The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne
An Online Catalogue Raisonné under the Direction of Société Paul Cezanne
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© The Philadelphia Museum of Art, The Louise and Walter Arensberg Collection, 1950-134-35
FWN 1485
La Cathédrale d'Aix vue de l'atelier des Lauves
1902–04
Alternate titles: Landscape; The Cathedral at Aix seen from Les Lauves
Rewald (W581); Venturi revised: c.1906
Graphite and watercolor on wove paper
12 1/2 x 18 3/4 in. (31.7 x 47.6 cm)
Watermark: MONTGOLFIER/SAINT/MARCEL/LES/ANNONAY
Provenance
Exhibition History
Arden Gallery, New York, The Evolution of French Art from Ingres and Delacroix to the Latest Manifestations, April–May 1919, no. 102, as Landscape.
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Twentieth Century Art from the Louise and Walter Arensberg Collection, October 20–December 18, 1949, no. 34.
Pasadena Art Museum, Pasadena, Cézanne watercolors, November 10–December 10, 1967, no. 36, ill.
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Cézanne in Philadelphia Collections, July 19–August 21, 1983, no. 35, ill.
National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Cézanne and Poussin: The Classical Vision in Landscape, August 9–October 21, 1990, no. 68, ill. in color, as The Cathedral at Aix seen from Les Lauves, lent by Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Grand Palais, Paris, Cézanne, September 26, 1995–January 14, 1996, no. 208, ill. in color, p. 483, as La Cathédrale d'Aix vue de l'atelier des Lauves, 1902-1904, lent by Philadelphia MA, shown in Paris and London only. Traveled to: Tate Gallery, London, February 8–April 28, 1996; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, May 26–September 1, 1996.
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Classic Cézanne, November 28, 1998–February 28, 1999, no. 8, ill., as La Cathédrale d'Aix vue de l'atelier des Lauves, 1902-04, lent by Philadelphia Museum of Art.
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Cézanne in Provence, January 29–May 7, 2006, no. 134, ill., (dated 1902–06), lent by Philadelphia Museum of Art; shown in Washington only. Traveled to: Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, June 9–September 17, 2006.
Published References
Catalogue of the Louise and Walter Arensberg Collection, 20th Century Section. Philadelphia, 1954, no. 34, ill.
Rubin, William, ed. Cézanne: The Late Work. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1977. Exhibition catalogue, pl. 98.
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, no. 581, ill.
Simms, Matthew. Cézanne's watercolors: between drawing and painting. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2008, p. 130, fig. 88.
Record last updated January 6, 2021. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "La Cathédrale d'Aix vue de l'atelier des Lauves, 1902–04 (FWN 1485)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1563 (accessed on May 1, 2025).
