Catalogue entry

FWN 128

La Chaîne de l'Étoile avec le Pilon du Roi

1878–79

Alternate titles: Bei Gardanne; Environs de Gardanne; La Chaîne de l'Étoile avec le Pilon du Roi (depuis le chemin de Valcros); Le Pilon du Roi; Near Gardanne; Paysage Provençal

Rewald (399): 1878–79; Venturi revised: 1883–85; Cézanne fils: Aix 1885; Venturi (418): 1884–85

Oil on canvas

19 3/8 x 23 3/16 in. (49.2 x 59 cm)

Vollard A stockbook: no. 3534, huile; au premier plan une bande verte après q.q. vallonnements de terrain -- ciel gris bleu, 50 x 60 cm (100 frs)

Vollard C stockbook: no. 7142, paysage. collines bleues au fond. Midi, 50 x 60 cm

Vollard archives: photo no. 515, Annotated by Cezanne's son: Aix 1885

Glasgow City Art Gallery (presented by Mrs. Jessie McInnes)

Keywords

Locales
Southern France:
- Chaîne de L'Étoile »
- Le Pilon du Roi »
Landscape
Natural motifs:
- mountain(s) / montagne(s) »
Landscape
Man-made motifs:
- house(s) / maison(s) »
Technique and Condition:
- slashed canvas »

Provenance

Ambroise Vollard, Paris

Galerie E. Bignou, Paris

Alexander Reid, Glasgow (June 4, 1934)

David T. Eccles, London (Sept. 5, 1934)

Alexander Reid, Glasgow (Nov. 30, 1942)

William McInnes, Glasgow (1942);

Mrs. Jessie McInnes, Glasgow;

Glasgow City Art Gallery (1952)

Exhibition History

1933–34 New York and traveling

Knoedler Galleries, New York, Paintings from the Ambroise Vollard Collection, XIX-XX Centuries, November 6–December 3, 1933, no. 6, as Environs de Gardanne, 1885. Traveled to: Arts and Crafts Club, Detroit, December 11, 1933–January 1934.

1934a London

Wildenstein Galleries, London, 1934, no. 5.

1934 Glasgow

McLellan Gallery, Glasgow, United Kingdom, French Painting in the XIXth Century, May 1934, no. 9.

1934b London

Alex Reid & Lefevre, London, Renoir, Cézanne and Their Contemporaries, June 1934, no. 5, as Environs de Gardanne, 1885.

1939d London

Wildenstein Galleries, London, Homage to Paul Cézanne, July 1939, no. 31, lent by Private collection.

1942a London

Alex Reid & Lefevre, London, French paintings of the XIXth & XXth centuries, August 7–29, 1942, no. 4.

1943 Glasgow

Glasgow Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow, United Kingdom, The Spirit of France, June 1943, no. 55.

1955 Edinburgh

Scottish Arts Council Gallery, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, French Paintings of the 19th and 20th Centuries, August 20–September 11, 1955, no. 4.

1958–59 Belfast

Museum & Art Gallery, Belfast, United Kingdom, 19th and 20th Century French Paintings, December 2, 1958–January 31, 1959, no. 3.

1961 Wolfsburg

Stadthalle, Wolfsburg, Germany, Französische Malerei von Delacroix bis Picasso, April 8–May 31, 1961, no. 18, pl. 12, as Bei Gardanne, 1885, lent by Glasgow Museum & Art Galleries.

1968 Edinburgh

Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Boudin to Picasso, 1968, no. 20, ill.

1974 Tokyo and traveling

National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, Cézanne, March 30–May 19, 1974, no. 22. Traveled to: Municipal Museum, Kyoto, Japan, June 1–July 17, 1974; Cultural Center, Fukuoka, Japan, July 24–August 18, 1974.

2002–03 Louisville and traveling

Speed Art Museum, Louisville, Kentucky, Millet to Matisse: Nineteenth and Twentieth Century French Painting from Kelvingrove Art Gallery, Glasgow, November 6, 2002–February 2, 2003, no. 12, ill. Traveled to: Frick Art and Historical Center, Pittsburgh, February 26–May 25, 2003; Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska, June 18–September 14, 2003; Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, New Mexico, October 8, 2003–January 4, 2004; Musée de Québec, Québec City, January 29–May 2, 2004; Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, Michigan, May 19–August 15, 2004.

Published References

Venturi 1936b

Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 418, ill. vol. II, as Paysage Provençal.

Barnes and de Mazia 1939

Barnes, Albert C., and Violette de Mazia. The Art of Cézanne. New York: Harcourt Brace, 1939, no. 93, listed.

Glasgow Art Gallery 1953

Catalogue of French Paintings. Glasgow, 1953, p. 11, ill., as Near Gardanne.

Scottish Art Review 1953

Scottish Art Review 4, no. 1 (1953), p. 16, ill.

Scottish Art Review 1953a

"Recent Acqusitions – Art." Scottish Art Review 4, no. 1 (1953), p. 20, ill. p. 16, McInnes Collection.

Macaulay 1953b

Macaulay, W.J. "Some additions to the Glasgow art collection." Scottish Art Review 4, no. 3 (1953), pp. 14, 18, ill., as Environs de Gardanne, dated 1885.

Reid 1960

Reid, A. McNeill. "The French Room at Kelvingrove." Scottish Art Review 7, no. 3 (1960), pp. 18–19.

Feist 1963

Feist, Peter Heinz. Paul Cézanne. Leipzig: E.A. Seemann, 1963, p. 16, pl. 37.

Honeyman 1971

Honeyman, T.J. Art and Audacity. London: Collins, 1971, ill. between pp. 104 and 105, as Near Gardanne.

Rishel 1983

Rishel, Joseph J. Cézanne in Philadelphia Collections. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1983. Exhibition catalogue, p. 62, fig. 29b, as Le Pilon du Roi.

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. 399, ill. vol. 2, as La Chaîne de l'Étoile avec le Pilon du Roi.

Athanassoglou-Kallmyer 2003

Athanassoglou-Kallmyer, Nina M. Cézanne and Provence: The Painter in His Culture. Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, 2003, p. 10, fig. 1.3, as La Chaîne de l'Étoile avec le Pilon du Roi, dated c. 1878.

Robbins 2006b

Robbins, Anne. Cézanne in Britain. London: National Gallery, 2006. Exhibition catalogue, p. 93, as La Chaîne de l'Étoile avec le Pilon du Roi, listed.

Chédeville 2014g

Chédeville, François. "La Chaîne de l'Étoile et le Pilon du Roi." Société Paul Cézanne (April 25, 2014).

Coutagne 2015

Coutagne, Denis. "P. Cézanne, sur la colline de la Constance–Valcros." Aix-en-Provence: SPLA Pays d'Aix Territoires, June 2015, ill. p. 91.

Bonfort 2016

Bonfort, ed., Didier. Dans les pas de P. Cezanne, Valcros - Bellevue - Montbriand. Didier Bonfort, ed.. Aix-en-provence: Sauvegarde des paysages de Cezanne, February 2016, p. 33, ill., as La Chaîne de l'Étoile avec le Pilon du Roi (depuis le chemin de Valcros).

Société Paul Cezanne 2019

Cezanne, Jas de Bouffan: art et histoire. Under the scientific direction of Denis Coutagne and François Chédeville. Lyon; Aix-en-Provence: Fage édition; Société Paul Cezanne, 2019, fig. 37 p. 55.

Notes

"Evidently Cézanne was not quite satisfied with the Gardanne since, when we bought it from Vollard, the famous French dealer, the sky had been slashed by the artist, a thing Cézanne was wont to do if something did not come just as he wanted it to do. It was eventually most skilfully restored by Helmut Ruhemann and it would take an expert eye to find out where the damage had been." (Reid, 1906, pp. 18–19)

It seems odd that Vollard did not mention it in his stockbook entry, unless that designation is incorrect.

La Chaîne de l'Étoile avec le Pilon du Roi, 1878–79 (FWN 128). Photograph of the motif.
John Rewald Archive, Department of Image Collections, National Gallery of Art Library, Washington, D.C.

Photograph of the motif. John Rewald Archive, Department of Image Collections, National Gallery of Art Library, Washington, D.C.

Record last updated February 8, 2023. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.

Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "La Chaîne de l'Étoile avec le Pilon du Roi, 1878–79 (FWN 128)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=394 (accessed on April 16, 2024).