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Catalogue entry

FWN 17
La Voûte
1862–64
Alternate titles: Aqueduc gallo-romain, ancien chemin d'Aix, à Meyrargues; La voûte (entrée de ferme provençale)
Rewald (44): 1862–64; Venturi revised: 1865–68
Oil on canvas
17 1/8 x 16 1/8 in. (43.5 x 41 cm)
Private collection

Keywords

Provenance
Ambroise Vollard, Paris
Paul Vallotton, Lausanne
Sotheby's, London, Nov. 25, 1959, no. 69
Mrs. Drexler, London
Sotheby's, London, Oct. 23, 1963, no. 60, ill.
Harry Spiro, New Orleans
Bernard Dannenberg Galleries, New York
Trosby's, Palm Beach, Feb. 27–28, 1973, no. 100A, ill.
Samuel Mandel, New York;
Phillips, New York, May 13, 1985, no. 72, ill.
Mr. and Mrs. Erwin Herling, New York
Christie's, New York, May 16, 1990, no. 319, ill.;
Private collection
Christie's, New York, May 5, 2004, no. 204, ill.
Private collection
Exhibition History
1983 Basel
Galerie Beyeler, Basel, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne: Peintures, Aquarelles, Dessins, June–September 1983, no. 2, as La voûte (entrée de ferme provençale).
Published References
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. 44, ill. vol. 2, as La Voûte.
Lewis 2000
Lewis, Mary Tompkins. Cézanne. London: Phaidon, 2000, p. 42, fig. 18.
Machotka 2014
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: Landscape into Art. Prague: Arbor Vitae, 2014, p. 55, fig. 6b, with color photo of motif, p. 52, fig. 6a, as Aqueduc gallo-romain, ancien chemin d'Aix, à Meyrargues.
La Voûte, 1862–64 (FWN 17). The site, which exists today, represents a Gallo-Roman aqueduct that served as an ancient road from Aix to Meyrargues, now known as "traverse Malakoff."
The site, which exists today, represents a Gallo-Roman aqueduct that served as an ancient road from Aix to Meyrargues, now known as "traverse Malakoff."
La Voûte, 1862–64 (FWN 17). Site identified by Alain Mothe.
Site identified by Alain Mothe.
Photo: Pavel Machotka, 2013; © Courtesy Pavel Machotka Archive
Record last updated October 15, 2023. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "La Voûte, 1862–64 (FWN 17)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=60 (accessed on May 1, 2025).