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Catalogue entry

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)

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Provenance
Ambroise Vollard, Paris
Sidney Brown, Baden (Apr. 6, 1933);
Stiftung Langmatt Sidney and Jenny Brown, Baden;
Christie's, New York, November 9, 2023, no. 43, ill.
Exhibition History
2020 Baden
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 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 426, ill. vol. II, as La Mer à l'Estaque.
Guerry 1950
Guerry, Liliane. Cézanne et l'expression de l'espace. Paris: Flammarion, 1950, p. 88.
Bourges 1982
Bourges, Marianne R. Itinéraires de Cézanne. Aix-en-Provence: Ville d'Aix-en-Provence, 1982, no. 4, as L'Estaque.
Du 1989
"Das Tor zur Moderne. Paul Cézanne in Schweizer Sammlungen." Du 49, no. 9 (September 1989), p. 65, ill.
Deuchler 1990
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 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. 392, ill. vol. 2, as La Mer à l'Estaque.
Preiswerk-Lösel 2005
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 2013
Blanc, Geneviève. L'Estaque, Art et Patrimoine, Chronique d'une double histoire. Gémenos: Groupe Horizon, 2013, p. 16, ill.
Blanc 2019
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 2020
Blanc, Geneviève. Et si L'Estaque m'était contée? [privately published], 2020, p. 15, ill. with photo of the motif.
La Mer à l'Estaque, 1878–79 (possibly later) (FWN 122). View of motif with buildings and chimneys, past and present, identified by Geneviève Blanc
View of motif with buildings and chimneys, past and present, identified by Geneviève Blanc
Photo: Courtesy Geneviève Blanc
La Mer à l'Estaque, 1878–79 (possibly later) (FWN 122)
Photo: Geneviève Blanc
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 April 25, 2024).