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 151
Le Viaduc à l'Estaque
1879–82
Alternate titles: Das Viadukt von L'Estaque; Kleine Landschaft; La Maison jaune; Le viaduc de L'Estaque; Les maisons jaunes
Rewald (439): 1879–82; Venturi revised: 1883–85; Venturi (402): 1882–85; Rivière: 1881; Cooper: 1882–83 (excluding April–October, 1882, when Cézanne was in Paris); Gowing: c.1883 (Edinburgh); Other: Gowing: accepts Cooper's dates (Burlington)
Oil on canvas
21 5/8 x 25 13/16 in. (55 x 65.5 cm)
Vollard A stockbook: no. 3458, huile. paysage du Midi; au 1r plan maison blanche de fenêtres vertes derrière un grand arbre, au 2e plan des maisons à toit rouge; ciel bleu, 54 x 65 cm (200 frs)
Vollard B stockbook: no. 3804, Paysage avec maisons dans le Midi, 54 x 65 cm (200 frs)
Provenance
Exhibition History
Grafton Galleries, London, Manet and the Post-Impressionists, November 8, 1910–January 15, 1911, no. 63, as La Maison jaune, lent by Vollard.
Paul Cassirer, Berlin, Cézanne-Ausstellung: Cézannes Werke in deutschem Privatbesitz: Gemälde, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, November–December 11, 1921, no. 9, as Kleine Landschaft, lent by Graf Kessler.
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Van Gogh's grote tijdgenoten, Summer 1953, no. 4, ill., as Le Viaduc à l'Estaque, 1882/85. Traveled to: Rijksmuseum Kröller-Müller, Otterlo, the Netherlands, Summer 1953.
Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Paintings by Cézanne, August 20–September 18, 1954, no. 31, pl. IV, as Le Viaduc à l'Estaque, c. 1883, lent by Suomen Taideakatemia, Helsinki. Traveled to: Tate Gallery, London, September 29–October 27, 1954.
Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo, Norway, Paul Cezanne: 28 malerier, November 13–December 1, 1954, no. 13, ill., as Le Viaduc à l'Estaque, c. 1883, lent by Konstsamlingarne i Ateneum, Helsinki.
Pavillon de Vendôme, Aix-en-Provence, France, Exposition pour commémorer le cinquantenaire de la mort de Cézanne, July 21–August 15, 1956, no. 24, lent by Musée de l'Art de l'Ateneum, Helsinki.
Haus der Kunst, Munich, Paul Cézanne, October 12–November 18, 1956, no. 32, ill. lent by Kunstmuseum Ateneum, Helsinki.
Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, (Kunsthaus Lempertz), Cologne, Cézanne, Ausstellung zum Gedenken an sein 50. Todesjahr, December 1956–January 1957, no. 17, ill. lent by Helsinki.
Österreichische Galerie, Belvedere, Vienna, Paul Cézanne, April 14–June 18, 1961, no. 21, pl. 14.
Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Von Delacroix bis Picasso: ein Jahrhundert französischer Malerei, September–October 1965, ill., listed p. 30, ill. in b/w p. 114, as Das Viadukt von L'Estaque, c. 1882-83.
Musée Saint-Georges, Liège, Belgium, Cézanne, March 12–May 9, 1982, no. 13, ill. 1882-85. Traveled to: Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, June 12–August 31, 1982 (exhibition catalogue; preface by Denis Coutagne).
Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, Cézanne, June 12–August 31, 1982, no. 13, ill.
National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Cézanne and Poussin: The Classical Vision in Landscape, August 9–October 21, 1990, no. 37, ill.
Kunsthalle, Tübingen, Germany, Cézanne Gemälde, January 16–May 2, 1993, no. 29, ill.
Musée Cantini, Marseille, France, L'Estaque, naissance du paysage moderne, 1870–1910, June 25–September 25, 1994, no. 12, ill. dated 1882–85.
Barbican Art Gallery, London, Modern Art in Britain 1910–1914, February 20–May 26, 1997, no. 20, ill., p. 22.
Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, Cézanne i blickpunkten, October 17, 1997–January 11, 1998, no. 12, pp. 54–55 (dated c. 1882–85).
Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, Impressionism and the North: Late 19th Century French Avant-Garde Art and the Art in the Nordic Countries 1870–1920, September 25, 2002–January 19, 2003, no. 21, ill., p. 284, as Le Viaduc à l'Estaque, dated 1883. Traveled to: Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, Denmark, February 21–May 25, 2003.
Louisiana Museum of Art, Humlebæk, Denmark, Cézanne & Giacometti: Paths of Doubt, February 20–June 29, 2008, no. 14, ill. p. 52, as Le Viaduc à l'Estaque, lent by Ateneum Art Museum, Finnish National Gallerym Helsinki.
Palazzo Reale, Milan, Cézanne: Les ateliers du midi, October 20, 2011–February 26, 2012, no. 20, ill., as Le Viaduc à l'Estaque, lent by Atheneum, Helsinki.
National Art Center, Tokyo, Cézanne: Paris-Provence, March 28–May 11, 2012, no. 36, ill.
Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, Cézanne: site / non-site, February 4–May 18, 2014, no. 50, ill.
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Cezanne, May 15–September 5, 2022, no. 30, ill. shown in London only. Traveled to: Tate Modern, London, October 6, 2022–March 12, 2023.
Published References
Meier-Graefe, Julius. "Cézanne und sein Kreis: Paul Cézanne." In Entwicklungsgeschichte der modernen Kunst: vergleichende Betrachtungen der bildenden Künste, als Beitrag zu einer neuen Aesthetik vol. 1. Stuttgart: Jul. Hoffmann, 1904, p. 169 (Das Bild bei dem Grafen Kessler ...).
Meier-Graefe, Julius. "Cézanne and his Circle: Paul Cézanne." In Modern Art: Being a Contribution to a New System of Aesthetics. vol. I, translated by Florence Simmonds and George W. Chrystal. London: Heinemann, 1908, p. 269 (... Count Kessler's picture ...).
Fry, Roger. "Acquisitions by the National Gallery of Helsingfors." The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs 18, no. 95 (February 1911), p. 293, as Les maisons jaunes.
Rivière, Georges. Le Maître Paul Cézanne. Paris: Librairie Floury, 1923, p. 209, listed.
Bernard, Emile. Souvenirs sur Paul Cézanne: une conversation avec Cézanne: la méthode de Cézanne. Paris: R.G. Michel, 1925, ill. opposite p. 101.
Bernard, Émile. Souvenirs sur Paul Cézanne, Une Conversation avec Cézanne. Paris: R.G. Michel, 1926, ill. opp. p. 90.
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 402, ill. vol. II, as Le Viaduc à l'Estaque.
Rewald, John. "A propos du catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre de Paul Cézanne et de la chronologie de cette œuvre." La Renaissance (Paris), vol. 20, nos. 3-4 (March–April 1937), p. 56.
Novotny, Fritz. Cézanne. London: Phaidon Press, 1947, pl. 37, as Le Viaduc à l'Estaque, 1882-85.
Nicolson, Bendict. "Post-Impressionism and Roger Fry." The Burlington Magazine 93, no. 574 (January 1951), p. 13, note 16.
Cooper, Douglas. "Two Cézanne Exhibitions-I' and 'II." The Burlington Magazine 96, no. 620 and no. 621 (November and December 1954), fig. 16 p. [347] (no. 620), as Le Viaduc à l'Estaque.
Dunlop, Ian. The Shock of the New: Seven Historic Exhibitions of Modern Art. New York: American Heritage Press, 1972, p. 136, ill.
Harris, Nathaniel. The Art of Cézanne. London: Optimum Books, 1982, p. 51, ill. in color.
Prati, Xavier, ed. L'Estaque au temps des peintres, 1870–1914. Marseille: Association College-quartier, 1985, p. 50, ill.
Lartigue, Charles de. Les paysages de Paul Cézanne. Lyon: Les Créations du Pélican, 1995, p. 91, ill.
Coutagne, Denis, et al. Les Sites Cézanniens du Pays d'Aix: Hommage à John Rewald. Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux, 1996, p. 110.
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. 439, ill. vol. 2, as Le Viaduc à l'Estaque.
Walter, Sabine. "Die Sammlung Harry Graf Kessler in Weimar und Berlin." In Die Moderne und ihre Sammler: französische Kunst in deutschem Privatbesitz vom Kaiserreich zur Weimarer Republik, edited by Andrea Pophanken and Felix Billeter. Berlin: Akademie Verlag, 2001, p. 74, listed p. 87.
Société Paul Cézanne. P. Cézanne: Les sites provençaux. Edited by Pavel Machotka. Marseille: Editions Crès, 2005, p. 13, ill. with contemporary photo of motif, p. 12, as Le Viaduc à l'Estaque.
Feilchenfeldt, Walter. "Zur Rezeptionsgeschichte Cézannes in Deutschland." In "By Appointment Only": Schriften zu Kunst und Kunsthandel,
Cézanne und Van Gogh. Wädenswil: Nimbus, 2005, p. 137, ill.
Kitschen, Friederike. "Der liebe Gott der Malerei Cézanne in Deutschland nach den Kriegen." In In die Freiheit geworfen. Positionen zur deutsch-französischen Kunstgeschichte nach 1945, edited by Martin Schieder and Isabelle Ewig. Berlin: Akademie Verlag, 2006, p. 285, ill.
Robins, Anna Gruetzner. "'Manet and the Post-Impressionists': a checklist of the exhibition." The Burlington Magazine 152, no. 1293 (December 2010), p. 785, fig. 8.
Blanc, Geneviève. L'Estaque, Art et Patrimoine, Chronique d'une double histoire. Gémenos: Groupe Horizon, 2013, p. 162, ill.
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: Landscape into Art. Prague: Arbor Vitae, 2014, p. 92, fig. 26a, with color photo of motif, fig. 26b, as Le Viaduc à l'Estaque.
Blanc, Geneviève. L'Oeuvre de Cezanne à L'Estaque, Huiles – Aquarelles – Dessins, 1864–1885. Marseille: Éditions Gaussen, 2019, fig. 80 (discussion p. 73), as Le viaduc de L'Estaque.
Blanc, Geneviève. Et si L'Estaque m'était contée? [privately published], 2020, p. 150, ill. with contemporary photo of motif.
Record last updated August 16, 2022. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Le Viaduc à l'Estaque, 1879–82 (FWN 151)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=430 (accessed on October 6, 2024).
