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)
FWN 315
La Montagne Sainte-Victoire vue de Bibémus
c.1897
Alternate titles: La Montagne rocheuse; La Montagne Sainte-Victoire vue des carrières de Bibémus; La Montagne Sainte-Victoire, vue de Bibémus; La Montagne Ste. Victoire vue de la carrière de Bibémus; La Sainte-Victoire; Le Mont Sainte-Victoire vu de la carrière de Bibémus; Mont Sainte-Victoire Seen from Bibémus Quarry; Mont Sainte-Victoire vue de Bibémus; Montagne Sainte-Victoire; Montagne Sainte-Victoire seen from Bibémus; Sainte-Victoire seen from Bibemus
Rewald (837): c.1897; Venturi revised: 1895–99; Venturi (766): 1898–1900; Ratcliffe: between 1895 and 1899; Reff: 1898–99
Oil on canvas
25 5/8 x 32 in. (65.1 x 81.3 cm)
Vollard A stockbook: no. 3479, huile; au 1r plan des blocs de rochers rouges sur lesquels poussent des arbustes vertes, au fond la montagne Ste Victoire sur un ciel gris bleu, 65 x 81 cm (200 frs)
Provenance
Exhibition History
Salon d'Automne, Grand Palais, Paris, Rétrospective d'oeuvres de Cézanne, October 1–22, 1907, no. 39, as La Montagne rocheuse, lent by Gangnat.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, Selections from the Cone Collection, 1949.
Philadelphia Museum of Arts, Philadelphia, Diamond Jubilee Exhibition, Masterpieces of Painting, November 4, 1950–February 11, 1951, no. 86, ill., as Sainte-Victoire seen from Bibemus, lent by Baltimore.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, From Ingres to Gauguin: French Nineteenth Century Paintings Owned in Maryland, November–December 1951, no. 151, ill.
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Cézanne: Paintings, Watercolors & Drawings, A Loan Exhibition, February 7–March 16, 1952, no. 108, ill. lent by Baltimore. Traveled to: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, April 1–May 16, 1952.
Orangerie, Paris, De David à Toulouse-Lautrec: Chefs-d'oeuvre des collections américaines, April 20–July 5, 1955, no. 4, pl. 68, lent by Baltimore.
Wildenstein Galleries, New York, Loan Exhibition: Cézanne, November 5–December 5, 1959, no. 49, ill. lent by Baltimore.
Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, Franse landschappen van Cézanne tot heden [Le paysage français à nos jours], October 4–November 17, 1963, no. 27, pl. 3, as La Montagne Sainte-Victoire vue de Bibémus, c. 1898-1900, lent by The Baltimore Museum of Art.
Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C., Cézanne: An Exhibition in Honor of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Phillips Collection, February 27–March 28, 1971, no. 27. Traveled to: The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, April 17–May 16, 1971; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, June 1–July 3, 1971.
The Museum of Modern Art, New York and Reunion des Musees Nationaux, Paris, France, Cézanne: The Late Work, October 7, 1977–January 3, 1978, no. 12, pl. 37. Traveled to: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, January 26–March 19, 1978; Grand Palais, Paris, Cezanne: Les dernières années (1895–1906), April 20–July 23, 1978 (see Paris 1978a for a separate listing because the catalogue numbers are different from the two American venues).
Grand Palais, Paris, Cézanne: Les dernières années (1895–1906), April 20–July 23, 1978, no. 38, ill.
Grand Palais, Paris, Cézanne, September 26, 1995–January 14, 1996, no. 175, ill. Traveled to: Tate Gallery, London, February 8–April 28, 1996; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, May 26–September 1, 1996.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, The Triumph of French Painting, March 12–July 16, 2000, no. 44, ill., as Mont Sainte-Victoire Seen from Bibémus Quarry (p. 32 photograph, Dec. 1930, of Claribel Clone's Apartment, The Marlborough Apartments, with Cezanne's painting hanging). Traveled to: The Philbrook Musuem of Art, Tulsa, Oklahoma, August 13–November 26, 2000; Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, Florida, January 6–March 11, 2001; Royal Academy of Arts, London, June 30–September 23, 2001; Albright-Knox Gallery, Buffalo, New York, November 3, 2001–January 6, 2002.
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Cézanne in Provence, January 29–May 7, 2006, no. 88, ill. shown in Washington only. Traveled to: Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, June 9–September 17, 2006.
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Cézanne and Beyond, February 26–May 17, 2009, pl. 86, p. 272, as La Montagne Sainte-Victoire vue de Bibémus.
Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, New Jersey, Cézanne and American Modernism, September 13, 2009–January 3, 2010, no. 16, ill., p. 158, as La Montagne Sainte-Victoire vue de Bibémus. Traveled to: The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, February 14–May 23, 2010; Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, June 26–September 26, 2010.
Centre Pompidou, Paris, Préhistoire: une énigme moderne, May 8–September 16, 2019, listed p. 288, ill. p. 22, as La Montagne Sainte-Victoire vue des carrières de Bibémus, 1898-1900.
Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, New Jersey, Cézanne, The Rock and Quarry Paintings, March 7–June 14, 2020, no. 12, ill., as Montagne Sainte-Victoire seen from Bibémus, dated 1895–1900, shown in Princeton only; catalogue notes by John Elderfield and Ariel Kline. Traveled to: Royal Academy, London, July 12–October 18, 2020 (N.B. This venue was cancelled due to 2020 coronavirus).
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Cezanne, May 15–September 5, 2022, no. 120, ill. c. 1895–99. Traveled to: Tate Modern, London, October 6, 2022–March 12, 2023.
Published References
Charensol, Georges. "La vente Gagnat." L'Art vivant (Paris), no. 14 (July 15, 1925), p. 27, as La Sainte-Victoire.
Werth, Leon. "La collection Gangnat." L'Amour de l'art 6, no. 2 (February 1925), ill. p. 55, as La Sainte-Victoire.
Meier-Graefe, Julius. "Die Sammlung Gangnat." Kunst und Künstler 23, no. 9 (1925), ill. p. 358.
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 766, ill. vol. II, as La Montagne Sainte-Victoire, vue de Bibémus.
Schenck, Edgar. "Girl with Her Doll." Bulletin of the Honolulu Academy of Arts 5, no. 1 (March 1937), fig. 6.
Rewald, John. "A propos du catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre de Paul Cézanne et de la chronologie de cette œuvre." La Renaissance (Paris), vol. 20, nos. 3-4 (March–April 1937), p. 55, as ...paysage peint à la Carrière Bibémus ...
Goldwater, Robert J. "Cézanne in America: The Master's Paintings in American Collections." Art News Annual 36, no. 26 (March 26, 1938), p. 150, ill.
Novotny, Fritz. Cézanne und das Ende der wissenschaftlichen Perspektive. Vienna: Anton Schroll, 1938, list of motifs: no. 34, fig. 15 and cover.
Zervos, Christian. Histoire de l'art contemporain. Paris: Éditions Cahiers d'art, 1938, p. 40, ill.
Loran, Erle. Cézanne's Composition. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1943, pp. 61–65, pl. X (with composite photograph of the motif).
Rewald, John. "As Cézanne Recreated Nature." Art News 43, no. 1 (February 15, 1944), p. 11, ill.
Rewald, John. The History of Impressionism. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1946, ill. opp. p. 414.
Brian, D. "The Baltimore Museum's Cone Collection: A Pointed Star." Art Digest 24 (January 15, 1950), cover, ill.
Cone collection: a handbook with a catalogue of paintings and sculpture. Baltimore, [1955], p. 27, no. 11, ill. on cover, as Mont Sainte-Victoire Seen from Bibémus Quarry, c. 1898-1900.
Rewald, John. The History of Impressionism. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1961, p. 559, ill.
Pollack, Barbara. The Collectors: Dr. Claribel and Miss Etta Cone. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1962, p. 171, ill. (shows painting in Claribel's sitting room).
Haftmann, Werner. Malerei im 20. Jahrhundert: eine Bild-Enzyklopädie. Munich: Prestel, 1965, listed p. 405, fig. 5 p. 21, as La Montagne Ste. Victoire vue de la carrière de Bibémus, 1898-1900.
The Baltimore Museum of Art. Paintings, Sculpture, and Drawings in the Cone Collection. Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, no. 11, ill. p. 19.
Murphy, Richard W. The World of Cézanne, 1839–1906. New York: Time-Life Books, 1968, p. 87.
D'Harnoncourt, Anne. "The Necessary Cézanne." Art Gallery 14, no. 6 (April 1971), p. 39, ill.
Schapiro, Meyer. Paul Cézanne. Translated by Louis-Marie Ollivier. Paris: Nouvelles Editions Françaises, 1973, p. 61 and pl. 42, with comments.
Embiricos, Georges A. "Cézanne et la répétition." Connaissance des Arts, no. 315 (May 1978), p. 70, ill.
Gordon, Donald E. "The Expressionist Cézanne." Artforum 16, no. 7 (March 1978), p. 34, ill.
Müller, Joseph-Emile. Cézanne. Translated by Jane Brenton. Paris: Fernand Hazan, 1982, pl. 27.
Richardson, Brenda. Dr. Claribel & Miss Etta: The Cone collection of the Baltimore Museum of Art. Baltimore: Baltimore Museum of Art, 1985, p. 175, ill. p. 111.
Düchting, Hajo. Paul Cézanne: Natur wird Kunst. Cologne: Benedict Taschen Verlag, 1989, p. 217, ill.
Coutagne, Denis. "Cézanne, tradition et modernité." In Sainte-Victoire: Cézanne. Aix-en-Provence: Musée Granet, 1990, p. 119, fig. 71.
Wattenmaker, Richard et al. Great French Paintings from The Barnes Foundation. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1993. Exhibition catalogue, p. 158, fig. 2.
Lartigue, Charles de. Les paysages de Paul Cézanne. Lyon: Les Créations du Pélican, 1995, p. 127, ill.
Coutagne, Denis. "Les paysages." Dossier de l'art (Dijon), no. 25 (September - October 1995), ill. pp. 36-37.
Coutagne, Denis, et al. Les Sites Cézanniens du Pays d'Aix: Hommage à John Rewald. Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux, 1996, p. 144.
Krumrine, Mary Louise. "Paris and London: Cézanne." The Burlington Magazine 138, no. 1117 (April 1996), fig. 46 p. 265, as Mont Sainte-Victoire vue de Bibémus.
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: Landscape into Art. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1996, p. 99, fig. 67, with photographs of the motif, p. 98, figs. 65 and 66, as Le Mont Sainte-Victoire vu de la carrière de Bibémus.
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. 837, ill. vol. 2, as La Montagne Sainte-Victoire vue de Bibémus.
Smith, Paul. Interpreting Cézanne. London: Tate Publishing, 1996, p. 59, fig. 49, as Mont Sainte-Victoire Seen from Bibémus Quarry.
Coutagne, Denis. "The Major Works in the Lauves Studio." In Atelier Cézanne, 1902–2002: Le centenaire. Aix-en-Provence: Société Paul Cézanne, 2002, fig. 32, ill. in color.
Athanassoglou-Kallmyer, Nina M. Cézanne and Provence: The Painter in His Culture. Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, 2003, p. 174, fig. 4.29, as La Montagne Sainte-Victoire vue de Bibémus.
Keyes, George S. "Reconsideration of Late Variants of Cézanne's 'Theme of Mont Sainte-Victoire.'" Bulletin of the Detroit Institute of Arts vol. 77, no. 1/2 (2003), p. 35, fig. 3.
Société Paul Cézanne. P. Cézanne: Les sites provençaux. Edited by Pavel Machotka. Marseille: Editions Crès, 2005, p. 89, ill. with photos of motif (c. 1935 and 1962), p. 88, as La Montagne Sainte-Victoire vue de Bibémus.
Riley, Bridget. "Cézanne in Provence." The Burlington Magazine 148, no. 1242 (September 2006), pp. 627-28, fig. 54, as Montagne Sainte-Victoire seen from Bibémus.
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: The Eye and the Mind, 2 vols. Marseille: Editions Crès, 2008, vol. 1, fig. 316; vol. 2, p. 214, as La Montagne Sainte-Victoire vue de Bibémus.
Van Look, Hans-Günther. Sehrevolte der Scheinung: Cézanne am Mont Sainte-Victoire. Munich: Verlag Karl Alber GmbH Freiburg, 2008, p. 1 of illustrations.
Golding, John. "Cézanne, Braque and Pictorial Space." In Cézanne and Beyond. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art; New Haven: In association with Yale University Press, 2009, p. 272, pl. 86, as Mont Sainte-Victoire Seen from Bibémus Quarry.
Rothkopf, Katherine. "The Cone Sisters: Discovering Cézanne and Modern Art." In Cézanne and American Modernism, by Gail Stavitsky. Seattle: Marquand Books, 2010. Exhibition catalogue, p. 90, pl. 16 (detail).
Novotny, Fritz. Paul Cézanne: Gesammelte Schriften zu seinem Werk und Materialien aus dem Nachlaß. Introduction by Gabriel Ramin Schor (editor), Agnes Blaha (assistance). Vienna: Klever, 2011, fig. 15, cover.
Machotka, Pavel. "Des paysages du nord aux premiers pas du cubisme." In Cézanne et Paris. Paris: Éditions de la Rmn-Grand Palais, 2011. Exhibition catalogue, p. 197, fig. 114, as La Montagne Sainte-Victoire vue de Bibémus.
Coutagne, Denis. Cézanne abstraction faite. Paris: Les Editions du Cerf, 2011, p. 57, fig. 35.
Freudenberg, Inken. "'And the picture, once left, torments us and pursues us': Cézanne and Delacroix." In Cézanne and the Past: Tradition and Creativity. Budapest: Museum of Fine Arts, 2012. Exhibition catalogue, p. 61, fig. 29, as Mont Sainte-Victoire Seen from Bibémus Quarry.
Cézanne, Paul. The Letters of Paul Cézanne. Edited and translated by Alex Danchev. London and Los Angeles: Thames & Hudson; Getty Publications, 2013, p. 283, ill.
Colrat, Jean. Cézanne: Joindre les mains errantes de la nature. Paris-Sorbonne: PUPS, 2013, p. 128, pl. 36.
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: Landscape into Art. Prague: Arbor Vitae, 2014, p. 167, fig. 61s, with black and white and color photos of motif, p. 167, figs. 61a and 61b, as La Montagne Sainte-Victoire vue de Bibémus.
Nagaï, Takanori. "Cézanne and Jas de Bouffan." In Le "basho" dans l'art moderne français. Tokyo: Sangensha, 2016, p. 136, ill.
Lobstein, Dominique. "Biographie." In Paul Cezanne, Le chant de la terre. Martigny: Fondation Pierre Gianadda, 2017. Exhibition catalogue, p. 359, ill.
Coutagne, Denis. "'Rome n'est plus dans Dome.'" In Cezanne et les Maîtres, rêve d'Italie. Vanves: Editions Hazan, 2020. Exhibition catalogue, p. 111, fig. 4.
Dauberville, Guy-Patrice, and Floriane Dauberville. Paul Cezanne chez Bernheim-Jeune. Paris: Editions G-P.F. Dauberville & Archives Bernheim-Jeune, 2020, no. 114, ill., as Montagne Sainte-Victoire.
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. 5, as Mont Sainte-Victoire Seen from Bibémus Quarry.
Clark, T.J. If These Apples Should Fall, Cézanne and the Present. London and New York: Thames & Hudson, 2022, pls. 54, 103 (detail).
Nagaï, Takanori. "L'idée de l'anti-modernisation social chez Cézanne." Bulletin of Kyoto Institute of Technology 14 (February 2022), fig. 46.
Nagaï, Takanori. Truth in Panting: The Meaning of Cezanne's Practices for Modernizing Society. Tokyo: Sangesha Publishers Inc., 2022, pl. 10.
Smith, Paul. "Looking slowly with Cezanne." The Burlington Magazine 165 (April 2023), fig. 15.
Asano, Haruo. "Un chef-d'oeuvre de Paul Cezanne au Japon." 2025, fig. 11, with Loran photo of motif, fig. 12.
Record last updated January 5, 2022. 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 vue de Bibémus, c.1897 (FWN 315)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=812 (accessed on February 7, 2025).