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FWN 195
Le Golfe de Marseille vu de l'Estaque
c.1885
Alternate titles: Der Golf von Marseille, von L'Estaque aus gesehen; Il golfo di Marsiglia visto dall'Estaque; L'Estaque; L'Estaque et le golfe de Marseille; La Baie de Marseille, vue de l'Estaque; Landscape – L'Estaque; Le Golfe de Marseille, vu de L'Estaque; The Gulf of Marseille Seen from L'Estaque; The Gulf of Marseilles Seen from L'Estaque; Vue de l'Estaque
Rewald (625): c.1885; Venturi revised: 1883–85; Venturi (429): 1883–85; Ratcliffe: either November 1883–February 1884 or early 1885
Oil on canvas
28 11/16 x 39 3/8 in. (73 x 100 cm)

Keywords

Provenance
Ambroise Vollard, Paris
Mr. and Mrs. H.O. Havemeyer, New York (1901);
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (1929)
Exhibition History
1930b New York
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, The H.O. Havemeyer Collection, March 10–November 2, 1930, no. 5.
1936c Paris
Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris, Cézanne, May 20–October 11, 1936, no. 43, as Vue de l'Estaque, lent by Metropolitan Museum, New York.
1952 Chicago and traveling
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Cézanne: Paintings, Watercolors & Drawings, A Loan Exhibition, February 7–March 16, 1952, no. 49, ill. lent by Metropolitan Museum. Traveled to: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, April 1–May 16, 1952.
1974–75 Paris and traveling
Grand Palais, Paris, Centenaire de l'impressionnisme, September 24–November 24, 1974, no. 8, ill., as La Baie de Marseille, vue de l'Estaque. Traveled to: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Impressionism: A Centenary Exhibition, New York, December 12, 1974–February 10, 1975.
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. 128, ill., as Le Golfe de Marseille, vu de L'Estaque, 1883-85, lent by Metropolitan Museum. 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. 128, ill., as Le Golfe de Marseille vu de l'Estaque, 1883-85.
2002 Rome
Complesso del Vittoriano, Rome, Cézanne: Il padre dei moderni, March 7–July 7, 2002, listed p. 150, ill., as Il golfo di Marsiglia visto dall'Estaque, lent by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
2006 Washington, D.C. and traveling
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Cézanne in Provence, January 29–May 7, 2006, no. 49, ill. Traveled to: Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, June 9–September 17, 2006.
2007 Houston
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, The Masterpieces of French Painting from The Metropolitan Museum of Art: 1800–1920, February 4–May 6, 2007, no. 77, ill.
2007b Berlin
Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Französische Meisterwerke des 19. Jahrhunderts aus dem Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, June 1–October 7, 2007, listed p. 206, ill., as Der Golf von Marseille, von L'Estaque aus gesehen.
Published References
Kessler 1912
Kessler, Harry. Deutsche und französische Kunst. Leipzig: Klinkhardt & Biermann, 1912, p. 122.
Vollard 1921
Vollard, Ambroise. Paul Cézanne. Munich: Kurt Wolfe Verlag, 1921, ill. opp. p. 144, as L'Estaque, dated 1883.
Art News 1930
"Havemeyer Collection at the Metropolitan Museum." The Art News 28 (March 15, 1930), p. 43, ill., as L'Estaque.
Mayer 1930
Mayer, August L. "Die Sammlung Havemeyer." Pantheon 5 (May 1930), p. 214, ill.
Wehle 1930
Wehle, Harry B. "The Exhibition of the H.O. Havemeyer Collection." Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art 25, no. 3 (March 1930), p. 58, mentioned.
Beaux-arts 1930a
"Au Metropolitan Museum: La collection Havemeyer." Beaux-arts: Chronique des arts et de la curiosité, no. 4 (April 20, 1930), p. 8 (listed), as L'Estaque.
Havemeyer 1931
H.O. Havemeyer Collection: Catalogue of Paintings, Prints, Sculpture and Object of Art. Portland, Me.: [privately published], 1931, pp. 56f, as Landscape – L'Estaque.
Venturi 1935b
Venturi, Lionello. "Paul Cézanne." L'Arte 6, nos. 4 and 5 (July 1935), p. 387, fig. 15.
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 429, ill. vol. II, as Le Golfe de Marseille, vu de L'Estaque.
Novotny 1937
Novotny, Fritz. Cézanne. Vienna: Phaidon, 1937, pl. 37.
Vollard 1937
Vollard, Ambroise. Souvenirs d'un marchand de tableaux. Paris: Albin Michel, 1937, ill. opp. p. 20.
Barnes and de Mazia 1939
Barnes, Albert C., and Violette de Mazia. The Art of Cézanne. New York: Harcourt Brace, 1939, no. 101, listed (analysis pp. 342–43).
Craven 1939
Craven, Thomas. A Treasury of Art Masterpieces: From the Renaissance to Present Day. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1939, pl. 129.
Wilenski 1940
Wilenski, R.H. Modern French Painters. New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, 1940, fig. 20B.
Birren 1941
Birren, Faber. The Story of Color. Westport, CT: The Crimson Press, 1941, p. 133, ill.
Novotny 1947
Novotny, Fritz. Cézanne. London: Phaidon Press, 1947, pl. 35, as L'Estaque et le golfe de Marseille, c. 1883.
Dorival 1948
Dorival, Bernard. Cézanne. Paris: Pierre Tisné, 1948, pl. 75, listed pp. 156-157.
Guerry 1950
Guerry, Liliane. Cézanne et l'expression de l'espace. Paris: Flammarion, 1950, pl. 24.
Venturi 1950a
Venturi, Lionello. Impressionists and Symbolists: Manet, Degas, Monet, Pissarro, Sisley, Renoir, Cézanne, Seurat, Gauguin, Van Gogh, Toulouse-Lautrec. New York: Scribner, 1950, fig. 130.
Venturi 1950b
Venturi, Lionello. Painting and Painters: How to Look at a Picture, From Giotto to Chagall. New York: Scribner's Sons, 1950, fig. 42.
Raynal 1954
Raynal, Maurice. Cézanne. Geneva: Skira, 1954, p. 65, ill.
Venturi 1956b
Venturi, Lionello. Four Steps toward Modern Art: Giorgione, Caravaggio, Manet, Cézanne. New York: Columbia University Press, 1956, frontispiece.
Metropolitan Museum of Art 1958
H. O. Havemeyer Collection. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1958, p. 12, no. 61 (listed).
Dittmann 1961
Dittmann, Lorenz. "Zur Kunst Cézannes." In Festschrift Kurt Badt. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 1961, fig. 6.
Taillandier 1961
Taillander, Yvon. P. Cézanne. Milan: Antonio Vallardi, 1961, p. 61.
Guerry 1966
Guerry, Liliane. Cézanne et l'expression de l'espace. Paris: Albin-Michel, 1966, pl. 24.
Leonhard 1966
Leonhard, Kurt. Paul Cézanne in Selbstzeugnissen und Bilddokumenten. Rheinbek bei Hamburg: Rowohlt, 1966, p. 127, ill.
Hamilton 1967
Hamilton, George Heard. Painting and Sculpture in Europe, 1880–1940. Baltimore: Penguin Books, 1967, pl. 8B.
Martini and Negri 1967
Martini, Alberto, and Renata Negri. Cézanne e il post-impressionismo. Milan: Fabbri, 1967, pl. II.
Sterling and Salinger 1967
Sterling, Charles, and Margaretta M. Salinger. French Paintings: A Catalogue of the Collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, vol. III. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1967, p. 105, ill.
Murphy 1968
Murphy, Richard W. The World of Cézanne, 1839–1906. New York: Time-Life Books, 1968, p. 152.
Salinger 1968
Salinger, Margaretta. "Windows Open to Nature." Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art 27, no. 1 (Summer 1968), ill.
Ikegami 1969
Ikegami, Chuji. Cézanne. Tokyo: Shueisha, 1969, pl. 28.
Brion 1971
Brion, Marcel. Cézanne. Milan: Fratelli Fabbri, 1971, ill. p. 42 and cover.
Elgar 1975
Elgar, Frank. Cézanne. New York: Praeger, 1975, fig. 54.
Venturi 1978
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne. Geneva: Skira, 1978, p. 89, ill.
Baetjer 1980
Baetjer, Katherine. European Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art by Artists Born before 1865: A Summary Catalogue. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1980, p. 26, ill. p. 616.
Hibbard 1980
Hibbard, Howard. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York: Harper & Row, 1980, fig. 787.
Ponente 1980
Ponente, Nello. Paul Cézanne. Bologna: Capitol, 1980, pl. 12.
Müller 1982
Müller, Joseph-Emile. Cézanne. Translated by Jane Brenton. Paris: Fernand Hazan, 1982, pl. 20.
Shiff 1984
Shiff, Richard. Cézanne and the end of Impressionism: a study of the theory, technique, and a critical evaluation of modern art. Chicago; London: The Univesity of Chicago Press, 1984, pp. 116-121, fig. 27, as The Gulf of Marseilles Seen from L'Estaque, c. 1883-85.
Gache-Patin 1985
Gache-Patin, Sylvie. Le petit journal des grandes expositions. no. 149, L'impressionisme et le paysage français. Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux, 1985, p. [4], ill., as Le Golfe de Marseille vu de l'Estaque, 1883-85.
Moffett 1985
Moffett, Charles S. Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1985, pp. 188–89, ill.
Rewald 1986b
Rewald, John. Cézanne: A Biography. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1986, p. 155, ill.
Kendall 1988
Kendall, Richard, ed. Cézanne: By Himself. London: Macdonald, 1988, p. 134, ill.
Lévêque 1988
Lévêque, Jean Jacques. La Vie et l'oeuvre de Paul Cézanne. Courbevoie: ACR, 1988, p. 183, ill. in color.
Düchting 1989
Düchting, Hajo. Paul Cézanne: Natur wird Kunst. Cologne: Benedict Taschen Verlag, 1989, p. 12, ill.
Rewald 1989
Rewald, John. Cézanne and America: Dealers, Collectors, Artists and Critics, 1891–1921. Princeton: Princeton University Press; London: Thames & Hudson, 1989, p. 125, fig. 69.
Wold 1993
Wold, Gretchen. "Appendix." In Splendid Legacy: The Havemeyer Collection. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1993. Exhibition catalogue, no. 75, ill.
Bonafoux 1995
Bonafoux, Pascal. Cézanne: portrait. Paris: Editions Hazan, 1995, p. 112, ill.
Cachin and Rishel 1995
Cachin, Françoise, and Joseph Rishel. Cézanne. Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux, 1995. Exhibition catalogue, p. 225, fig. 1.
Patin 1995
Patin, Sylvie. Cézanne. Paris: Editions Hazan, 1995, p. 55.
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. 625, ill. vol. 2 and p. 56, ill. col. vol. 1, as Le Golfe de Marseille, vu de L'Estaque.
Coutagne 2000
Coutagne, Denis. "Cézanne au fil de l'eau." In Au fil de l'eau. Aix-en-Provence: Ville d'Aix-en-Provence, 2000. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 20, as Le Golfe de Marseille vu de l'Estaque.
Athanassoglou-Kallmyer 2003
Athanassoglou-Kallmyer, Nina M. Cézanne and Provence: The Painter in His Culture. Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, 2003, p. 115, fig. 3.14, as Le Golfe de Marseille, vu de L'Estaque.
Feilchenfeldt 2005c
Feilchenfeldt, Walter. "Cézannes Motive: Versuch einer neuen Ordnung." In "By Appointment Only": Schriften zu Kunst und Kunsthandel, Cézanne und Van Gogh. Wädenswil: Nimbus, 2005, p. 210, ill.
Simms 2008
Simms, Matthew. Cézanne's watercolors: between drawing and painting. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2008, p. 78, fig. 56.
Janssen 2009
Janssen, Hans. "'Wanneer men het inner lijke beeldt…!' Mondriaan en de invloed van Picasso en Cézanne op zijn werk." In Cézanne, Picasso, Mondriaan: in nieuw perspectief. Zwolle: Waanders, 2009. Exhibition catalogue, fig. 10, as Le Golfe de Marseille, vu de L'Estaque.
Kienle 2009
Kienle, Anabelle. "Cézanne and Beckmann: 'A Powerful New Pictorial Architecture.'" In Cézanne and Beyond. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art; New Haven: In association with Yale University Press, 2009, p. 319, ill., p. 454, pl. 164, as The Gulf of Marseille Seen from L'Estaque.
Sachs 2009a
Sachs, Katherine. "Cézanne and Kelly: Painting Form through Color." In Cézanne and Beyond. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art; New Haven: In association with Yale University Press, 2009. Exhibition catalogue, p. 454, pl. 164, as The Gulf of Marseille Seen from L'Estaque.
Blanc 2013
Blanc, Geneviève. L'Estaque, Art et Patrimoine, Chronique d'une double histoire. Gémenos: Groupe Horizon, 2013, p. 196, ill.
Blanc 2019
Blanc, Geneviève. L'Oeuvre de Cezanne à L'Estaque, Huiles – Aquarelles – Dessins, 1864–1885. Marseille: Éditions Gaussen, 2019, fig. 130 (discussion pp. 111–13), as Le Golfe de Marseille vu de l'Estaque (with photos of the motif and diagram of the tile factories identified, figs. 129, 131).
Blanc 2020
Blanc, Geneviève. Et si L'Estaque m'était contée? [privately published], 2020, p. 189, ill. with a diagram identifying the individual buildings.
Cezanne 2021
Cézanne, Philippe. Paul Cezanne dépeint par ses contemporains. Lyon: Fage éditions, 2021, fig. 110.
Nagaï 2022a
Nagaï, Takanori. Truth in Panting: The Meaning of Cezanne's Practices for Modernizing Society. Tokyo: Sangesha Publishers Inc., 2022, pl. 5.

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Record last updated July 30, 2018. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Le Golfe de Marseille vu de l'Estaque, c.1885 (FWN 195)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=607 (accessed on March 28, 2024).