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Catalogue entry

FWN 163
La Route tournante (rue des Roches au Valhermeil, Auvers-sur-Oise)
c.1881
Alternate titles: Environs d'Aix; Environs d'Aix-en-Provence; Environs of Aix; La Route tournante; La Route tournante au Valhermeil, Auvers-sur-Oise; Turn in the Road; Twisting Road
Rewald (490): c.1881; Venturi revised: c.1881; Venturi (329): 1879–82; Cooper: spring 1881; Gowing: c.1881 (Edinburgh); Machotka et al: circa 1881
Oil on canvas
23 5/8 x 28 11/16 in. (60 x 73 cm)
Vollard archives: photo no. 499
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (John T. Spaulding Bequest) (48-525)

Keywords

Provenance
(Julien-François (Père) Tanguy, Paris?)
Théodore Duret, Paris;
Duret Collection, Galerie G. Petit, Paris, Mar. 19, 1894, no. 3.
Paul-César Helleu, Paris
(Ambroise Vollard, Paris?)
Claude Monet (May 10, 1907)
Michel Monet, Giverny
Paul Rosenberg, Paris
Wildenstein Galleries, New York
John T. Spaulding, Boston (1927);
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (1948)
Exhibition History
1928d New York
Wildenstein Galleries, New York, Paul Cézanne, January 1928, no. 14, as Environs d'Aix, lent by Spaulding.
1929 Boston
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1929.
1929 Cambridge, Mass.
Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts, French Painting of the XIXth and XXth Centuries, March 6–April 6, 1929, no. 5, pl. XXIII, as Environs d'Aix-en-Provence, lent by John T. Spaulding.
1931–32 Boston
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1931–32.
1934 Chicago
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, A Century of Progress: Exhibition of Paintings and Sculptures, June 1–November 1, 1934, no. 292, as Environs of Aix, lent by John T. Spaulding.
1948 Boston
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, The John T. Spaulding Collection, May 26–November 7, 1948, no. 8, pl. 2.
1952 Chicago and traveling
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Cézanne: Paintings, Watercolors & Drawings, A Loan Exhibition, February 7–March 16, 1952, no. 42, ill. lent by Boston Museum of Fine Arts. Traveled to: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, April 1–May 16, 1952.
1954 Edinburgh and traveling
Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Paintings by Cézanne, August 20–September 18, 1954, no. 26, pl. III, as La Route tournante, lent by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Traveled to: Tate Gallery, London, September 29–October 27, 1954.
1959e New York
Wildenstein Galleries, New York, Loan Exhibition: Cézanne, November 5–December 5, 1959, no. 19, ill. lent by Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
1971 Washington, D.C. and traveling
Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C., Cézanne: An Exhibition in Honor of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Phillips Collection, February 27–March 28, 1971, no. 11. Traveled to: The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, April 17–May 16, 1971; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, June 1–July 3, 1971.
1973 Boston
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Impressionism, June 15–October 14, 1973.
1974 Tokyo and traveling
National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, Cézanne, March 30–May 19, 1974, no. 29. Traveled to: Municipal Museum, Kyoto, Japan, June 1–July 17, 1974; Cultural Center, Fukuoka, Japan, July 24–August 18, 1974.
1984–85 Los Angeles and traveling
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, A Day in the Country: Impressionism and the French Landscape, June 28–September 16, 1984, no. 72, ill., as La Route tournante, 1879-82. Traveled to: The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, October 23, 1984–January 6, 1985; Grand Palais, Paris, February 4–April 22, 1985 (L’Impressionnisme et le paysage français, see 1985a Paris).
1985a Paris
Grand Palais, Paris, L’Impressionnisme et le paysage français, February 4–April 22, 1985, no. 38, ill., as La Route tournante, 1879-82.
1993 Tübingen
Kunsthalle, Tübingen, Germany, Cézanne Gemälde, January 16–May 2, 1993, no. 27, ill.
1995–96 Paris and traveling
Grand Palais, Paris, Cézanne, September 26, 1995–January 14, 1996, no. 76, ill. shown in Philadelphia only. Traveled to: Tate Gallery, London, February 8–April 28, 1996; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, May 26–September 1, 1996.
2005–06 New York and traveling
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Pioneering Modern Painting: Cézanne & Pissarro 1865–1885, June 26–September 12, 2005, no. 59, ill., p. 155, as La Route tournante. Traveled to: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, October 20, 2005–January 16, 2006; Musée d'Orsay, Paris, February 27–May 28, 2006 (Cézanne et Pissarro 1865-1885).
2009 Philadelphia
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Cézanne and Beyond, February 26–May 17, 2009, pl. 206, p. 524, as La Route tournante.
2012–13 Budapest
Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, Hungary, Cézanne and the Past: Tradition and Creativity, October 25, 2012–February 17, 2013, no. 110, ill.
2020–21 Boston
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Cézanne: In and Out of Time, November 11, 2020–February 8, 2021, MFA Boston Collection.
2022–23 Chicago and traveling
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Cezanne, May 15–September 5, 2022, no. 29, ill. Traveled to: Tate Moderrn, London, October 6, 2022–March 12, 2023.
Published References
Bernard 1891
Bernard, Émile. "Paul Cézanne." Les Hommes d'aujourd'hui 8, no. 387 (1891), (described), seen at Tanguy's.
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 329, ill. vol. II, as La Route tournante.
Novotny 1937
Novotny, Fritz. Cézanne. Vienna: Phaidon, 1937, pl. 33.
Vollard 1937
Vollard, Ambroise. Souvenirs d'un marchand de tableaux. Paris: Albin Michel, 1937, pl. 30.
Goldwater 1938
Goldwater, Robert J. "Cézanne in America: The Master's Paintings in American Collections." Art News Annual 36, no. 26 (March 26, 1938), p. 149, ill.
Lhote 1939
Lhote, André. Traité du paysage. Paris: Floury, 1939, pl. 44 (with commentary).
Cogniat 1939a
Cogniat, Raymond. Cézanne. Paris: Pierre Tisné, 1939, pl. 36.
Wilenski 1940
Wilenski, R.H. Modern French Painters. New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, 1940, fig. 15A.
Jewell 1944a
Jewell, Edward Alden. Paul Cézanne. New York: Hyperion Press, 1944, p. 43, ill.
Novotny 1947
Novotny, Fritz. Cézanne. London: Phaidon Press, 1947, pl. 31, as La Route tournante, 1879-82.
Dame 1948
Dame, Lawrence. "Spaulding Collection of Modern Art Willed to Boston Museum." Art Digest 22 (June 1, 1948), p. 12, ill., as Turn in the Road.
Edgell 1949
Edgell, George Harold. French Painters in the Museum of Fine Arts: Corot to Utrillo. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1949, p. 51, ill.
Raynal 1954
Raynal, Maurice. Cézanne. Geneva: Skira, 1954, p. 55, ill.
Erpel 1958
Erpel, Fritz. Paul Cézanne. Berlin: Henschelverlag, 1958, p. 21, ill.
Lhote 1958
Lhote, André. Traités du paysage et de la figure. Paris: B. Grasset, 1958, fig. 43, with comments (Traité du paysage).
Andersen 1967a
Andersen, Wayne V. "Cézanne, Tanguy, Choquet [sic]." The Art Bulletin 49, no. 2 (June 1967), p. 139, note 22.
Bodelsen 1968b
Bodelsen, Merete. "Early Impressionist Sales 1874–94 in the light of some unpublished 'procès-verbaux.'" The Burlington Magazine 110, no. 783 (June 1968), p. 345 and procès verbal no. 34 (Duret sale).
Ikegami 1969
Ikegami, Chuji. Cézanne. Tokyo: Shueisha, 1969, pl. 18.
Brion 1971
Brion, Marcel. Cézanne. Milan: Fratelli Fabbri, 1971, ill. p. 39.
Venturi 1978
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne. Geneva: Skira, 1978, p. 82, ill.
Pickvance and Takumi 1986
Pickvance, Ronald, and Hideo Takumi. Cézanne. Tokyo: Tokyo Shimbun, 1986. Exhibition catalogue, p. 100, ill. b/w.
Kendall 1988
Kendall, Richard, ed. Cézanne: By Himself. London: Macdonald, 1988, p. 126, ill.
Distel 1989
Distel, Anne. Les Collectionneurs des impressionnistes: Amateurs et marchands. Paris: La Bibliothèque des arts, 1989, p. 67, ill.
Naubert-Riser 1992
Naubert-Riser, Constance. Cézanne. London: Studio Editions, 1994, p. 27.
Kostenevich 1995
Kostenevich, Albert. Hidden Treasures Revealed. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1995. Exhibition catalogue, p. 187, fig. 1.
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. 490, ill. vol. 2, as La Route tournante.
Lewis 2000
Lewis, Mary Tompkins. Cézanne. London: Phaidon, 2000, p. 210, fig. 127.
Tanaka 2001
Tanaka, Hidemichi. "Cézanne and 'Japonisme.'" Artibus et Historiae 22, no. 44 (2001), p. 204, fig. 4, as Twisting Road.
Schmidt 2004a
Schmidt, Bertram. Cézannes Lehre. Kiel: Ludwig, 2004, fig. 9.
Mothe et al. 2006
Mothe, Alain, et al. Cézanne à Auvers-sur-Oise. Saint-Ouen-L'Aumône: editions du Valharmeil, 2006, p. 49, ill. with old postcard view of motif (detail), p. 48, identified as rue des Roches.
Machotka 2008
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: The Eye and the Mind, 2 vols. Marseille: Editions Crès, 2008, vol. 1, fig. 162; vol. 2, p. 117, as La Route tournante.
Chevrier 2009
Chevrier, Jean-François. "Jeff Wall: Within the View(ing), or The Spirit of Place." In Cézanne and Beyond. New Haven: Philadelphia Museum of Art; New Haven: In association with Yale University Press, 2009. Exhibition catalogue, p. 524, pl. 206, as Turn in the Road.
Taylor 2009
Taylor, Michael R. "Learning from 'Papa Cézanne': Arshile Gorky and the (Self-) Invention of the Modern Artist." In Cézanne and Beyond. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art; New Haven: Yale University Press, 2009. Exhibition catalogue, p. 419, ill. p. 524, pl. 206, as Turn in the Road.
Chiappini 2011
Chiappini, Rudy. "Quel silenzio, in attesa del tempo della rivelazione." In Cézanne: Les ateliers du midi. Milan: Skira, 2011. Exhibition catalogue, p. 33, fig. 16.
Mothe 2011
Mothe, Alain. Ce que voyait Cézanne: Les paysages impressionnistes à la lumière des cartes postales. Paris: Éditions de la Rmn-Grand Palais, 2011, pp. 44–45, ill., as La Route tournante au Valhermeil, Auvers-sur-Oise, with old postcard general view of the hamlet.
Société Paul Cézanne 2011
Société Paul Cézanne. P. Cézanne: À Paris et en Île de France. ed., Denis Coutagne. Marseille: Éditions Crès, 2011, p. 73, ill., as La Route tournante, dated 1881.
Coutagne 2011d
Coutagne, Denis. Cézanne abstraction faite. Paris: Les Editions du Cerf, 2011, p. 168, fig. 110.
Patin 2016
Patin, Sylvie. Monet's Private Picture Gallery at Giverny. Montreuil: Gourcuff Gradenigo, 2016, p. 130, ill.
Coutagne 2017
Coutagne, Denis. "Chemin-Cezanne." In Paul Cezanne, Le chant de la terre. Martigny: Fondation Pierre Gianadda, 2017. Exhibition catalogue, p. 22, fig. 4.
Lobstein 2017
Lobstein, Dominique. "Paul Cézanne in the Monet Collection." In Monet Collectionneur [Monet, The Collector]. Vanves: Editions Hazan, 2017. Exhibition catalogue, pp. 166-168, fig. 33.
Mathieu and Lobstein 2017
Mathieu, Marianne, and Dominique Lobstein with the collaboration of Claire Gooden. "Vue synoptique de la collection Monet." In Monet Collectionneur [Monet, The Collector]. Vanves: Editions Hazan, 2017. Exhibition catalogue, p. 268, listed and ill.
Notes

Alain Mothe has identified the site as rue des Roches au Valhermeil, hence the new title.

La Route tournante (rue des Roches au Valhermeil, Auvers-sur-Oise), c.1881 (FWN 163)
Photo: Courtesy Alain Mothe
La Route tournante (rue des Roches au Valhermeil, Auvers-sur-Oise), c.1881 (FWN 163)
Photo: Courtesy Alain Mothe
La Route tournante (rue des Roches au Valhermeil, Auvers-sur-Oise), c.1881 (FWN 163). Site identified by Pavel Machotka.
Site identified by Pavel Machotka.
Photo: Pavel Machotka; © Courtesy Pavel Machotka Archive
Record last updated June 20, 2022. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "La Route tournante (rue des Roches au Valhermeil, Auvers-sur-Oise), c.1881 (FWN 163)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=479 (accessed on April 19, 2024).