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Catalogue entry

FWN 46
Paysage
c.1867
Alternate titles: Paysage (l'Estaque?); Paysage, L'Estaque
Rewald (130): c.1867; Venturi revised: 1867–69; Venturi (44): 1867–69
Oil on canvas
13 x 18 1/8 in. (33 x 46 cm)
Vollard archives: photo no. 297, Annotated by Cezanne's son: 1865 –70

Keywords

Provenance
(Émile Zola, Médan?)
(Zola Collection, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, Mar. 9–13, 1903, no. 111, as L'Estaque?)
Auguste Pellerin, Paris
Albert Gillou, Paris
Renou & Colle, Paris
Raphaël Gérard, Paris (November 28, 1944)
Ernest Gutzwiller, Paris (January 10, 1945);
Sotheby's, London, June 24, 1996, no. 9, ill.; bought in;
Gutzwiller Collection, Sotheby's, New York, May 12, 1999, no. 242, ill.
Published References
Raynal 1936
Raynal, Maurice. Cézanne. Paris: Editions de Cluny, 1936, pl. XXXIII p. 62.
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 44, ill. vol. II, as Paysage.
Beucken 1955
Beucken, Jean de. Un portrait de Cézanne. Paris: Gallimard, [1955], p. 294.
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. 130, ill. vol. 2, as Paysage (l'Estaque?).
Machotka 2008
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: The Eye and the Mind, 2 vols. Marseille: Editions Crès, 2008, vol. 1, fig. 39; vol. 2, p. 49, as Paysage.
Blanc 2019
Blanc, Geneviève. L'Oeuvre de Cezanne à L'Estaque, Huiles – Aquarelles – Dessins, 1864–1885. Marseille: Éditions Gaussen, 2019, fig. 149 (discussion p. 123), as Paysage, L'Estaque.
Dauberville 2020
Dauberville, Guy-Patrice, and Floriane Dauberville. Paul Cezanne chez Bernheim-Jeune. Paris: Editions G-P.F. Dauberville & Archives Bernheim-Jeune, 2020, no. 129, ill.
Notes

Venturi thought this might be the Chappe telegraph tower on the summit of Montmartre, which Pissarro painted in 1863 (cf. Pissarro-Snollaerts, vol. II, p. 76, no. 67). The telegraph was destroyed by fire in 1844; the tower survived until 1866.  One can find old postcard views of the tower and panoramas of the butte, but the identification of the painting with Montmartre is not convincing. If the tower is indeed represented here, then the painting would require a date no later than 1866.

Paysage, c.1867 (FWN 46). Postcard view of the telegraph tower on Montmartre before it was destroyed by fire.
Postcard view of the telegraph tower on Montmartre before it was destroyed by fire.
Record last updated June 16, 2022. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Paysage, c.1867 (FWN 46)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=5 (accessed on March 28, 2024).