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Catalogue entry

FWN 271
Pigeonnier de Bellevue
c.1890
Alternate titles: Landschaft mit altem Gehöft: Le Pigeonnier; Le Pigeonnier de Bellevue
Rewald (693): c.1890; Venturi revised: 1890–94; Venturi (653): 1888–92
Oil on canvas
20 7/8 x 31 1/2 in. (53 x 80 cm)
Vollard A stockbook: no. 3573, huile; plusieurs maisons sur une seule rangée avec des arbres; premier plan terre rouge -- paysage du midi, 54 x 81 cm (175 frs)
Vollard B stockbook: no. 3805, Mas dans le Midi, 54 x 81 cm (200 frs)
Vollard W stockbook: no. 4225, maisons de Provence; huile, 60 x 80 (70,000)
Vollard archives: photo no. 34,[36], and 501, Annotated by Cezanne's son: 1892
Kunstmuseum Basel (Gift of Martha and Robert von Hirsch)

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Provenance
Ambroise Vollard, Paris
Robert von Hirsch, Frankfurt and Basel (May 2, 1922);
Kunstmuseum Basel (1977)
Exhibition History
1931 Frankfurt am Main
Städelsches Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, Vom Abbild zum Sinnbild, June 3–July 3, 1931, no. 27, as Landschaft mit altem Gehöft: Le Pigeonnier, lent by Private collection.
1936 Basel
Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne, August 30–October 12, 1936, no. 148, (dated c. 1890), as Le Pigeonnier de Bellevue, lent by von Hirsch.
1943 Basel
Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland, Kunstwerke des 19. Jahrhunderts aus Basler Privatbesitz, May 1–July 4, 1943, no. 312.
1956 Zurich
Kunsthaus, Zurich, Paul Cézanne, August 22–October 7, 1956, no. 63, pl. 29, lent by Private collection, Switzerland.
2015–16 Basel
Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel, Switzerland, Cézanne bis Richter: Meisterwerke aus dem Kunstmuseum Basel, February 14, 2015–February 16, 2016, no. 3, ill., as Le Pigeonnier de Bellevue, 1888-92.
2017 Basel
Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel, Switzerland, The Hidden Cézanne: From Sketchbook to Canvas, June 10–September 24, 2017, no. 179, ill.
Published References
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 653, ill. vol. II, as Pigeonnier de Bellevue.
Novotny 1938
Novotny, Fritz. Cézanne und das Ende der wissenschaftlichen Perspektive. Vienna: Anton Schroll, 1938, list of motifs: no. 76.
Du 1989
"Das Tor zur Moderne. Paul Cézanne in Schweizer Sammlungen." Du 49, no. 9 (September 1989), p. 70, 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. 693, ill. vol. 2, as Pigeonnier de Bellevue.
Ely 2006b
Ely, Bruno. "Gardanne, Montbriand and Bellevue." In Cézanne in Provence. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art; New Haven: Yale University Press, 2006. Exhibition catalogue, p. 155, fig. 4, as Pigeonnier de Bellevue.
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 Pigeonnier de Bellevue, with photo of motif, p. 25.
Marchesseau 2017
Marchesseau, Daniel. Paul Cezanne, Le chant de la terre. Martigny: Fondation Pierre Gianadda, 2017. Exhibition catalogue, p. 186, ill.
Pigeonnier de Bellevue, c.1890 (FWN 271). The pigeon tower at Bellevue. John Rewald Archive, Department of Image Collections, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
The pigeon tower at Bellevue. John Rewald Archive, Department of Image Collections, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Photo: John Rewald, circa. 1935; © Sabine Rewald
Pigeonnier de Bellevue, c.1890 (FWN 271). Recent photograph of motif
Recent photograph of motif
Photo: Courtesy Didier Bonfort
Pigeonnier de Bellevue, c.1890 (FWN 271). The pigeon tower and house at Bellevue. Photograph by Lionello Venturi, 1933–35 (Courtesy Archivio di Lionello Venturi, Department of History, Anthropology, Religions, Performing Arts, Sapienza University of Rome)
The pigeon tower and house at Bellevue. Photograph by Lionello Venturi, 1933–35 (Courtesy Archivio di Lionello Venturi, Department of History, Anthropology, Religions, Performing Arts, Sapienza University of Rome)
Photo: Lionello Venturi; © Archivio di Lionello Venturi, Sapienza University of Rome

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Record last updated November 3, 2022. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Pigeonnier de Bellevue, c.1890 (FWN 271)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=671 (accessed on May 1, 2025).