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)
Catalogue entry
© 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)
Vollard archives: photo no. 342, Annotated by Cezanne's son: près Gardanne circa 1885
Provenance
Gustave Geffroy, Paris
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris (January 28, 1907)
Alphonse Kann, Saint-Germain-en-Laye (July 1, 1908)
Jos. Hessel, Paris
Galerie Tanner, Zurich
Galerie E. Bignou, Paris
Barnes Foundation, Merion and Philadelphia (November 24, 1936)
Exhibition History
1924a Paris
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Exposition Paul Cézanne (au profit de la caisse du monument Cézanne), March 3–24, 1924.1926b Paris
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.1930a Paris
Galerie Pigalle, Paris, Exposition Cèzanne, 1839–1906, January 4–February 7, 1930, no. 24, as Les sables rouges, lent by Hessel.1936f London
Arthur Tooth & Sons, London, La Flèche d'or, May 1936, as Sable rouge.1936g New York
Bignou Gallery, New York, Paul Cézanne, November–December 1936, no. 27, as Les sables rouges.Published References
Denis 1924
Denis, Maurice. "Le dessin de Cézanne." L'Amour de l'art 5, no. 2 (February 1924), ill. p. 40, as Paysage, (Coll. Hessel).Bernard, T. 1930
Bernard, Tristan. "Jos Hessel." La Renaissance (Paris; New York), vol. 13, no. 1 (January 1930), ill. p. 12, as Les sables rouges.P. B. 1930
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 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 782, ill. vol. II, as Bibémus.Barnes and de Mazia 1939
Barnes, Albert C., and Violette de Mazia. The Art of Cézanne. New York: Harcourt Brace, 1939, no. 176, p. 283, ill.Wattenmaker et al 1993
Wattenmaker, Richard et al. Great French Paintings from The Barnes Foundation. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1993. Exhibition catalogue, p. 156, fig. 1.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. 795, ill. vol. 2, as Bibémus.Dauberville 2020
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 et al 2020
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, Ireson and Patry 2021
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).
Photo: Paul Smith
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 April 23, 2024).
