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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 358
Château Noir
c.1904
Alternate titles: Het huis genaamd le Château Noir; Le Château Noir
Rewald (919): c.1904; Venturi revised: 1902–6; Venturi (797): 1904–6; Cooper: c.1905; Gowing: c.1905 (Edingurgh); Reff: c.1904 (MoMA); Other: Novotny: c.1904
Oil on canvas
27 5/8 x 31 1/2 in. (70 x 80 cm)
Vollard archives: photo no. 359 and 559, Annotated by Cezanne's son: Château Noir 1901
Private collection
Provenance
Ambroise Vollard, Paris
Kenneth Clark, Saltwood
Marlborough Galleries, New York
Jacques Koerfer, Ascona;
Christie's, New York, Nov. 19, 1998, no. 324, ill.
Private collection
Exhibition History
1942–43 London
National Gallery, London, Nineteenth Century French Painting, December 11, 1942–January 17, 1943, no. 66, as Le Château noir, c. 1905, lent by Lady Clark.1949–50 London
Royal Academy of Arts, London, Landscape in French Art, 1550–1900, December 10, 1949–March 5, 1950, no. 305, ill. no. 59 in Book of Illustrations, as Le Château Noir, lent by Lady Clark, c. 1904-6.1951 Amsterdam
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Het Franse Landschap, von Poussin tot Cézanne, March 18–June 4, 1951, no. 14, c. 1904/6, as Het huis genaamd le Château Noir, lent by Lady Clark, London.1952d London
Tate Gallery, London, XXth century masterpieces : an exhibition of paintings and sculpture, July 15–August 17, 1952, no. 10, as Le Château noir, lent by Lady Clark.1954 Edinburgh and traveling
Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Paintings by Cézanne, August 20–September 18, 1954, no. 64, pl. XVI, as Le Château Noir, c. 1905, lent by Sir Kenneth Clark. Traveled to: Tate Gallery, London, September 29–October 27, 1954.1956 Aix-en-Provence
Pavillon de Vendôme, Aix-en-Provence, France, Exposition pour commémorer le cinquantenaire de la mort de Cézanne, July 21–August 15, 1956, no. 65, ill. lent by K. Clark.1956 Zurich
Kunsthaus, Zurich, Paul Cézanne, August 22–October 7, 1956, no. 87.1956 Munich
Haus der Kunst, Munich, Paul Cézanne, October 12–November 18, 1956, no. 65, lent by K. Clark.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. 50, pl. 55. 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. 53, ill.2014 London
Tate, London, Kenneth Clark Looking for Civilisation, May 19–August 10, 2014, no. 228, pp. 42-43, pl.14, lent by Private collection.2022–23 Chicago and traveling
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Cezanne, May 15–September 5, 2022, no. 129, ill. catalogued, but not shown. 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. 797, ill. vol. II, as Château Noir.Rewald 1937a
Rewald, John. "A propos du catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre de Paul Cézanne et de la chronologie de cette œuvre." La Renaissance (Paris), vol. 20, nos. 3-4 (March–April 1937), p. 56.Novotny 1938
Novotny, Fritz. Cézanne und das Ende der wissenschaftlichen Perspektive. Vienna: Anton Schroll, 1938, list of motifs: no. 6.Stokes 1947
Stokes, Adrian. Cézanne. London: Faber & Faber, 1947, pl. 9.Beucken 1962
Beucken, Jean de. Cézanne. New York: Viking Press, 1962, p. 115, ill.Lindsey and Koerfer 1972
Lindsey, Véra and Koerfer, Christina. Auge und Vision - Die Sammlung Jacques Koerfer. Basel: Werner & Bischoff, 1972, no. 24.Gasser 1974
Gasser, Manuel. "Bilder aus einer Privatsammlung." Du 34, no. 12 (December 1974), p. 19, ill.Wadley 1975
Wadley, Nicholas. Cézanne and His Art. London: Hamlyn, 1975, pl. 73.Harris 1982
Harris, Nathaniel. The Art of Cézanne. London: Optimum Books, 1982, p. 67, ill. in color.Wadley 1989
Wadley, Nicholas. Cézanne and His Art. London: Hamlyn, 1989, p. 87, ill. in color.Machotka 1996
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: Landscape into Art. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1996, p. 111, fig. 84, with photograph of the motif, fig. 83, as Le Château Noir.Rewald 1996
Rewald, John. The Paintings of Paul Cézanne, A Catalogue Raisonné, 2 vols. In Collaboration with Walter Feilchenfeldt and Jayne Warman. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1996, no. 919, ill. vol. 2, as Château Noir.Koerfer 1999
Koerfer, Thomas. The Jacques Koerfer Collection. England: Christie's International Media Divison, 1999, p. 27.Société Paul Cézanne 2005
Société Paul Cézanne. P. Cézanne: Les sites provençaux. Edited by Pavel Machotka. Marseille: Editions Crès, 2005, p. 113, ill. with photo of motif (c. 1935), p. 112, as Château Noir.Machotka 2008
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: The Eye and the Mind, 2 vols. Marseille: Editions Crès, 2008, vol. 1, fig. 328; vol. 2, p. 219, as Château Noir.Machotka 2014
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: Landscape into Art. Prague: Arbor Vitae, 2014, p. 188, fig. 71b, with black and white photo of motif, p. 187, fig. 71a, as Château Noir.
Photograph of the motif.
John Rewald Archive, Department of Image Collections, National Gallery of Art Library, Washignton, D.C.
Photo: John Rewald, circa 1935; © Sabine Rewald
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Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Château Noir, c.1904 (FWN 358)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=16 (accessed on April 26, 2024).
