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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)
Catalogue entry
FWN 124
Montagnes en Provence
c.1879
Alternate titles: Berglandschaft; Landscape; Le barrage de François-Zola; Le barrage François Zola; Maison en Provence, près de l'Estaque, Midi à L'Estaque; Midday, L'Estaque; Midi (L'Estaque); Montagne Sainte-Victoire (Le barrage or Le bassin de François Zola); Montagnes en Provence (près de l'Estaque?); Montagnes, l'Estaque; Mountains in Provence (near l'Estaque?); Paysage; Paysage de l'Estaque; Paysage provençal; Provençal Landscape; The François Zola Dam; Vallée du Rhône
Rewald (391): c.1879; Venturi revised: c.1883; Cézanne fils: c.1885; Venturi (490): 1886–90; Cooper: 1878–80; Gowing: c.1883 (Edinburgh)
Oil on paper mounted on canvas
21 1/16 x 28 1/5 in. (53.5 x 72.4 cm)
Vollard A stockbook: no. 3460, huile -- bords de la Mediterranée -- les premiers plans sont formés de rochers en haut un peu de mer; au fond des silhouettes de montagnes bleus, 54 x 75 cm (800 frs)
Vollard archives: photo no. 164, Annotated by Cezanne's son: circa 1885
Provenance
Julien-François (Père) Tanguy, Paris
Paul Gauguin, Paris and Copenhagen (Summer 1883)
Edvard Brandes, Copenhagen
Edouard Vuillard, Paris
Ambroise Vollard, Paris (Apr. 22, 1899)
Baron Denys Cochin, Paris (Oct. 26, 1899)
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris (July 3, 1913)
Gwendoline E. Davies, Newton, Great Britain (February 27, 1918);
National Museum of Wales, Cardiff (1952)
Exhibition History
1889 Copenhagen
Kunstforeningen (Copenhagen Art Society), Copenhagen, Denmark, Nordiske og Franske Impressionister [Scandinavian and French Impressionists], October 30–November 11, 1889, lent by Gauguin.1904 Brussels
La Libre Esthétique, Brussels, Exposition des peintres impressionnistes, February 25–March 29, 1904, no. 20, as Vallée du Rhône, lent by Baron Cochin; tentative identification.1914a Paris
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Paul Cézanne, January 6–17, 1914, no. 4, as Paysage de l'Estaque, for sale.1914b Paris
MM. Bernheim-Jeune & Cie, Paris, Le Paysage du Midi, June 8–16, 1914, no. 4, as Le barrage François Zola.1916b New York
Montross Gallery, New York, Cézanne, January 1–31, 1916, no. 4, as The François Zola Dam, lent by Bernheim-Jeune.1917c Paris
MM. Bernheim-Jeune & Cie, Paris, Essai d'une collection, June 14–28, 1917, no. 4 bis, as Le barrage François Zola.1917 Zurich
Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich, Französische Kunst des XIX. und XX. Jahrhunderts, October 5–November 14, 1917, no. 5, as Le barrage de François-Zola, lent by Bernheim-Jeune.1918–20 Bath
Victoria Art Gallery, Bath, United Kingdom, Modern Art, April 1918–September 1920, ill., Pl. I-B, as Le barrage de François-Zola, lent by Gwendoline Davies.1922 London
Burlington Fine Arts Club, London, Pictures, Drawings, and Sculptures of the French School of the Last 100 Years, Spring 1922, no. 40, as Landscape, lent by G. Davies.1926b London
National Gallery (Tate Gallery), Millbank, London, Loans at the exhibition of the Modern Foreign Gallery, June 26–October 10, 1926, as Landscape, lent by Miss Davies.1936c Paris
Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris, Cézanne, May 20–October 11, 1936, no. 42, (dated 1880–83), as Montagnes en Provence, lent by G.-E. Davies.1949–50 London
Royal Academy of Arts, London, Landscape in French Art, 1550–1900, December 10, 1949–March 5, 1950, no. 304, as Provençal Landscape, lent by Misses Davies, c. 1886-90.1951 Aberystwyth
National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth, United Kingdom, An Exhibition of sixty-one pictures: from the Gregynog Collection, July 17, 1951–October 31, 191.1954 Edinburgh and traveling
Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Paintings by Cézanne, August 20–September 18, 1954, no. 32, as Montagnes en Provence, c. 1883, lent by the National Museum of Wales. Traveled to: Tate Gallery, London, September 29–October 27, 1954.1954 Oslo
Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo, Norway, Paul Cezanne: 28 malerier, November 13–December 1, 1954, no. 14, as Montagnes en Provence, lent by National Museum of Wales, Cardiff.1960–61 Paris
Musée d'Art Moderne, Paris, Les Sources du XXe siècle: les arts en Europe de 1884 à 1914, November 4, 1960–January 23, 1961, no. 79, as Montagnes en Provence, 1878-80, lent by National Museum of Wales, Cardiff.1963 Rotterdam
Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, Franse landschappen van Cézanne tot heden [Le paysage français à nos jours], October 4–November 17, 1963, no. 24, pl. 2, as Montagnes, l'Estaque, c. 1882, lent by National Museum of Wales, Cardiff.1979a Paris
Musée Marmottan, Paris, Chefs-d'oeuvre impressionnistes du Musée National du Pays de Galle, May–June 1979, no. 20, ill.1979–179 London
Wildenstein, London, Paintings from the Davies Collection, March 1–30, 1979, no. 30, ill., as Montagnes, l'Estaque.1990 Edinburgh
National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Cézanne and Poussin: The Classical Vision in Landscape, August 9–October 21, 1990, no. 34, ill.1995–96 Paris and traveling
Grand Palais, Paris, Cézanne, September 26, 1995–January 14, 1996, no. 56, ill. shown in Philadelphia only. Traveled to: Tate Gallery, London, February 8–April 28, 1996; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, May 26–September 1, 1996.2002–03 Stockholm and traveling
Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, Impressionism and the North: Late 19th Century French Avant-Garde Art and the Art in the Nordic Countries 1870–1920, September 25, 2002–January 19, 2003, no. 20, ill., p. 144 (with Gauguin's study for a fan), as Midday, L'Estaque. Traveled to: Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, Denmark, February 21–May 25, 2003.2006 Washington, D.C. and traveling
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Cézanne in Provence, January 29–May 7, 2006, no. 43, ill., (dated c. 1876–79), shown in Washington only. Traveled to: Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, June 9–September 17, 2006.2006–07 London
National Gallery, London, Cézanne in Britain, October 4, 2006–January 7, 2007, no. 17, ill., as Mountains in Provence (near l'Estaque?) (size: 542 x 742 cm).2009–10 Columbia, S.C. and traveling
Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, South Carolina, Turner to Cézanne: Masterpieces from the Davies Collection, National Museum of Wales, March 6–June 7, 2009, no. 7, ill., (dated c. 1877–78). Traveled to: Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York, June 25–September 20, 2009; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., October 8, 2009–January 3, 2010; Albuquerque Museum of Art & History, Albuquerque, New Mexico, May 16–August 8, 2010.2017 Martigny
Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Martigny, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne: le chant de la terre, June 16–November 19, 2017, no. 28, ill. lent by National Museum of Wales, Cardiff.2020 Princeton and traveling
Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, New Jersey, Cézanne, The Rock and Quarry Paintings, March 7–June 14, 2020, fig. 101, c. 1883, to be shown in London only. Traveled to: Royal Academy, London, July 12–October 18, 2020 (N.B. This venue was cancelled due to 2020 coronavirus).2022–23 Chicago and traveling
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Cezanne, May 15–September 5, 2022, no. 26, ill. 1877–78, shown in London only. Traveled to: Tate Moderrn, London, October 6, 2022–March 12, 2023.Published References
Gauguin 1883
Gauguin, Paul. "Letter to Camille Pissarro, n.d. [probably written between 25 and 29 July 1883 in Paris]." In Correspondance de Paul Gauguin: documents témoignages, 1 [1873-1888], Victor Merlhès, ed. Paris: Fondation Singer-Polignac, 1984, pp. 50-51, as ... une vue du Midi inachevée ...Gauguin 1885
Gauguin, Paul. "Letter to his wife, n.d. [probably written in the first fortnight of December 1885 in Paris]." In Correspondance de Paul Gauguin: documents témoignages, 1 [1873-1888], Victor Merlhès, ed. Paris: Fondation Singer-Polignac, 1984, p. 118.Gauguin 1888a
Gauguin, Paul. Sketchbook, known as Album Briand. , p. 5 (as size 20), as Midi (L'Estaque), list datable to c. Jan. 1888.Madsen 1889
Madsen, Karl. "Kunst. Impressionisterne i Kunstforeningen, II." Politiken, November 10, 1889.Gauguin 1894
Gauguin, Paul. "[Letter] CXLVIII, à sa femme, n.d. [Paris, 5 février 1894]." In Lettres de Gauguin à sa femme et à ses amis, Maurice Malingue (ed.). Paris: Grasset, 1946, as ... le Césane avec des toits rouges ...Gauguin 1894a
Gauguin, Paul. "Letter to Edvard Brandes, Paris, February 17, 1894." In Bodelsen, Merete, Gauguin, the Collector, The Burlington Magazine, vol. CXII, no 810. September 1907, as ... les Cézanne ...Piper & Co. 1912
Paul Cèzanne - Mappe. Munich: R. Piper & Co., 1912, pl. 4, as Berglandschaft.Cortissoz 1916
Cortissoz, Royal. "Paul Cézanne and the Cult for His Paintings." New York Tribune, January 9, 1916, ill. (reprinted in R. Cortissoz, Personalities in Art, New York and London, 1925, p. 298).New York Times Magazine 1916
"A Representative Group of Cézannes Here." New York Times Magazine, January 2, 1916, p. 21.Wright 1916b
Wright, Willard Huntington. "Paul Cézanne." International Studio 57, no. 228 (February 1916), p. cxxix, ill.Constable 1920
Constable, W.G. "Modern Art at the Victoria Art Gallery, Bath." The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs 36, no. 203 (February 1920), fig. B pl. I, as Paysage.Faure 1921
Faure, Élie. Histoire de l'Art. L'Art moderne. Paris: Les Éditions Crès, 1921, ill. p. 401.Burlington 1921a
"Editorial: Cézanne and the Nation." The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs 38, no. 218 (May 1921), p. 209, ill. p. [214], as Landscape.Fry 1922a
Fry, Roger. "The Burlington Fine Arts Club: Cézanne Once More." New Statesman (London) (May 27, 1922).Faure 1923a
Faure, Élie. P. Cézanne. Paris, 1923, pl. 44, as Paysage provençal.Faure 1924
Faure, Élie. Histoire de l'art: l'art moderne. Paris: G. Crès, 1924, ill. p. 421.Le Bulletin de la vie artistique 1925b
Le Bulletin de la vie artistique 6, no. 12 (June 15, 1925), ill. p. 270, as Le barrage de François-Zola.Bell 1926
Bell, Clive. "Les tableaux français modernes à la Galerie Tate et à la Galerie Nationale de Londres." L'Amour de l'Art 7, no. 4 (April 1926), ill. p. 120, as Paysage. Tate Collection.Faure 1926b
Faure, Élie. Histoire de l'Art. Paris: G. Crès, 1926, pl. 149.Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 490, ill. vol. II, as Montagnes en Provence.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.Barnes and de Mazia 1939
Barnes, Albert C., and Violette de Mazia. The Art of Cézanne. New York: Harcourt Brace, 1939, no. 85, p. 212, ill. (analysis pp. 341–42).Maison 1952
Maison, Karl Eric. "French Paintings in the Gwendoline E. Davies Bequest." Apollo 6 (July 1952), fig. XI.Cooper 1954b
Cooper, Douglas. The Courtauld Collection. London: Athlone Press, 1954, pp. 3–4.National Museum of Wales 1955
Catalogue of Oil Paintings. Cardiff: National Museum of Wales, 1955, p. 137, pl. 19b.Rostrup 1960
Rostrup, Haavard. "Eventails et pastels de Gauguin." Gazette des Beaux-Arts, vol. 56, periode 6 (September 1960), p. 158.Bodelsen 1962
Bodelsen, Merete. "Gauguin's Cézannes." The Burlington Magazine 104, no. 710 (May 1962), pp. 207–08, fig. 40.Sutton 1964
Sutton, Denys. "Editorial: A Shock for the Troops." Apollo 80 (October 1964), p. 263, ill.Ingamells 1965
Ingamells, John. "Cézanne in England, 1910–30." British Journal of Aesthetics 5, no. 4 (October 1965), pp. 344–45.Evers 1967
Evers, Hans Gerhard. Vom Historismus zum Funktionalismus. Baden-Baden: Holle, 1967, p. 177, ill.Ingamells 1967
Ingamells, John. The Davies Collection of French Art. Cardiff: National Museum of Wales, 1967, pp. 28–30, ill.Bodelsen 1968a
Bodelsen, Merete. Gauguin og Impressionisterne. Copenhagen: Kunstforeningen, 1968, pp. 79-92, ill. p. 83.Bodelsen 1968b
Bodelsen, Merete. "Early Impressionist Sales 1874–94 in the light of some unpublished 'procès-verbaux.'" The Burlington Magazine 110, no. 783 (June 1968), p. 335.Ikegami 1969
Ikegami, Chuji. Cézanne. Tokyo: Shueisha, 1969, fig. 22.Roskill 1970
Roskill, Mark W. Van Gogh, Gauguin and the Impressionist Circle. Greenwich: New York Graphic Society, 1970, pl. 28.Bodelsen 1970b
Bodelsen, Merete. "Gauguin, the Collector." The Burlington Magazine 112, no. 810 (September 1970), pp. 594, 603-604 and p. 606, Catalogue no. 9, as Montagnes, l'Estaque.Elgar 1975
Elgar, Frank. Cézanne. New York: Praeger, 1975, fig. 65.Plazy 1981
Plazy, Gilles. Cézanne. Fribourg: Editions Medea, 1981, p. 12.Wetzel 1984
Wetzel, Christoph. Paul Cézanne: Leben u. Werk. Stuttgart/Zurich: Belser, 1984, p. 34/35, ill. in color.Kendall 1988
Kendall, Richard, ed. Cézanne: By Himself. London: Macdonald, 1988, p. 146, ill.Rewald 1989
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Kendall, Richard. The History and Techniques of the Great Master Cézanne. London: Tiger Books International, 1989, p. 39, ill.Lartigue 1995
Lartigue, Charles de. Les paysages de Paul Cézanne. Lyon: Les Créations du Pélican, 1995, p. 76, ill.Coutagne 1995b
Coutagne, Denis. "Les paysages." Dossier de l'art (Dijon), no. 25 (September - October 1995), ill. p. 15, 1878-80.Burlington 1996
"Editorial: Cézanne and 'The Burlington Magazine.'" The Burlington Magazine 138, no. 1115 (February 1996), p. 67, ill., as Midday, L'Estaque.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. 391, ill. vol. 2, as Montagnes en Provence (près de l'Estaque?).House 2002
House, John. "Stockholm and Copenhagen: Impressionism and the North." The Burlington Magazine 145, no. 1199 (February 2002), p. 118 mentioned, as Midday, L'Estaque.Feilchenfeldt 2005b
Feilchenfeldt, Walter. "Cézannes Sammler. Von Zola bis Annenberg." In "By Appointment Only": Schriften zu Kunst und Kunsthandel,
Cézanne und Van Gogh. Wädenswil: Nimbus, 2005, p. 167, ill.Machotka 2008
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: The Eye and the Mind, 2 vols. Marseille: Editions Crès, 2008, vol. 1, fig. 156; vol. 2, p. 114, as Montagnes en Provence (près de l'Estaque?).Pola Museum of Art 2015
Cézanne: Pioneer of Modern Art. Kanagawa: Pola Museum of Art, Pola Art Foundation, 2015. Exhibition catalogue, p. 72, fig. 13.Blanc 2019
Blanc, Geneviève. L'Oeuvre de Cezanne à L'Estaque, Huiles – Aquarelles – Dessins, 1864–1885. Marseille: Éditions Gaussen, 2019, fig. 77 (discussion p. 71), as Maison en Provence, près de l'Estaque, Midi à L'Estaque, with contemporary photo of the motif (fig. 78).Serres et al 2019
Serres, Karen (ed.). The Courtauld Collection, A Vision of Impressionism. Paris and London: Fondation Louis Vuitton and Paul Holberton Publishing, 2019. Exhibition catalogue (2019 Paris), p. 3, fig. 3.Dauberville 2020
Dauberville, Guy-Patrice, and Floriane Dauberville. Paul Cezanne chez Bernheim-Jeune. Paris: Editions G-P.F. Dauberville & Archives Bernheim-Jeune, 2020, no. 111, ill., as Montagne Sainte-Victoire (Le barrage or Le bassin de François Zola), installation photograph from 1914 exhibition, p. 100.Cezanne 2021
Cézanne, Philippe. Paul Cezanne dépeint par ses contemporains. Lyon: Fage éditions, 2021, fig. 51.Nagaï 2021b
Nagaï, Takanori. "Cezanne chez Gauguin." Aesthetics, nos. 23-24 (2021), p. 34, fig. 13.Notes
Cézanne may have begun painting this canvas in the South and taken it with him to Paris to rework it. Paul Gauguin bought the painting from père Tanguy in the summer of 1883 and had it relined. Gauguin copied the work on a fan, now in the collection of the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen.
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Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Montagnes en Provence, c.1879 (FWN 124)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=387 (accessed on April 20, 2024).
