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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)
Catalogue entry
FWN 46
Paysage
c.1867
Alternate titles: L'Estaque; Paysage (L'Estaque); 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)
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.
Private collection;
Christie's, London, October 15, 2025, no. 50, 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.Adhémar 1960
Adhémar, Jean. "Le cabinet de travail de Zola." Gazette des beaux-arts, vol. 56, periode 6 (November 1960), p. 294, no. 124bis.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; the subject is not l'Estaque in the author's view), 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., as Paysage (L'Estaque).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.
Blanc (2019, p. 123) does not believe that the painting was neither executed in L'Estaque nor Montmartre.
Postcard view of the telegraph tower on Montmartre before it was destroyed by fire.
Record last updated October 13, 2025. 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 October 15, 2025).
