The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne
An Online Catalogue Raisonné under the Direction of Société Paul Cezanne
(Formerly directed by Walter Feilchenfeldt, Jayne Warman and David Nash)
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© The Barnes Foundation, Merion, Pennsylvania, USA/ The Bridgeman Art Library
FWN 305
Bibémus
1894–95
Alternate titles: Les sables rouges; Pays rouge; Paysage; Sable rouge
Rewald (795): 1894–95; Venturi revised: 1895–99; Venturi (782): 1900–1902
Oil on canvas
18 1/4 x 21 5/8 in. (46.3 x 55 cm)
Provenance
Exhibition History
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Exposition Paul Cézanne (au profit de la caisse du monument Cézanne), March 3–24, 1924.
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Exposition rétrospective Paul Cézanne (1839-1906) au profit de la caisse du Monument Cézanne, June 1–30, 1926, no. 28, as Les sables rouges, lent by Hessel.
Galerie Pigalle, Paris, Exposition Cèzanne, 1839–1906, January 4–February 7, 1930, no. 24, as Les sables rouges, lent by Hessel.
Bignou Gallery, New York, Paul Cézanne, November–December 1936, no. 27, as Les sables rouges.
Published References
Denis, Maurice. "Le dessin de Cézanne." L'Amour de l'art 5, no. 2 (February 1924), ill. p. 40, as Paysage, (Coll. Hessel).
Bernard, Tristan. "Jos Hessel." La Renaissance (Paris; New York), vol. 13, no. 1 (January 1930), ill. p. 12, as Les sables rouges.
P. B. "Cézanne à la galerie Pigalle." Beaux-arts: Chronique des arts et de la curiosité, no. 1 (January 20, 1930), p. 23, as Les sables rouges.
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 782, ill. vol. II, as Bibémus.
Barnes, Albert C., and Violette de Mazia. The Art of Cézanne. New York: Harcourt Brace, 1939, no. 176, p. 283, ill.
Wattenmaker, Richard et al. Great French Paintings from The Barnes Foundation. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1993. Exhibition catalogue, p. 156, fig. 1.
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. 795, ill. vol. 2, as Bibémus.
Dauberville, Guy-Patrice, and Floriane Dauberville. Paul Cezanne chez Bernheim-Jeune. Paris: Editions G-P.F. Dauberville & Archives Bernheim-Jeune, 2020, no. 92, ill., as Pays rouge.
Elderfield John, et al. Cézanne, The Rock and Quarry Paintings. Princeton: Princeton University Art Museum; New Haven: Yale University Press, 2020. Exhibition catalogue, no. 10, ill. (catalogued but not shown), as Bibémus, dated 1895–1900, catalogue notes by John Elderfield and Ariel Kline.
Dombrowski, André, Nancy Ireson, and Sylvie Patry, eds. Cézanne in the Barnes Foundation. New York: Rizzoli Electa in association with The Barnes Foundation, 2021, no. 35, pp. 176–85, as Bibémus (catalogue notes by N. Athanassoglou-Kallmyer).
Record last updated April 14, 2023. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Bibémus, 1894–95 (FWN 305)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=770 (accessed on May 13, 2025).
