The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne
An online catalogue raisonné under the direction of Walter Feilchenfeldt, Jayne Warman and David Nash
Catalogue entry
FWN 156
Le Viaduc à l'Estaque
1882
Alternate titles: Berglandschaft; Felsige Landschaft; Felslandschaft; Paysage; Paysage rocheux; The Estaque Viaduct; The viaduct at L'Estaque
Rewald: (441) 1882; Venturi revised: 1883–85; Cézanne fils: L'Estaque, 1871; Venturi: (401) 1882–85; Cooper: between May 1883 and January 1884; Gowing: possibly 1882 (also: late 1881–early 1882 or mid–1883)
Oil on canvas
18 5/16 x 21 5/8 in. (46.5 x 55 cm)
Vollard A stockbook: no. 3486, huile; rochers gris; arbres verts petite maison rougeâtre, 46 x 55 cm (100 frs)
Vollard B stockbook: no. 3518, Paysage. Montagnes, 46 x 55 cm (200 frs)
Vollard archives: photo no. 44, Annotated by Cezanne's son: L'Estaque 1871
Provenance
Exhibition History
Secession Ausstellungshaus, Berlin, Berliner Secession, Spring 1913, no. 30, as Felslandschaft, lent by Cassirer.
Kunsthaus, Zurich, Sammlung Oskar Schmitz: Französische Malerei des XIX, Jahrhunderts, 1932, no. 29, as Paysage rocheux.
Kunsthaus, Zurich, Französische Malerei des XIX. Jahrhunderts, May 14–August 6, 1933, no. 78, (dated 1865–70), as Felsige Landschaft, lent by Schmitz.
Wildenstein Galleries, Paris, La Collection Oskar Schmitz, 1936, no. 12, ill.
Wildenstein Galleries, New York, The Oscar Schmitz Collection, 1936, no. 12, ill.
New York World's Fair, French Pavilion, New York, Five Centuries of History Mirrored in Five Centuries of French Art, 1939, no. 369, pl. LXVII, lent by E. Molyneux, Paris.
Société des Artistes Indépendants, Grand Palais, Paris, Centenaire du peintre indépendant Paul Cézanne, March 17–April 10, 1939 (exhibition catalogue; preface by Maurice Denis). A retrospective comprising paintings, watercolors, drawings, and memorabilia. The catalogue numbers listed here are from the revised checklist, which, unlike the original, included Venturi numbers, no. 24, as Paysage, tentative identification, lent by Kunsthalle Basel.
Wildenstein Galleries, New York, Cézanne, March 27–April 26, 1947. Eighteen watercolors were also shown, no. 21, ill., lent by Wildenstein.
Wildenstein Galleries, New York, Six Masters of Post-Impressionism, April 8–May 8, 1948, no. 4, pl. 4, as Le Viaduc à l'Estaque, lent by Wildenstein.
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Cézanne: Paintings, Watercolors & Drawings, A Loan Exhibition, February 7–March 16, 1952 (exhibition catalogue; introduction by Theodore Rousseau, Jr. and text to illustrations by Daniel C. Rich), no. 56, ill., lent by Oberlin. Traveled to: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, April 1–May 16, 1952.
Art Center, Fort Worth, Texas, Inaugural Exhibition, October 8–31, 1954, no. 8, ill.
Knoedler Galleries, New York, Paintings and Drawings from Five Centuries, 1954, no. 61, ill.
Pavillon de Vendôme, Aix-en-Provence, France, Exposition pour commémorer le cinquantenaire de la mort de Cézanne, July 21–August 15, 1956. Preface by Fritz Novotny. Watercolors and drawings were also shown. (exhibition catalogue), no. 25, ill., lent by Allen Memorial.
Haus der Kunst, Munich, Paul Cézanne, October 12–November 18, 1956 (exhibition catalogue; text by Fritz Novotny), no. 31, ill., lent by Allen Memorial.
Haags Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, Netherlands, Paul Cézanne, June 1–August 1, 1956 (exhibition catalogue; text by Fritz Novotny). This exhibition commemorated the fiftieth anniversary of the artist's death. Watercolors and drawings were also shown, no. 25, ill.
Kunsthaus, Zurich, Paul Cézanne, August 22–October 7, 1956 (exhibition catalogue; text by Gotthard Jedlicka). Watercolors and drawings were also shown, no. 43, pl. 15.
Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, (Kunsthaus Lempertz), Cologne, Cézanne, Ausstellung zum Gedenken an sein 50. Todesjahr, December, 1956–January, 1957 (exhibition catalogue; text by Ludwig Reidemeister), no. 16, ill., lent by Allen Memorial.
Milwaukee Art Institute, Milwaukee, Inaugural Exhibition, September 12–October 20, 1957, no. 66.
Wildenstein Galleries, New York, Loan Exhibition: Cézanne, November 5–December 5, 1959 (exhibition catalogue; foreword by Meyer Schapiro), no. 22, ill., lent by Oberlin.
Galleries of the Art Department, University of California, Berkeley, California, Art from Ingres to Pollock: Painting and Sculpture since Neoclassicism, March 6–April 3, 1960, no. 22.
Pavillon de Vendôme, Aix-en-Provence, France, Exposition Cézanne: Tableaux, Aquarelles, Dessins, July 1–August 15, 1961, no. 9, pl. 7.
Österreichische Galerie, Belvedere, Vienna, Paul Cézanne, April 14–June 18, 1961 (exhibition catalogue; preface by Fritz Novotny), no. 20, pl. 12.
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Treasures from the Allen Memorial Art Museum, July 21–September 11, 1966.
Palazzo Reale, Milan, Da Raffaello a Goyada…van Gogh a Picasso, 1987, ill., pp. 186–89.
Musée des Beaux-Arts, Marseille, France, Right Under the Sun, Landscape in Provence: From Classicism to Modernism (1750–1920), May 18–August 21, 2005 (exhibition catalogue), no. 30, ill., p. 173, as Le Viaduc à l'Estaque. Traveled to: Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, September 22, 2005–January 8, 2006.
National Gallery of Art, Washington, District of Columbia, Cézanne in Provence, January 29–May 7, 2006. Curated by Philip Conisbee and Denis Coutagne. (exhibition catalogue), no. 46, ill. Traveled to: Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, June 9–September 17, 2006.
Published References
Glaser, Curt. "Die XXVIe Austellung der Berliner Sezession." Die Kunst (July 1913), p. 472, ill.
Denis, Maurice. "Cézanne." Kunst und Künstler 12 (1914), p. 215, ill.
Dormoy, Marie. "La Collection Schmitz à Dresde." Amour de l'Art 7, no. 10 (October 1926), p. 341, ill.
Pfister, Kurt. Cézanne: Gestalt, Werk, Mythos. Potsdam: Gustav Kiepenheuer Verlag, 1927, fig. 64 as Berglandschaft.
Waldmann, Emil. "La Collection Schmitz: L'art français." Documents 6 (1930), p. 320.
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 401, ill. vol. II as Le Viaduc à l'Estaque.
Venturi, Lionello. Archives de l'impressionnisme. 2 vols. Paris and New York: Durand-Ruel, 1939.
Cogniat, Raymond. Cézanne. Paris: Pierre Tisné, 1939, pl. 52.
Johnson, Ellen. "The Viaduct of L'Estaque of Paul Cézanne." Allen Memorial Art Museum Bulletin 7, no. 1 (Fall 1949), pp. 4–12, ill.
Johnson, Ellen. "The Viaduct at L'Estaque: A Footnote." Allen Memorial Art Museum Bulletin 21, no. 1 (Fall 1963), pp. 24–28, ill. with Renoir's painting and photographs of the approximate motifs of both landscapes.
European and American Paintings and Sculpture in the Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College. Oberlin. Oberlin: Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College, 1967, pp. 30-31, fig. 107.
Brion, Marcel. Cézanne. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1974, p. 77.
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. 441, ill. vol. 2 as Le Viaduc à l'Estaque.
Riley, Bridget. "Cézanne in Provence." Burlington 148, no. 1242 (September 2006), p. 623, fig. 48 as The viaduct at L'Estaque.
Blanc, Geneviève. L'Estaque, Art et Patrimoine, Chronique d'une double histoire. Gémenos: Groupe Horizon, 2013, p. 173, ill.
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: Landscape into Art. Prague: Arbor Vitae, 2014, p. 93, fig. 27a, with color photo of approximate site, fig. 27a as Le Viaduc à l'Estaque.
Record last updated September 19, 2018. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Feilchenfeldt, Walter, Jayne Warman, and David Nash. "Le Viaduc à l'Estaque, 1882 (FWN 156)." The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. http://www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=432 (accessed on February 22, 2019).