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 1492
La Cathédrale d'Aix vue de l'atelier des Lauves
1904–06
Alternate titles: Aix from the Lauves; Die Cathedrale von Aix en Provence; Jardin des Lauves; La cathédrale d'Aix; La Cathédrale d'Aix vue des Lauves; La Cathédrale d'Aix, vue du jardin des Lauves; The Cathedral at Aix; The Cathedral of Aix Seen from the Studio at Les Lauves
Rewald (W637); Venturi revised: circa 1906; Venturi (1077): 1904–06; Rivière: 1904
Graphite, watercolor, and gouache on paper
12 1/2 x 18 1/2 in. (31.8 x 47 cm)
Provenance
Exhibition History
Galerie Renou et Colle, Paris, Aquarelles et baignades de Cézanne, June 3–17, 1935.
Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne, August 30–October 12, 1936, no. 96, as Die Cathedrale von Aix en Provence, c. 1906, lent by Paul Cézanne fils, Paris.
Tate Gallery, London, Paul Cézanne: an Exhibition of Watercolours, opening on April 10, 1946, no. 36, as Aix from the Lauves, 1904, lent anonymously. Traveled to: Museum and Art Gallery, Leicester, United Kingdom, May–June 1946; Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield, United Kingdom, July 1946.
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Cézanne: Paintings, Watercolors & Drawings, A Loan Exhibition, February 7–March 16, 1952, no. 122, ill., as The Cathedral of Aix Seen from the Studio at Les Lauves, 1904-06, lent by Mr. and Mrs. Alex L.Hillman, New York. Traveled to: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, April 1–May 16, 1952.
Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, Landscape Drawings and Watercolors: Breughel to Cézanne, January 31–April 1, 1953, no. 42, pl. 16.
Orangerie, Paris, De David à Toulouse-Lautrec: Chefs-d'oeuvre des collections américaines, April 20–July 5, 1955, no. 59, ill., pl. 72, as La Cathédrale d'Aix, vue du jardin des Lauves, c. 1904-1906, lent by Mr. and Mrs. Alex L. Hillmann, New York.
Haags Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, the Netherlands, Paul Cézanne, June 1–August 1, 1956, no. 90, ill. 1904-06, lent by ALex L. Hillman, New York.
Pavillon de Vendôme, Aix-en-Provence, France, Exposition pour commémorer le cinquantenaire de la mort de Cézanne, July 21–August 15, 1956, no. 83, ill. lent by Hillman.
Wildenstein Galleries, New York, Loan Exhibition: Cézanne, November 5–December 5, 1959, no. 86, ill. lent by Hillman Periodicals.
Wildenstein Galleries, New York, Masterpieces: A Memorial Exhibition for Adele R. Levy, April 6–May 7, 1961, no. 69, pl. LVII.
Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York, Centennial Loan Exhibition, May 19–June 11, 1961, no. 91. Traveled to: Wildenstein Galleries, New York, June 14–September 9, 1961.
Knoedler Galleries, New York, Cézanne Watercolors, April 2–20, 1963, no. 67, pl. LVII, as La cathédrale d'Aix, 1904-1906, lent by Hillman Periodicals Inc, New York.
Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C., Cézanne: An Exhibition in Honor of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Phillips Collection, February 27–March 28, 1971, no. 61, ill. Traveled to: The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, April 17–May 16, 1971; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, June 1–July 3, 1971.
Bronx Museum of Art, New York, Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture from the Alex Hillman Family Foundation, April–May 1972.
The University of Wyoming Art Center, Laramie, Wyoming, The Hillman Collection, November 1972.
Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, Watercolour and Pencil Drawings by Cézanne, September 19–November 4, 1973, no. 101, ill. in b/w, catalogue note: p. 170, as The Cathedral at Aix, lent by the Alex Hillman Family Foundation, New York. Traveled to: Hayward Gallery, London, November 13–December 30, 1973.
National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, Cézanne, March 30–May 19, 1974, no. 86, ill., as La Cathédrale d'Aix vue des Lauves, 1904-1906, lent by The Alex Hillman Family Foundation, New York. Traveled to: Municipal Museum, Kyoto, Japan, June 1–July 17, 1974; Cultural Center, Fukuoka, Japan, July 24–August 18, 1974.
Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, Selections from the Alex Hillman Collection, January–February 1975.
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. 114, ill., pl. 100, as The Cathedral of Aix Seen from the Studio at Les Lauves, 1904-06, lent by The Alex Hillman Family Foundation, New York. 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. 72, ill. in b/w, as La Cathédrale d'Aix vue de l'atelier des Lauves, 1904-06, lent by Alex Hillman Family Foundation, Nw York.
The University of Texas, Austin, Texas, Selections from the Collection of the Alex Hillman Family Foundation, January 1979–November 1985.
Musée Saint-Georges, Liège, Belgium, Cézanne, March 12–May 9, 1982, no. 35, ill., as La Cathédrale d'Aix, vue du jardin des Lauves, 1904-06, lent by The Alex Hillman Family Foundation, New York. Traveled to: Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, June 12–August 31, 1982 (exhibition catalogue; preface by Denis Coutagne).
Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, Cézanne, June 12–August 31, 1982, no. 35, ill., as La Cathédrale d'Aix, vue du jardin des Lauves, 1904-06, lent by The Alex Hillman Family Foundation, New York.
The Brooklyn Museum, New York, Exhibition of Works from the Alex Hillman Family Foundation, February 1986–January 1987.
The Brooklyn Museum, New York, French Art from the Alex Hillman Family Foundation, June–August 1988.
University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tuscon, Arizona, Paintings and Drawings from the Alex Hillman Family Foundation, December 1991–May 1992.
Acquavella Galleries, New York, Cézanne Watercolors, October 18–November 24, 1999, no. 22, ill.
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Cézanne in Provence, January 29–May 7, 2006, no. 136, ill. lent by Hillman Family Foundation; shown in Washington only. Traveled to: Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, June 9–September 17, 2006.
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Cézanne Drawing, June 6–September 25, 2021, pl. 187, Rita and Alex Hillman Foundation.
Published References
Rivière, Georges. Le Maître Paul Cézanne. Paris: Librairie Floury, 1923, p. 224, listed, as Jardin des Lauves.
Rivière, Georges. Cézanne: Le Peintre solitaire. Paris: Librairie Floury, 1933, p. 162, ill. in revised 1936 edition).
Rewald, John, and Léo Marschutz. "Cézanne et la Provence." Le Point 4 (August 1936), p. 30, with photograph of motif.
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1077, ill. vol. II, as La Cathédrale d'Aix, vue du jardin des Lauves.
Novotny, Fritz. Cézanne und das Ende der wissenschaftlichen Perspektive. Vienna: Anton Schroll, 1938, list of motifs: no. 87.
H.L.F. "Alex L. Hillman: Courbet to Dubuffet." Art News 58, no. 6 (October 1959), p. 32, ill.
Boisdeffre, PIerre, Pierre Cabanne, Raymond Cogniat. Cézanne. Collection Génies et Réalités. Paris: Hachette, 1966, p. 109, ill.
Rishel, Joseph J. Cézanne in Philadelphia Collections. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1983. Exhibition catalogue, p. 74, fig. 35b.
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, no. 637, ill.
Bourges, Marianne R. Le jardin de Cézanne: l'époque des Lauves. Aix-en-Provence: Ville d'Aix-en-Provence, 1984, ill. in color p. 13, as La Cathédrale d'Aix vue de l'atelier des Lauves.
Coutagne, Denis. "Le retour de l'enfant prodigue." In Cézanne au Musée d'Aix. Aix-en-Provence: Musée Granet, 1984, ill. p. 40.
Braun, Emily. Manet to Matisse: The Hillman Family Collection. Seattle and London: University of Washington Press, 1994, p. 48, no. 7, ill pp. 18 and 49.
Lartigue, Charles de. Les paysages de Paul Cézanne. Lyon: Les Créations du Pélican, 1995, p. 150, ill.
Ely, Bruno. "Cézanne's Youth." In Cézanne in Provence. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art; New Haven: Yale University Press, 2006. Exhibition catalogue, p. 26, no. 136.
Simms, Matthew. Cézanne's watercolors: between drawing and painting. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2008, p. 130, fig. 90, on loan to Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Lloyd, Christopher. Paul Cézanne, Drawings and Watercolors. London and Los Angeles: Thames & Hudson and John Paul Getty Museum, 2015, p. 253, fig. 179, dated 1902–06.
Eiling, Alexander, Anett Göthe, Astrid Reuter, Bettina Kaufmann, Eva-Maria Höllerer, Juliane Betz and Julia Lachenmann. "Catalog." In Cézanne Metamorphoses. Munich and Karlsruhe: Prestel and Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, 2017. Exhibition catalogue, p. 298 fig. 1.
Marchesseau, Daniel. Paul Cezanne, Le chant de la terre. Martigny: Fondation Pierre Gianadda, 2017. Exhibition catalogue, p. 218, ill.
Cézanne, Philippe. Paul Cezanne dépeint par ses contemporains. Lyon: Fage éditions, 2021, fig. 127.
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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, 1904–06 (FWN 1492)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1620 (accessed on April 16, 2024).
