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© Kunstmuseum Bern
FWN 314
La Montagne Sainte-Victoire
1897
Alternate titles: Mont Sainte-Victoire; Sainte-Victoire
Rewald (796): 1897; Venturi revised: c.1897; Venturi (763): 1897; Reff: 1897 (MoMA)
Oil on canvas
28 3/4 x 36 in. (73 x 91.5 cm)
Kunstmuseum Bern, Legat Cornelius Gurlitt 2014 (G 18.021)

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Provenance
Marie Cézanne, Aix-en-Provence;
Paul Cézanne fils, Paris (1921; disappeared c. 1940)
Hildebrand Gurlitt, Aschbach;
Cornelius Gurlitt, Munich and Salzburg;
Gurlitt Estate, Salzburg (2014);
Kunstmuseum Bern
Exhibition History
1936g New York
Bignou Gallery, New York, Paul Cézanne, November–December 1936, no. 20, as La Montagne Sainte-Victoire, lent by Cézanne fils.
1937 Detroit
Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Cézanne, January 5, 1937.
1937b New York
Bignou Gallery, New York, Cézanne and Renoir, February 1937.
1937a London
Alex Reid & Lefevre, London, Cézanne, June 1937, no. 22, as La Montagne Sainte-Victoire, dated 1897.
1938b Amsterdam
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Honderd jaar Fransche kunst, July 2–September 25, 1938, no. 35, as La Montagne Sainte-Victoire, lent by Cézanne fils.
1939 Lyon
Musée de Lyon, Palais Saint-Pierre, Lyon, France, Centenaire de Paul Cézanne, May 7–June 18, 1939, no. 36, pl. XIV, lent by Cézanne fils.
1939b Paris
Société des artistes indépendants, Grand Palais, Paris, 50e exposition - Centenaire du peintre indépendant Paul Cézanne, March 17–April 10, 1939, no. 17, as La Montagne Sainte-Victoire, lent by Cézanne fils.
2017–18 Bern and Bonn
Kunstmuseum Bern, Switzerland; Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn, Germany, Parallel exhibition: Bestandsaufnahme Gurlitt: "Entartete Kunst" - beschlagnahmt und verkauft [Bern] Der NS-Kunstraub und die Folgen [Bonn], November 2, 2017-April 4, 2018 (Bern); November 3, 2017-April 11, 2018 (Bonn), no. 24, ill., as La Montagne Sainte-Victoire (shown in Bern).
2022–23 Bern
Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern, Switzerland, Gurlitt: eine Bilanz (Gurlitt: un Bilan; Gurlitt: Taking Stock), September 16, 2022–January 15, 2023, no no., mentioned on p. 7, as La Montagne Sainte-Victoire.
Published References
Venturi 1935a
Venturi, Lionello. I'Impressionismo. 1935, fig. 16, as Sainte-Victoire.
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 763, ill. vol. II, as La Montagne Sainte-Victoire .
Novotny 1937
Novotny, Fritz. Cézanne. Vienna: Phaidon, 1937, pl. 78.
Cogniat 1938
Cogniat, Raymond. "Un siècle d'art français au Stedelijk Muséum d'Amsterdam." Beaux-arts: Chronique des arts et de la curiosité, no. 292 (August 5, 1938), ill. p. 3, as La Montagne Sainte-Victoire .
Barnes and de Mazia 1939
Barnes, Albert C., and Violette de Mazia. The Art of Cézanne. New York: Harcourt Brace, 1939, no. 154, listed.
Vauxcelles 1939
Vauxcelles, Louis. "Le Salon des Indépendants." Le Monde illustré (Paris) (March 25, 1939), n.p., as Sainte-Victoire.
Novotny 1947
Novotny, Fritz. Cézanne. London: Phaidon Press, 1947, pl. 80, as La Montagne Sainte-Victoire , 1897.
Dorival 1948
Dorival, Bernard. Cézanne. Paris: Pierre Tisné, 1948, pl. 144, listed p. 170.
Beucken 1955
Beucken, Jean de. Un portrait de Cézanne. Paris: Gallimard, [1955], p. 264.
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. 796, ill. vol. 2, as La Montagne Sainte-Victoire .
Société Paul Cezanne 2019
Cezanne, Jas de Bouffan: art et histoire. Under the scientific direction of Denis Coutagne and François Chédeville. Lyon; Aix-en-Provence: Fage édition; Société Paul Cezanne, 2019, fig. 43 p. 58.
Cezanne 2021
Cézanne, Philippe. Paul Cezanne dépeint par ses contemporains. Lyon: Fage éditions, 2021, fig. 150.
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, p. 145, fig. 6, as Mont Sainte-Victoire.
La Montagne Sainte-Victoire, 1897 (FWN 314). Possible motif of FWN 314, although the overgrown vegetation shown in the photograph obscures what is seen in the foreground of the painting.
Possible motif of FWN 314, although the overgrown vegetation shown in the photograph obscures what is seen in the foreground of the painting.
Photo: Didier Bonfort

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Record last updated February 8, 2023. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "La Montagne Sainte-Victoire, 1897 (FWN 314)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=772 (accessed on April 24, 2024).