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 1480
La Montagne Sainte-Victoire vue des Lauves
1901–06
Alternate titles: La Montagne Sainte-Victoire; Mont Sainte Victoire; Mont Sainte-Victoire Seen from Les Lauves; Montagne Sainte-Victoire; Mount Sainte Victoire
Rewald (W585); Venturi revised: 1902–06
Graphite and watercolor on paper
18 11/16 x 24 3/16 in. (47.5 x 61.5 cm)
Provenance
Exhibition History
Reid & Lefevre, London, Cézanne Watercolours, December 1937, no. 17, as Mont Sainte Victoire.
Wildenstein Galleries, London, Homage to Paul Cézanne, July 1939, no. 72, as La Montagne Sainte-Victoire, c. 1904-06, lent by Mrs. Beatty.
Tate Gallery, London, Paul Cézanne: an Exhibition of Watercolours, opening on April 10, 1946, no. 39, as Mount Sainte Victoire, 1904-1906, lent by Chester Beatty. Traveled to: Museum and Art Gallery, Leicester, United Kingdom, May–June 1946; Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield, United Kingdom, July 1946.
National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, Centenary Exhibition, October–December 1964.
Wildenstein, New York, Drawings from the National Gallery of Ireland, November 16–December 30, 1967.
Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, Watercolour and Pencil Drawings by Cézanne, September 19–November 4, 1973, no. 96, ill. in b/w, catalogue note: p. 169, as Mont Sainte Victoire, lent by the National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin. Traveled to: Hayward Gallery, London, November 13–December 30, 1973.
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. 104, ill., pl. 135, as Mont Sainte-Victoire Seen from Les Lauves, 1901-06, lent by National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin. 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. 83, ill., as La Montagne Sainte-Victoire vue des Lauves, 1901-06, lent by National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin.
Kunsthalle Tübingen, Tübingen, Paul Cézanne Aquarelle, January 16–March 21, 1982, no. 74, ill., as Montagne Sainte-Victoire, 1902-04, lent by National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin (Inv.-No. 3300). Traveled to: Kunsthaus, Zürich, April 2–May 31, 1982.
Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, Ackland Art Museum, Chapel Hill, Master European Drawings From the Collection of the National Gallery of Ireland, 1983.
Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, Sainte-Victoire: Cézanne, June 16–September 2, 1990, no. 20, fig. 62, 1901-06, lent by National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin.
Grand Palais, Paris, Cézanne, September 26, 1995–January 14, 1996, no. 204, ill. in color, p. 477, as La Montagne Sainte-Victoire vue des Lauves, 1901-1906, lent by National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, shown in 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. 42, ill., as La Montagne Sainte-Victoire vue des Lauves, 1901-06, lent by National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin.
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Cézanne Drawing, June 6–September 25, 2021, pl. 176, National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin.
Published References
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, no. 585, ill.
Vuillemin, Madeleine. "Versuche über Cézannes späte Aquarelle." University of Zurich, 1989, pl. VI.
Bach, Friedrich Teja. "The Stake in the Pictorial Flesh: Disruptions in Cézanne's Oeuvre." In Cézanne: Finished, Unfinished. Ostfildern-Ruit: Hatje Cantz, 2000. Exhibition catalogue, p. 64, fig. 2, as Mont Sainte-Victoire Seen from Les Lauves, National Gallery of Scotland.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Masterpieces of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism: The Annenberg Collection - New Edition. Stein, Susan Alyson and Asher Ethan Miller. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art; New Haven: Yale University Press, 2009, fig. 127.
Lloyd, Christopher. Paul Cézanne, Drawings and Watercolors. London and Los Angeles: Thames & Hudson and John Paul Getty Museum, 2015, p. 231, fig. 158.
Armstrong, Carol. Cézanne's Gravity. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2018, fig. 76, 1902-04.
Record last updated May 19, 2023. 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 vue des Lauves, 1901–06 (FWN 1480)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1568 (accessed on May 2, 2025).
