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Catalogue entry

FWN 144
Melun vu depuis Le Mée-sur-Seine
1879–80
Alternate titles: Ansicht von Pontoise; Blick auf die Stadt; Blick auf eine Stadt; Cergy, vue de Ham; Chaumières à Auvers; Environs de Pontoise; Paysage d'Ile-de-France; Petite Ville de l'île de France; Stadtansicht; Un village; Vue de village, probablement Cergy près de Pontoise, vue de Ham; Vue présumé de Melun
Rewald (414): 1879–80; Venturi revised: 1880–81; Venturi (307): 1879–82; Ratcliffe: 1881 or 1882; Machotka et al: 1879–80
Oil on canvas
23 1/2 x 28 11/16 in. (59.7 x 73 cm)
Private collection, Monaco

Keywords

Provenance
Julien-François (Père) Tanguy, Paris
Andries Bonger, Amsterdam (1894)
Paul Rosenberg, Paris
Georges Renand, Paris
Knoedler Galleries, New York (July 1949)
Mr. and Mrs. William Goetz, Los Angeles;
Sotheby's, London, Oct. 14, 1970, no. 3, ill.; bought in
Mrs. William Goetz, Los Angeles
Ishizuka Research Institute, Tokyo;
Parke-Bernet, New York, May 21, 1974, no. 213, ill.
Private collection, Monaco
Exhibition History
1912 Cologne
Städtische Ausstellungshalle, Cologne, Internationale Kunstausstellung des Sonderbundes Westdeutscher Kunstfreunde und Künstler, May 25–September 30, 1912, no. 127, as Ansicht von Pontoise, lent by Bonger.
1912b Berlin
Paul Cassirer, Berlin, XV. Jahrgang, 1912-1913, Erste Ausstellung, October 24–December 2, 1912, no. 26, as Blick auf die Stadt, tentative identification.
1912b Munich
Moderne Galerie [Heinrich Thannhauser], Munich, [unknown title], December 1912, no. 2, as Stadtansicht, lent by A. Bonger.
1913d Berlin
Paul Cassirer, Berlin, Degas / Cézanne [XVI. Jahrgang, 1913-14, Zweite Ausstellung], November 1–December 7, 1913, no. 32, as Blick auf eine Stadt, lent by Bonger.
1931c Paris
Paul Rosenberg, Paris, Exposition d’oeuvres importantes de grands maîtres du dix-neuvième siècle prétées au profit de la Cité Universitaire de l’Université de Paris, May 18–June 27, 1931, no. 4, ill., as Environs de Pontoise, 1882, lent by Monsieur G. R...
1936c Paris
Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris, Cézanne, May 20–October 11, 1936, no. 48, (dated 1879–80), as Paysage d'Ile-de-France, lent by Georges Renand, Paris.
1938b Amsterdam
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Honderd jaar Fransche kunst, July 2–September 25, 1938, no. 19, ill., as Vue de village, probablement Cergy près de Pontoise, vue de Ham, lent by G. Renand.
1939a Paris
Paul Rosenberg, Paris, Exposition Cézanne (1839-1906), organisée à l'occasion de son centenaire au profit de l’œuvre de l'allaitement maternel, February 21–April 1, 1939, no. 6, ill., as Un village, 1882, lent by Georges Renand.
1951 Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, California, Tenth Anniversary Exhibition, August 1951.
1952 Chicago and traveling
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Cézanne: Paintings, Watercolors & Drawings, A Loan Exhibition, February 7–March 16, 1952, no. 31, lent by Goetz. Traveled to: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, April 1–May 16, 1952.
1959 San Francisco
California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. William Goetz, April 18–May 31, 1959, no. 11, ill.
1959e New York
Wildenstein Galleries, New York, Loan Exhibition: Cézanne, November 5–December 5, 1959, no. 16, ill. lent by Goetz.
1970 Los Angeles
Otis Art Institute of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Hollywood Collects, April 5–May 15, 1970, ill.
Published References
Scheffler 1913
Scheffler, Karl. "Die Jüngsten." Kunst und Künstler 11, no. 8 (1913), ill. p. 396.
Bouyer 1932
Bouyer, Raymond. "Les expositions." Le Bulletin de l'art ancien et moderne: supplément hebdomadaire de la Revue de l'art ancien et moderne (Paris) (February 1932), ill. p. 59, as Environs de Pontoise, 1882.
Besson 1936
Besson, George (introduction). "Paul Cézanne: 1839–1906." Estampes. Paris: Braun & Cie, August 1936 (no. 4), fig. 12 p. 6.
Laprade 1936
Laprade, Jacques de. "L'exposition Cézanne à l'Orangerie." Beaux-arts: Chronique des arts et de la curiosité, no. 177 (May 22, 1936), ill. p. 9, as Vue présumé de Melun.
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 307, ill. vol. II, as Un village.
Novotny 1937
Novotny, Fritz. Cézanne. Vienna: Phaidon, 1937, pl. 30.
Barnes and de Mazia 1939
Barnes, Albert C., and Violette de Mazia. The Art of Cézanne. New York: Harcourt Brace, 1939, no. 77, p. 196, ill.
Jaloux 1939
Jaloux, Edmond. "Cézanne." Marianne: grand hebdomadaire politique et littéraire illustré (Paris) (February 22, 1939), ill. p. 12, as Un village.
Cogniat 1939a
Cogniat, Raymond. Cézanne. Paris: Pierre Tisné, 1939, pl. 57.
Auzas 1946
Auzas, Pierre. Peintures de Cézanne. Paris: Editions du Chêne, 1946, pl. IX (in color), as Cergy, vue de Ham, dated 1879–82.
Novotny 1947
Novotny, Fritz. Cézanne. London: Phaidon Press, 1947, pl. 26, as Paysage d'Ile-de-France, 1879-80.
Dorival 1948
Dorival, Bernard. Cézanne. Paris: Pierre Tisné, 1948, pl. 60, listed p. 153.
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. 414, ill. vol. 2, as Petite Ville de l'île de France.
Leeman 2009
Leeman, Fred. Odilon Redon and Emile Bernard: Masterpieces from the Andries Bonger Collection. Amsterdam and Zwolle: Van Gogh Museum and Waanders, 2009. Exhibition catalogue, no. 75 of checklist, p. 117, shown in 1904 installation photograph, fig. 96.
Société Paul Cézanne 2011
Société Paul Cézanne. P. Cézanne: À Paris et en Île de France. ed., Denis Coutagne. Marseille: Éditions Crès, 2011, p. 85, fn. 27, site identified as Melun seen from the quartier des Mées.
Schaefer 2012
Schaefer, Barbara, ed. "Sonderbundausstellung 1912 - Rekonstruktion." 1912, Mission Moderne: die Jahrhundertschau des Sonderbundes. Cologne: Wienend, 2012. Exhibition catalogue, no. 127, p. 554.
Echte and Feilchenfeldt 2016g
Echte, Bernhard and Feilchenfeldt, Walter. "Kollektionen Edgar Degas, Paul Cézanne, Werke von […]: 1. November bis 7. Dezember 1913." In Kunstsalon Cassirer: Die Ausstellungen 1912-1914 vol. 6, "Eine neue Klassik". Wädenswil: Nimbus, 2016, p. 504, ill.
Athanassoglou-Kallmyer 2023
Athanassoglou-Kallmyer, Nina M. "Cézanne nostalgique: Nostalgia, Memory, Illusion." Nineteenth-Century Art Worldwide, Autumn 2023, fig. 11.
Rikhof 2023
Rikhof, Maalke. "Symbolist, Post-Impressionist, Cubist, Traditonalist, The Reception of Paul Cézanne in the Netherlands, 1890–1930." In Van Gogh, Cézanne, Le Fauconnier and the Bergen School. Zwolle: Stedelijk Museum and Waanders, 2023. Exhibition catalogue, fig. 39.
Melun vu depuis Le Mée-sur-Seine, 1879–80 (FWN 144). Postcard view of the two dams in Melun
Postcard view of the two dams in Melun
Photo: Courtesy Alain Mothe
Record last updated December 19, 2020. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Melun vu depuis Le Mée-sur-Seine, 1879–80 (FWN 144)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=407 (accessed on March 28, 2024).