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)
FWN 1450
Le Pistachier dans la cour de Château Noir, II
c.1900
Alternate titles: Jas de Bouffan; La Pistachier de Chateau Noir; Le pistachier dans la cour du Château noir; Le Pistachier du Château; Pistacchio Tree at Le Château Noir; Pistachier dans la cour de Château Noir; Pistachio Tree at the Black Chateau; Pistachio Tree in the Courtyard of Château Noir; The Pistachio Tree at the Château Noir
Rewald (W516); Venturi revised: 1895–1900; Venturi (1040): 1895–1900
Graphite and watercolor on wove paper
21 5/16 x 17 1/16 in. (54.2 x 43.3 cm)
Provenance
Exhibition History
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Cézanne, December 1–18, 1920, no. 16, as Jas de Bouffan, lent by Bernheim-Jeune.
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, A Century of Progress, June 1–November 1, 1933, no. 845, as Jas de Bouffan.
Marie Harriman Gallery, New York, Cézanne: Centennial Exhibition, November 7–December 2, 1939, no. 28, as La Pistachier de Chateau Noir.
Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts, Columbus, Ohio, Watercolors by Paul Cézanne, December 19, 1939–January 8, 1940, no. 11, as Pistachio Tree at the Black Chateau.
California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, 19th Century French Drawings, March 8–April 6, 1947, no. 117, ill., as The Pistachio Tree at the Château Noir, 1895-1900, lent by The Art Institute of Chicago.
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Cézanne: Paintings, Watercolors & Drawings, A Loan Exhibition, February 7–March 16, 1952, no. 99, ill., as Pistacchio Tree at Le Château Noir, 1895-1900, The Art Institute of Chicago. Traveled to: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, April 1–May 16, 1952.
Haags Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, the Netherlands, Paul Cézanne, June 1–August 1, 1956, no. 76, ill. 1895-1900, lent by The Art Institute of Chicago.
Haus der Kunst, Munich, Paul Cézanne, October 12–November 18, 1956, no. 95, ill. 1895/1900, lent by Art Institute, Chicago.
Wildenstein Galleries, New York, Master Drawings from the Art Institute of Chicago, October 17–November 30, 1963, no. 110.
Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C., Cézanne: An Exhibition in Honor of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Phillips Collection, February 27–March 28, 1971, no. 54, ill. Traveled to: The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, April 17–May 16, 1971; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, June 1–July 3, 1971.
Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach, Florida, Drawings from The Art Institute of Chicago, January 5–27, 1974, no. 4, ill.
Cabinet des Dessins, Musée du Louvre, Paris, Dessins francais de l'Art Institute de Chicago: de Watteau a Picasso, 1976–77, no. 62, ill.
Städelschen Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany, Französische Zeichnungen aus dem Art Institute of Chicago, February 10–April 10, 1977, no. 70, ill.
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. 88, ill., pl. 66, as Pistachio Tree in the Courtyard of Château Noir, c. 1900, lent by The Art Institute of Chicago. 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. 57, ill., as Pistachier dans la cour de Château Noir, c. 1900, lent by The Art Institute, Chicago.
Grand Palais, Paris, Cézanne, September 26, 1995–January 14, 1996, no. 184, ill. in color, p. 436, as Le pistachier dans la cour du Château noir, c. 1900, lent by The Art Institute of Chicago, shown in Philadelphia only. Traveled to: Tate Gallery, London, February 8–April 28, 1996; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, May 26–September 1, 1996.
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Cézanne in Provence, January 29–May 7, 2006, no. 97, ill. lent by Art Institute of Chicago; shown in Washington only. Traveled to: Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, June 9–September 17, 2006.
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Cezanne, May 15–September 5, 2022, no. 132, ill. Traveled to: Tate Modern, London, October 6, 2022–March 12, 2023.
Published References
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1040, ill. vol. II, as Le Pistachier du Château.
Brewster, Kate Lancaster. "The Ryerson Gift to the Art Institute of Chciago." Magazine of Art vol. 31, no. 2 (February 1938), pp. 98–99, ill.
Goldwater, Robert J. "Cézanne in America: The Master's Paintings in American Collections." Art News Annual 36, no. 26 (March 26, 1938), p. 58, ill.
Novotny, Fritz. Cézanne und das Ende der wissenschaftlichen Perspektive. Vienna: Anton Schroll, 1938, list of motifs: no. 21.
Rewald, John. "The Camera verifies Cézanne's watercolors." Art News (Sept. 1944), p. 18, ill.
De l'Impressionnisme a nos jours. Paris, 1958. Exhibition catalogue, pl. 6.
Neumeyer, Alfred. Cézanne's Drawings. New York and London: Thomas Yoseloff, 1958, no. 84.
Longstreet, Stephen. The Drawings of Cézanne. Los Angeles: Borden Publishing Company, ill.
Rewald, John. "Cézanne's Last Motifs at Aix." In Cézanne: The Late Work. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1977. Exhibition catalogue, p. 87, ill. (with photograph of the motif) and pl. 66.
The Art Institute of Chicago. 100 Masterpieces. New York, 1978, p. 113, ill.
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, no. 516, ill. and color pl. 34.
Zelanski, Paul and Fisher, Mary Pat. The Art of Seeing. Englewood Cliffs, N.J, 1988, pp. 185 and 187, fig. 3.16.
Fine, Ruth and Hernandez-Duran, Raymond and Pascale, Mark. Contemporary American Realist Drawings The Jalane and Richard Davidson Collection at The Art Institute of Chicago. New York. Exhibition catalogue, fig. 8, p. 10.
Société Paul Cézanne. P. Cézanne: Les sites provençaux. Edited by Pavel Machotka. Marseille: Editions Crès, 2005, p. 117, ill., with photo of motif by John Rewald, p. 116.
Simms, Matthew. Cézanne's watercolors: between drawing and painting. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2008, p. 133, fig. 94.
Lloyd, Christopher. Paul Cézanne, Drawings and Watercolors. London and Los Angeles: Thames & Hudson and John Paul Getty Museum, 2015, p. 241, fig. 168.
Marchesseau, Daniel. Paul Cezanne, Le chant de la terre. Martigny: Fondation Pierre Gianadda, 2017. Exhibition catalogue, p. 222, ill.
Swinbourne, Anna. "L'Estaque; Fontainebleau; Bibémus; Château Noir." In Cézanne, The Rock and Quarry Paintings. Princeton: Princeton University Art Museum; New Haven: Yale University Press. Exhibition catalogue, p. 130, fig. 80, as Pistachio Tree in the Courtyard of Château Noir, dated c. 1900.
Record last updated August 29, 2024. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Le Pistachier dans la cour de Château Noir, II, c.1900 (FWN 1450)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1498 (accessed on May 1, 2025).
