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Catalogue entry

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)

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Provenance
Ambroise Vollard, Paris
Harry Graf Kessler, Weimar (Nov. 11, 1904)
Ambroise Vollard, Paris
Ateneumin Taidemuseo, Helsinki (1911)
Exhibition History
1910–11 London
Grafton Galleries, London, Manet and the Post-Impressionists, November 8, 1910–January 15, 1911, no. 63, as La Maison jaune, lent by Vollard.
1921 Berlin
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.
1953 Amsterdam and traveling
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.
1954 Edinburgh and traveling
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.
1954 Oslo
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.
1956 Aix-en-Provence
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.
1956 Zurich
Kunsthaus, Zurich, Paul Cézanne, August 22–October 7, 1956, no. 44, pl. 19.
1956 Munich
Haus der Kunst, Munich, Paul Cézanne, October 12–November 18, 1956, no. 32, ill. lent by Kunstmuseum Ateneum, Helsinki.
1956–57 Cologne
Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, (Kunsthaus Lempertz), Cologne, Cézanne, Ausstellung zum Gedenken an sein 50. Todesjahr, December 1956–January 1957, no. 17, ill. lent by Helsinki.
1961 Vienna
Österreichische Galerie, Belvedere, Vienna, Paul Cézanne, April 14–June 18, 1961, no. 21, pl. 14.
1965 Berlin
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.
1975 Helsinki
Ateneumin Taidemuseo, Helsinki, Antellin kokoelmat, 1975, no. 21.
1982 Liège and traveling
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).
1982 Aix-en-Provence
Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, Cézanne, June 12–August 31, 1982, no. 13, ill.
1984 Madrid
Museo Español de Arte Contemporáneo, Madrid, Paul Cézanne, March 9–April 1984, no. 28.
1990 Edinburgh
National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Cézanne and Poussin: The Classical Vision in Landscape, August 9–October 21, 1990, no. 37, ill.
1993 Tübingen
Kunsthalle, Tübingen, Germany, Cézanne Gemälde, January 16–May 2, 1993, no. 29, ill.
1994 Marseille
Musée Cantini, Marseille, France, L'Estaque, naissance du paysage moderne, 1870–1910, June 25–September 25, 1994, no. 12, ill. dated 1882–85.
1997 London
Barbican Art Gallery, London, Modern Art in Britain 1910–1914, February 20–May 26, 1997, no. 20, ill., p. 22.
1997–98 Stockholm
Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, Cézanne i blickpunkten, October 17, 1997–January 11, 1998, no. 12, pp. 54–55 (dated c. 1882–85).
2002–03 Stockholm and traveling
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.
2008 Humlebæk
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.
2011–12 Milan
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.
2012 Tokyo
National Art Center, Tokyo, Cézanne: Paris-Provence, March 28–May 11, 2012, no. 36, ill.
2014a Madrid
Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, Cézanne: site / non-site, February 4–May 18, 2014, no. 50, ill.
2022–23 Chicago and traveling
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Cezanne, May 15–September 5, 2022, no. 30, ill. shown in London only. Traveled to: Tate Moderrn, London, October 6, 2022–March 12, 2023.
Published References
Meier-Graefe 1904
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 1908
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 1911
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.
Vollard 1914
Vollard, Ambroise. Paul Cézanne. Paris: Vollard, 1914, pl. 1.
Rivière 1923
Rivière, Georges. Le Maître Paul Cézanne. Paris: Librairie Floury, 1923, p. 209, listed.
Bernard 1925
Bernard, Emile. Souvenirs sur Paul Cézanne: une conversation avec Cézanne: la méthode de Cézanne. Paris: R.G. Michel, 1925, ill. opposite p. 101.
Bernard 1926a
Bernard, Émile. Souvenirs sur Paul Cézanne, Une Conversation avec Cézanne. Paris: R.G. Michel, 1926, ill. opp. p. 90.
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 402, ill. vol. II, as Le Viaduc à l'Estaque.
Novotny 1937
Novotny, Fritz. Cézanne. Vienna: Phaidon, 1937, pl. 38.
Rewald 1937a
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 1947
Novotny, Fritz. Cézanne. London: Phaidon Press, 1947, pl. 37, as Le Viaduc à l'Estaque, 1882-85.
Nicolson 1951
Nicolson, Bendict. "Post-Impressionism and Roger Fry." The Burlington Magazine 93, no. 574 (January 1951), p. 13, note 16.
Cooper 1954a
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.
Feist 1963
Feist, Peter Heinz. Paul Cézanne. Leipzig: E.A. Seemann, 1963, p. 28, pl. 23.
Dunlop 1972
Dunlop, Ian. The Shock of the New: Seven Historic Exhibitions of Modern Art. New York: American Heritage Press, 1972, p. 136, ill.
Wadley 1975
Wadley, Nicholas. Cézanne and His Art. London: Hamlyn, 1975, pl. 1.
Harris 1982
Harris, Nathaniel. The Art of Cézanne. London: Optimum Books, 1982, p. 51, ill. in color.
Prati 1985
Prati, Xavier, ed. L'Estaque au temps des peintres, 1870–1914. Marseille: Association College-quartier, 1985, p. 50, ill.
Wadley 1989
Wadley, Nicholas. Cézanne and His Art. London: Hamlyn, 1989, p. 46, ill. in color.
Lartigue 1995
Lartigue, Charles de. Les paysages de Paul Cézanne. Lyon: Les Créations du Pélican, 1995, p. 91, ill.
Schmitt 1995
Schmitt, Evmarie. Cézanne in der Provence. München and New York: Prestel, 1995, p. 69.
Coutagne et al. 1996
Coutagne, Denis, et al. Les Sites Cézanniens du Pays d'Aix: Hommage à John Rewald. Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux, 1996, p. 110.
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. 439, ill. vol. 2, as Le Viaduc à l'Estaque.
Walter 2001
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 2005
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 2005a
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 2006a
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 2010
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 2013
Blanc, Geneviève. L'Estaque, Art et Patrimoine, Chronique d'une double histoire. Gémenos: Groupe Horizon, 2013, p. 162, ill.
Machotka 2014
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 2019
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 2020
Blanc, Geneviève. Et si L'Estaque m'était contée? [privately published], 2020, p. 150, ill. with contemporary photo of motif.
Le Viaduc à l'Estaque, 1879–82 (FWN 151). Site identified by Xavier Prati and Georges Reynaud.
Site identified by Xavier Prati and Georges Reynaud.
Photo: Pavel Machotka, 1999; © Courtesy Pavel Machotka Archive

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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 March 28, 2024).