The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne
An Online Catalogue Raisonné under the Direction of Société Paul Cezanne
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David Harris; © The Israel Museum Jerusalem
FWN 189
L'Estaque le matin, vu à contre-jour
1882–83
Alternate titles: L'Estaque di mattina, in controluce; Landscape in Provence; Landschaft; Landschaft, Blick auf eine kleine Stadt; Paysage à l'Estaque; Paysage, vue sur une petite ville
Rewald (516): 1882–83; Venturi revised: 1883–85; Venturi (410): 1882–85; Gowing: 1885–86; Ratcliffe: probably November 1883 to February 1884
Oil on canvas
23 5/8 x 36 3/16 in. (60 x 92 cm)
Vollard A stockbook: no. 3561, huile; une quantité de maisons d'un rose pâle, dans un coin de tableau à droite un grand arbre, 60 x 92 cm (200 frs)
Provenance
Exhibition History
Städelsches Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, Vom Abbild zum Sinnbild, June 3–July 3, 1931, no. 26 (?), as Landschaft, tentative identification, lent by Private collection.
Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich, Sammlung Oscar Schmitz: Französische Malerei des XIX. Jahrhunderts, January 14–February 14, 1932, no. 32, as Paysage, vue sur une petite ville.
Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich, Sammlung Oscar Schmitz, Dresden-Zürich; Französische Impressionisten aus verschiedenem Besitz, January 14–February 14, 1932, no. 44, as Paysage, vue sur une petite ville.
Kunsthaus, Zurich, Französische Maler des XIX. Jahrhunderts, May 14–August 6, 1933, no. 88, as Landschaft, Blick auf eine kleine Stadt, c. 1890, [lent by Schmitz].
Wildenstein Galleries, New York, The Oscar Schmitz Collection, 1936, no. 11, ill.
Wildenstein Galleries, Paris, La Collection Oskar Schmitz, 1936, no. 11, ill.
Royal Academy of Arts, London, Landscape in French Art, 1550–1900, December 10, 1949–March 5, 1950, no. 314, ill. no. 56 in Book of Illustrations, as Landscape in Provence, 1882-5, lent by Lord Rothschild.
Pavillon de Vendôme, Aix-en-Provence, France, Exposition pour commémorer le cinquantenaire de la mort de Cézanne, July 21–August 15, 1956, no. 27, ill. lent by Lord Rothschild.
Haus der Kunst, Munich, Paul Cézanne, October 12–November 18, 1956, no. 36, ill. lent by Rothschild.
The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, The Sam Spiegel Collection, June 22–August 29, 1993, no. 9, ill.
Complesso del Vittoriano, Rome, Cézanne: Il padre dei moderni, March 7–July 7, 2002, listed p. 140, ill., as L'Estaque di mattina, in controluce, lent by the Israel Museum.
Published References
Meier-Graefe, Julius. Cézanne und sein Kreis: ein Beitrag zur Entwicklungsgeschichte: mit 127 Tonätzungen und fünfzehn Heliogravüren. Munich: R. Piper, 1918, ill. p. 186.
Meier-Graefe, Julius. Cézanne und sein Kreis: ein Beitrag zur Entwicklungsgeschichte: mit 171 Tonätzungen und einem Lichtdruck. Munich: R. Piper, 1922, ill. p. 227.
Meier-Graefe, Julius. Cézanne. translated by J. Holroyd-Reece. London: Ernest Benn, 1927, pl. LXXXVIII.
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 410, ill. vol. II, as Paysage à l'Estaque.
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.
Dorival, Bernard. Cézanne. Paris: Pierre Tisné, 1948, pl. 80, listed p. 157 (err.: for correct text see pl. 78).
Johnson, Ellen. "Cézanne and a Pine Tree." Bulletin of the Allen Memorial Art Museum 21, no. 1 (Fall 1963), p. 13, mentioned.
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. 516, ill. vol. 2, as L'Estaque le matin, vu à contre-jour.
Rachum, Stephanie. Impressionist and Post-Impressionist. Painting and Sculpture in the Israel Museum, Jerusalem. New York: Abrams, 2005, no. 52, ill. p. 136.
Blanc, Geneviève. L'Oeuvre de Cezanne à L'Estaque, Huiles – Aquarelles – Dessins, 1864–1885. Marseille: Éditions Gaussen, 2019, fig. 96 (discusson p. 86), as L'Estaque le matin, vu à contre-jour.
Record last updated March 21, 2023. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "L'Estaque le matin, vu à contre-jour, 1882–83 (FWN 189)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=505 (accessed on July 12, 2025).
