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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)
Catalogue entry
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
Georges Bernheim, Paris
Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Ryerson, Chicago (May 3, 1920);
The Art Institute of Chicago (1937)
Exhibition History
1920d Paris
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Cézanne, December 1–18, 1920, no. 16, as Jas de Bouffan, lent by Bernheim-Jeune.1933b Chicago
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, A Century of Progress, June 1–November 1, 1933, no. 845, as Jas de Bouffan.1939h New York
Marie Harriman Gallery, New York, Cézanne: Centennial Exhibition, November 7–December 2, 1939, no. 28, as La Pistachier de Chateau Noir.1939–40 Columbus
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.1947 San Francisco
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.1952 Chicago and traveling
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, 1952.1956 The Hague
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.1956 Zurich
Kunsthaus, Zurich, Paul Cézanne, August 22–October 7, 1956, no. 123, ill., pl. 56.1956 Munich
Haus der Kunst, Munich, Paul Cézanne, October 12–November 18, 1956, no. 95, ill. 1895/1900, lent by Art Institute, Chicago.1963h New York
Wildenstein Galleries, New York, Master Drawings from the Art Institute of Chicago, October 17–November 30, 1963, no. 110.1971 Washington, D.C. and traveling
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, 1971.1974 Palm Beach
Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach, Florida, Drawings from The Art Institute of Chicago, January 5–27, 1974, no. 4, ill.1976–77 Paris
Cabinet des Dessins, Musée du Louvre, Paris, Dessins francais de l'Art Institute de Chicago: de Watteau a Picasso, 1976–77, no. 62, ill.1977 Frankfurt am Main
Städelschen Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany, Französische Zeichnungen aus dem Art Institute of Chicago, February 10–April 10, 1977, no. 70, ill.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. 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).1978a Paris
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.1995–96 Paris and traveling
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, 1996.2006 Washington, D.C. and traveling
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, 2006.2022–23 Chicago and traveling
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Cezanne, May 15–September 5, 2022, no. 132, ill. Traveled to: Tate Moderrn, London, October 6, 2022–March 12, 2023.Published References
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1040, ill. vol. II, as Le Pistachier du Château.Brewster 1938
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 1938
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 1938
Novotny, Fritz. Cézanne und das Ende der wissenschaftlichen Perspektive. Vienna: Anton Schroll, 1938, list of motifs: no. 21.Rewald 1944a
Rewald, John. "The Camera verifies Cézanne's watercolors." Art News (Sept. 1944), p. 18, ill.Zahn 1957
Zahn, Leopold. Paul Cézanne. Landschaftsaquarelle. Baden-Baden: W. Klein, 1957, pl. 9.Neumeyer 1958
Neumeyer, Alfred. Cézanne's Drawings. New York and London: Thomas Yoseloff, 1958, no. 84.Longstreet 1964
Longstreet, Stephen. The Drawings of Cézanne. Los Angeles: Borden Publishing Company, ill.Baer 1969
Baer, Curtis O. Landscape Drawings. New York: H.N. Abrams, 1969, pl. 141.Rewald 1977b
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.Art Institute of Chicago 1978
The Art Institute of Chicago. 100 Masterpieces. New York, 1978, p. 113, ill.Rewald 1983a
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, no. 516, ill. and color pl. 34.Kendall 1988
Kendall, Richard, ed. Cézanne: By Himself. London: Macdonald, 1988, p. 217, ill.Zelanski and Fisher 1988
Zelanski, Paul and Fisher, Mary Pat. The Art of Seeing. Englewood Cliffs, N.J, 1988, pp. 185 and 187, fig. 3.16.Fine and Hernandez-Duran and Pascale 1999
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 2005
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 2008
Simms, Matthew. Cézanne's watercolors: between drawing and painting. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2008, p. 133, fig. 94.Landrot 2010
Landrot, Gérard. Cézanne Aquarelles. Paris: Éditions Langlaude, 2010, p. 55, ill.Lloyd 2015
Lloyd, Christopher. Paul Cézanne, Drawings and Watercolors. London and Los Angeles: Thames & Hudson and John Paul Getty Museum, 2015, p. 241, fig. 168.Marchesseau 2017
Marchesseau, Daniel. Paul Cezanne, Le chant de la terre. Martigny: Fondation Pierre Gianadda, 2017. Exhibition catalogue, p. 222, ill.Swinbourne 2020
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.
Photograph of the motif.
John Rewald Archive, Department of Image Collections, National Gallery of Art Library, Washington, D.C.
Photo: John Rewald; © Sabine Rewald
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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 April 25, 2024).
