Catalogue entry

FWN 1508
Château Noir
c.1904
Alternate titles: Haus in Bäumen; Haus unter Bäumen; Le Château Noir; Maison dans les arbres; The Château Noir; The House in the Pines
Rewald (W636); Venturi revised: 1902–06; Venturi (1036): 1900–04; Rivière: 1897
Graphite and watercolor on paper
16 1/2 x 21 3/4 in. (41.9 x 55.2 cm)
Vollard archives: photo without no.
Arthur Wood Jr., Chicago

Keywords

Provenance
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris
Jacques Seligmann, Paris and New York
Mrs Bertha Potter Palmer, Chicago;
Mrs. Pauline K. Palmer, Chicago;
Mrs. Arthur Wood, Chicago;
Arthur Wood Jr., Chicago
Exhibition History
1907d Paris
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Les aquarelles de Cézanne, June 17–29, 1907, no. 1, as Maison dans les arbres.
1907 Berlin
Paul Cassirer, Berlin, X. Jahrgang, 1907/1908, I. Ausstellung, September 30–October 18, 1907, no. 1, as Haus unter Bäumen.
1908 Dresden
Kunstsalon Emil Richter, Dresden, Germany, Vincent van Gogh, Paul Cézanne, April–May 1908, no. 1, as Haus in Bäumen.
1933c New York
Jacques Seligmann Gallery, New York, Water Colors by Cezanne, November 16–December 7, 1933, no. 2, as The House in the Pines.
1936c Paris
Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris, Cézanne, May 20–October 11, 1936, no. 138, as Château Noir, c. 1900-1904, lent by Jacques Seligmann and son, Paris.
1952 Chicago and traveling
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Cézanne: Paintings, Watercolors & Drawings, A Loan Exhibition, February 7–March 16, 1952, no. 116, ill., as Le Château Noir, 1900-04, lent by Private collection. Traveled to: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, April 1–May 16, 1952.
1963 Sarasota
Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, Florida, Palmer Family Collection, February 23–March 24, 1963, no. 5, pl. VIII, as The Château Noir, lent by Estate of Pauline K. Palmer.
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. 58, ill. Traveled to: The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, April 17–May 16, 1971; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, June 1–July 3, 1971.
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. 111, pl. 61, as Château Noir, c. 1904, lent by Mrs. Potter Palmer II. 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. 55, ill., as Château Noir, c. 1904, lent by collection Mrs. Potter Palmer II.
1995–96 Paris and traveling
Grand Palais, Paris, Cézanne, September 26, 1995–January 14, 1996, no. 191, ill. in color, p. 453, as Château Noir, c. 1904, lent by Private collection, 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.
2022–23 Chicago and traveling
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Cezanne, May 15–September 5, 2022, no. 133, ill. Private collection, Chicago; shown in Chicago only. Traveled to: Tate Moderrn, London, October 6, 2022–March 12, 2023.
Published References
Rivière 1923
Rivière, Georges. Le Maître Paul Cézanne. Paris: Librairie Floury, 1923, p. 222, listed, as Maison dans les arbres.
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1036, ill. vol. II, as Château Noir.
Novotny 1938
Novotny, Fritz. Cézanne und das Ende der wissenschaftlichen Perspektive. Vienna: Anton Schroll, 1938, list of motifs: no. 13.
Schmidt 1952
Schmidt, Georg. Aquarelle von Paul Cézanne. Mit zweiundreissig vielfarbigen Tafeln. Basel: Holbein-Verlag, 1952, fig. 17.
Badt 1971
Badt, Kurt. Das Spätwerk Cézannes. Konstanz: Universitätsverlag, 1971, p. 43, fig. 7.
Rewald 1983a
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, no. 636, ill.
Kendall 1988
Kendall, Richard, ed. Cézanne: By Himself. London: Macdonald, 1988, p. 282, ill.
Simms 2008
Simms, Matthew. Cézanne's watercolors: between drawing and painting. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2008, p. 134, fig. 95.
Echte and Feilchenfeldt 2013b
Echte, Bernhard and Feilchenfeldt, Walter. "Kollektionen Paul Cézanne, Curt Herrmann, Henri Matisse, Edvard Munch: 30. September bis 18. Oktober 1907." Kunstsalon Cassirer: Die Ausstellungen 1905-1908. vol. 3, "Den Sinnen ein magischer Rausch". Wädenswil: Nimbus, 2013, p. 506, ill.
Lloyd 2015
Lloyd, Christopher. Paul Cézanne, Drawings and Watercolors. London and Los Angeles: Thames & Hudson and John Paul Getty Museum, 2015, p. 243, fig. 170.
Dombrowski, Ireson and Patry 2021
Dombrowski, André, Nancy Ireson, and Sylvie Patry, eds. Cézanne in the Barnes Foundation. New York: Rizzoli Electa in association with The Barnes Foundation, 2021, p. 347, fig. 2, as Château Noir.
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. "Château Noir, c.1904 (FWN 1508)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1619 (accessed on April 23, 2024).