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Erik Gould; © Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence
FWN 1323
Le Village de L'Estaque
c.1885
Alternate titles: The village of L'Estaque; View of Aix
Venturi (1503): 1885–95; Chappuis (1157): 1890–95
Graphite on paper
11 7/16 x 18 1/8 in. (29 x 46 cm)
Provenance
Exhibition History
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Cézanne: Paintings, Watercolors & Drawings, A Loan Exhibition, February 7–March 16, 1952, no. 48, as The village of L'Estaque, 1885-95, lent by Museum of Art, The Rode Island School of Design. Traveled to: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, April 1–May 16, 1952.
Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island, Cézanne, September 23–October 24, 1954.
Musée Cantini, Marseille, France, L'Estaque, naissance du paysage moderne, 1870–1910, June 25–September 25, 1994.
Published References
Banks, M.A. "The Radeke Collection of Drawings." Rhode Island School of Design Bulletin XIX, no. 4 (Oct. 1931).
Rowe, L.E. "Cézanne at Aix." Bulletin of the Rhode Island School of Design XXI, no. 4 (Oct. 1933), ill. p. XXI, 51, as View of Aix, Gift of Mrs. Gustav Radeke, 1922.
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 1503, ill. vol. II, as Le Village de L'Estaque.
Shoolman, Regina, and Charles Slatkin. Six Centuries of French Master Drawings in America. New York: Oxford University Press, 1950, p. 196, pl. 110, as The village of L'Estaque, c. 1885-95.
Neumeyer, Alfred. Cézanne's Drawings. New York and London: Thomas Yoseloff, 1958, no. 71, ill.
Chappuis, Adrien. The Drawings of Paul Cézanne: A Catalogue Raisonné. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1973, no. 1157, ill., as The village of L'Estaque.
Champa, Kermit S. Selection V: French Watercolors and Drawings, ca. 1800-1910. Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, 1975.
Blanc, Geneviève. L'Oeuvre de Cezanne à L'Estaque, Huiles – Aquarelles – Dessins, 1864–1885. Marseille: Éditions Gaussen, 2019, fig. 142 (discussion p. 120), as Le Village de L'Estaque (with contemporary photograph indicating two of the houses in the drawing, fig. 143).
Record last updated February 22, 2023. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Le Village de L'Estaque, c.1885 (FWN 1323)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=2850 (accessed on May 1, 2025).
