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Catalogue entry

FWN 267
Maison de Bellevue et pigeonnier
c.1890
Alternate titles: Baumwiese mit Durchblick auf Häuser am Hugel; Maisons de Bellevue et pigeonnier
Rewald (689): c.1890; Venturi revised: 1890–94; Venturi (652): 1888–92
Oil on canvas
21 1/4 x 29 1/8 in. (54 x 74 cm)
Christie's, London

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Provenance
Hans Fritz Fankhauser, Basel, Switzerland
Margarete Oppenheim, Berlin;
Oppenheim Collection, Kunstauktionhaus Julius Böhler, Munich, May 18–22, 1936, no. 1224, pl. 77; bought in
Estate of Margarete Oppenheim, Berlin
Margaret Zapp, Ratingen, Germany (by January 18, 1939);
Private collection, Germany
Christie's, London, October 15, 2025, noi. 38, ill.
Exhibition History
1912 Cologne possibly
Städtische Ausstellungshalle, Cologne, Internationale Kunstausstellung des Sonderbundes Westdeutscher Kunstfreunde und Künstler, May 25–September 30, 1912, no. 135, as Baumwiese mit Durchblick auf Häuser am Hugel, anonymous loan.
1956–57 Cologne
Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, (Kunsthaus Lempertz), Cologne, Cézanne, Ausstellung zum Gedenken an sein 50. Todesjahr, December 1956–January 1957, no. 22, ill. lent by Private collection.
1960 Essen
Folkwang Museum, Essen, Germany, Exhibition on the occasion of the museum reopening, May–July 1960, ill., pl. 1.
Published References
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 652, ill. vol. II, as Maisons de Bellevue et pigeonnier.
Novotny 1938
Novotny, Fritz. Cézanne und das Ende der wissenschaftlichen Perspektive. Vienna: Anton Schroll, 1938, list of motifs: no. 71.
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. 689, ill. vol. 2, as Maison de Bellevue et pigeonnier.
Schaefer 2012
Schaefer, Barbara, ed. "Sonderbundausstellung 1912 - Rekonstruktion." 1912, Mission Moderne: die Jahrhundertschau des Sonderbundes. Cologne: Wienend, 2012. Exhibition catalogue, no. 135, p. 555, tentative identification.
Coutagne 2015
Coutagne, Denis. "P. Cézanne, sur la colline de la Constance–Valcros." Aix-en-Provence: SPLA Pays d'Aix Territoires, June 2015, ill. p. 71.
Bonfort 2016
Bonfort, ed., Didier. Dans les pas de P. Cezanne, Valcros - Bellevue - Montbriand. Didier Bonfort, ed.. Aix-en-provence: Sauvegarde des paysages de Cezanne, February 2016, p. 24, ill., as Maison de Bellevue et pigeonnier.
Maison de Bellevue et pigeonnier, c.1890 (FWN 267). The house of Bellevue and pigeon tower. John Rewald Archive, Department of Image Collections, National Gallery of Art Library, Washington, D.C.
The house of Bellevue and pigeon tower. John Rewald Archive, Department of Image Collections, National Gallery of Art Library, Washington, D.C.
Photo: John Rewald; © Sabine Rewald
Maison de Bellevue et pigeonnier, c.1890 (FWN 267). Photograph by Lionello Venturi, 1933–35 (Courtesy Archivio di Lionello Venturi, Department of Art History and Performance, Sapienza University, Rome)
Photograph by Lionello Venturi, 1933–35 (Courtesy Archivio di Lionello Venturi, Department of Art History and Performance, Sapienza University, Rome)

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Record last updated October 9, 2025. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Maison de Bellevue et pigeonnier, c.1890 (FWN 267)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=667 (accessed on October 13, 2025).