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 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 October 25, 2023. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "La Mer à l'Estaque, 1878–79 (possibly later) (FWN 122)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=388 (accessed on May 1, 2025).
