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. 331, fig. 1, as Mont Sainte-Victoire.
Record last updated October 6, 2022. 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, 1900–02 (FWN 1458)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1484 (accessed on September 20, 2024).
