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Catalogue entry

FWN 254
Château des environs de Paris: also known as Le Château de Marines
1888–90
Alternate titles: Castello nei dintorni di Parigi (La Château de Marine); Château de Marines; Le Château de Marines
Rewald (630): 1888–90; Venturi revised: c.1888; Venturi (636): 1888–90; Machotka et al: 1888–89
Oil on canvas
28 11/16 x 36 3/16 in. (73 x 92 cm)
Vollard A stockbook: no. 3875, huile; un peu de route, des arbres, une petite maison puis une autre plus grande, 74 x 92 cm (200 frs)
Vollard archives: photo no. 17 and 447, Annotated by Cezanne's son: Chantilly 87

Keywords

Provenance
Ambroise Vollard, Paris
Galerie Thannhauser, Lucerne (Oct. 29, 1929);
Justin K. Thannhauser, New York;
Kunstmuseum Bern
Exhibition History
1932 Basel
Basel, Switzerland, Maîtres français au musée de Bâle, 1932.
1938b Amsterdam
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Honderd jaar Fransche kunst, July 2–September 25, 1938, no. 31a, as Le Château de Marines, lent by J. Thannhauser.
1939 The Hague
Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, the Netherlands, 1939, no number, ill.
1956a San Diego
La Jolla Art Center, San Diego, 1956, no number, ill.
1978 Bern
Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern, Switzerland, Sammlung Justin Thannhauser, June 6–September 18, 1978, no. 4, ill. in color, p. 35.
2000 Vienna and traveling
Kunstforum, Vienna, Cézanne: Vollendet unvollendet, January 20–April 25, 2000, no. 75, ill., as Château des environs de Paris: also known as Le Château de Marines, shown in Zürich only. Traveled to: Kunsthaus, Zürich, May 5–August 13, 2000 (initially planned to end on July 30 the exhibition was extended until August 13).
2002 Rome
Complesso del Vittoriano, Rome, Cézanne: Il padre dei moderni, March 7–July 7, 2002, listed p. 164, ill., as Castello nei dintorni di Parigi (La Château de Marine), lent by Kunstmuseun Bern (on deposit from Hilde Thannhauser).
2008 Humlebæk
Louisiana Museum of Art, Humlebæk, Denmark, Cézanne & Giacometti: Paths of Doubt, February 20–June 29, 2008, no. 30, ill. p. 54, as Le Château de Marines, lent by Kunstmuseum Bern.
Published References
D'Ors 1930
Ors, Eugenio d.' Paul Cézanne. Paris: Editions des Chroniques du Jour, 1930, pl. 13.
Di San Lazzaro 1936
Di San Lazzaro, Gualtieri. Paul Cézanne. Paris: Chroniques du Jour, 1936, fig. 16.
D'Ors 1936a
Ors, Eugenio d.' Paul Cézanne. New York: E. Weyhe, 1936, pl. 16.
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 636, ill. vol. II, as Château de Marines.
Schapiro 1952a
Schapiro, Meyer. Cézanne. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1952, pp. 84–85, ill.
Schapiro 1973
Schapiro, Meyer. Paul Cézanne. Translated by Louis-Marie Ollivier. Paris: Nouvelles Editions Françaises, 1973, pl. 26 (with comments).
Monteil 1978
Monteil, Annemarie. "Ein Kunsthändler, ganz privat." Basler Zeitung, July 15, 1978, ill., as Château de Marines.
Zaugg 1978
Zaugg, Fred. "Aus Bildern komponierter Lebensraum: zur Ausstellung der Sammlung Justin Thannhauser." Der kleine Bund, July 8, 1978, ill.
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. 630, ill. vol. 2, as Château des environs de Paris: also known as Le Château de Marines.
Dittmann 2005
Dittmann, Lorenz. Die Kunst Cézannes: Farbe, Rythmus, Symbolik. Cologne: Böhlau, 2005, p. 120, ill. in b/w.
Notes

Contemporary scholars do not believe that the subject of this  work is the Château at Marines. It could, however, be a site near Montgeroult.

Record last updated July 16, 2021. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Château des environs de Paris: also known as Le Château de Marines, 1888–90 (FWN 254)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=612 (accessed on March 19, 2024).