The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne
An online catalogue raisonné under the direction of Walter Feilchenfeldt, Jayne Warman and David Nash
FWN 122
La Mer à l'Estaque
1878–79 (possibly later)
Alternate titles: Das Meer bei L'Estaque; L'Estaque
Rewald: (392) 1878–79 (possibly later); Venturi revised: 1883–85; Venturi: (426) 1883–86; Cooper: between May 1883 and January 1884
Oil on canvas
15 x 18 1/8 in. (38 x 46 cm)
Vollard A stockbook: no. 3402, huile; la mer à Lestac [sic], au premier plan des maisons rouges étagées; d'un côté une haute cheminée, 37 x 46 cm (100 frs)
Provenance
Exhibition History
Museum Langmatt, Baden, Switzerland, Herzkammer: 30 Jahre Langmatt; Chamber of the Heart: 30 Years of Museum Langmatt, March 1–August 16, 2020, pp. 114-118, ill., as Das Meer bei L'Estaque, c. 1883.
Published References
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 426, ill. vol. II, as La Mer à l'Estaque.
Bourges, Marianne R. Itinéraires de Cézanne. Aix-en-Provence: Ville d'Aix-en-Provence, 1982, no. 4, as L'Estaque.
"Das Tor zur Moderne. Paul Cézanne in Schweizer Sammlungen." Du 49, no. 9 (September 1989), p. 65, ill.
Deuchler, Florens. Die französischen Impressionisten und ihre Vorläufer. Baden: Stiftung "Langmatt" Sidney und Jenny Brown, 1990, no. 11, ill. (dated circa 1883 based on a letter from Vollard).
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. 392, ill. vol. 2, as La Mer à l'Estaque.
Preiswerk-Lösel, Eva-Maria, ed. A House for the Impressionists: The Langmatt Museum. Ostfildern-Ruit: Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2005, pp. 160–62, ill., cat. no. 20, pp. 257–58, dated circa 1883.
Blanc, Geneviève. L'Estaque, Art et Patrimoine, Chronique d'une double histoire. Gémenos: Groupe Horizon, 2013, p. 16, ill.
Blanc, Geneviève. L'Oeuvre de Cezanne à L'Estaque, Huiles – Aquarelles – Dessins, 1864–1885. Marseille: Éditions Gaussen, 2019, fig. 64 (discussion p. 59), as La Mer à l'Estaque, with contemporary photo of the motif.
Blanc, Geneviève. Et si L'Estaque m'était contée? [privately published], 2020, p. 15, ill. with photo of the motif.
Record last updated March 14, 2023. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Feilchenfeldt, Walter, Jayne Warman, and David Nash. "La Mer à l'Estaque, 1878–79 (possibly later) (FWN 122)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. https://www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=388 (accessed on March 31, 2023).