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The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne
An Online Catalogue Raisonné under the Direction of Société Paul Cezanne
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Catalogue entry
FWN 1503
La Montagne Sainte-Victoire vue des Lauves
1902–06
Alternate titles: Flachlandschaft; La Montagne Sainte-Victoire; Mont Sainte-Victoire Seen from Les Lauves; Montagne Sainte-Victoire; Mount Sainte Victoire
Rewald (W594); Venturi revised: 1886–88; Venturi (917): 1890–1900
Graphite and watercolor on paper, with vertical trace at center right where a second sheet was glued on
13 x 28 5/16 in. (33 x 72 cm)
Private collection
Provenance
Paul Cézanne fils, Paris
Paul Cassirer, Berlin
Margarete Oppenheim, Berlin;
Kunstauktionhaus Julius Böhler, Oppenheim Collection, Munich, Germany, May 18–22, 1936, no. 1227, pl. 74; bought in;
Ernst von Simson, Berlin and Oxford;
Otto von Simson, Berlin and New York
Alain Tarica, Paris
Yves Saint-Laurent, Paris (July 1983);
Yves Saint-Laurent Collection, Christie's, Paris, Feb. 23, 2009, no. 5, ill.
Private collection
Exhibition History
1921 Berlin
Paul Cassirer, Berlin, Cézanne-Ausstellung: Cézannes Werke in deutschem Privatbesitz: Gemälde, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, November–December 11, 1921, no. 57, as Flachlandschaft, lent by Margarete Oppenheim.1963f New York
Knoedler Galleries, New York, Cézanne Watercolors, April 2–20, 1963, no. 64, pl. LX, as Montagne Sainte-Victoire, 1902-1906, lent by Otto von Simson, Paris.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. 105, ill., pl. 126, as Mont Sainte-Victoire Seen from Les Lauves, 1902-06, lent by Ernest M. von Simson, New York [sic]. 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. 85, ill. in b/w, as La Montagne Sainte-Victoire vue des Lauves, 1902-06, lent by Collection Ernst M. von Simson, New York.2021a New York
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Cézanne Drawing, June 6–September 25, 2021, pl. 179, The Callimanopulos Collection.Published References
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 917, ill. vol. II, as Montagne Sainte-Victoire.Novotny 1938
Novotny, Fritz. Cézanne und das Ende der wissenschaftlichen Perspektive. Vienna: Anton Schroll, 1938, list of motifs: no. 95.Rewald 1983a
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, no. 594, ill.Coignard 2005
Coignard, Jérôme. "Hors série: Les chefs-d'oeuvres de la collection Yves Saint Laurent Pierre Bergé." Connaissance des Arts 271 (December 2005).Coignard 2006
Coignard, Jérôme. "Chez Pierre Bergé et Yves Saint Laurent." Connaissance des Arts, no. 634 (Janvier 2006), Ill. p. 49 (in situ), as La Montagne Sainte-Victoire.The Metropolitan Museum of Art 2009
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. 124, ill. p. 166.Notes
The farm complex is the same as in [La Montagne Sainte-Victoire vue des Lauves, 1902–06 (1502)].
Photograph of the motif.
John Rewald Archive, Department of Image Collections, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Photo: John Rewald, circa 1935; © Sabine Rewald
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Record last updated October 28, 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 vue des Lauves, 1902–06 (FWN 1503), with vertical trace at center right where a second sheet was glued on." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1577 (accessed on April 20, 2024).
