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 317
La Carrière de Bibémus
c.1898
Alternate titles: Bibémus Quarry; Carrière de Bibémus; Steinbruch bei Bibémus; Steinbruch von Bibémus
Rewald (838): c.1898; Venturi revised: 1895–99; Venturi (777): c.1900; Ratcliffe: between 1895 and 1899
Oil on canvas
25 5/8 x 21 1/4 in. (65 x 54 cm)
Vollard A stockbook: no. 3652, huile; paysage rochers rouges et arbres verts, 65 x 54 cm (100 frs)
Private collection
Provenance
Private collection
Exhibition History
Bignou Gallery, New York, Paul Cézanne, November–December 1936, no. 23, as La Carrière de Bibémus.
Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Cézanne, January 5, 1937.
Alex Reid & Lefevre, London, Cézanne, June 1937, no. 23, as La Carrière de Bibémus, daed c. 1900.
Bignou Gallery, New York, Masterpieces by 19th Century French Painters, April 11–30, 1938, no. 3.
Bignou Gallery, New York, Significant Landmarks of 19th Century French Painting, February 20–March 25, 1939, no. 4.
Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach, Florida, The Post-Impressionists and Their Followers, February 4–27, 1949, no. 1, (dated c. 1900), as La Carrière de Bibémus, lent by Geo. Keller, New York.
Galerie des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Bienne, Bienne, Switzerland, Chefs-d'oeuvre des XIXe et XXe siècles, 1953–54, no. 22.
Folkwang Museum, Essen, Germany, Werke der französischen Malerei und Graphik des 19. Jahrhunderts, July–September 1954, no. 7.
Haags Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, the Netherlands, Paul Cézanne, June 1–August 1, 1956, no. 48, ill. lent by Bührle.
Pavillon de Vendôme, Aix-en-Provence, France, Exposition pour commémorer le cinquantenaire de la mort de Cézanne, July 21–August 15, 1956, no. 58, ill. lent by Bührle.
Haus der Kunst, Munich, Paul Cézanne, October 12–November 18, 1956, no. 153 (supplement), 1898/99, lent by E. G. Bührle, Zurich.
Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, (Kunsthaus Lempertz), Cologne, Cézanne, Ausstellung zum Gedenken an sein 50. Todesjahr, December 1956–January 1957, no. 29, ill. lent by Bührle.
Stadthalle, Wolfsburg, Germany, Französische Malerei von Delacroix bis Picasso, April 8–May 31, 1961, no. 20, as Steinbruch von Bibémus, c. 1900, lent by Private collection, Zürich.
Kunstverein, Hamburg, Germany, Wegbereiter der modernen Malerei: Cézanne, Gauguin, van Gogh, Seurat, May 4–July 14, 1963, no. 12, pl. 69, as Steinbruch bei Bibémus, c. 1900, lent by Bührle, Zurich.
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. 14, pl. 36. 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).
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Cézanne in Provence, January 29–May 7, 2006, no. 85, ill., (dated 1896–97), lent by Private collection. Traveled to: Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, June 9–September 17, 2006.
Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe, Germany, Cézanne - Metamorphosen, October 28, 2017–February 11, 2018, no. 80, ill.
Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, New Jersey, Cézanne, The Rock and Quarry Paintings, March 7–June 14, 2020, no. 17, ill., as Bibémus Quarry, dated 1895–1900, to be shown in London 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).
Published References
Venturi, Lionello. "Sur les dernières années de Cézanne." Minotaure, no. 9 (1936), fig. 4.
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 777, ill. vol. II, as Carrière de Bibémus.
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 ...
Wattenmaker, Richard et al. Great French Paintings from The Barnes Foundation. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1993. Exhibition catalogue, p. 158, fig. 3.
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. 838, ill. vol. 2, as La Carrière de Bibémus.
Société Paul Cézanne. P. Cézanne: Les sites provençaux. Edited by Pavel Machotka. Marseille: Editions Crès, 2005, p. 87, ill. with photo of motif (c. 1927), p. 86, as Carrière de Bibémus.
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: The Eye and the Mind, 2 vols. Marseille: Editions Crès, 2008, vol. 1, fig. 314; vol. 2, p. 214, as La Carrière de Bibémus.
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. 115, as La Carrière de Bibémus.
France-Lanord, Hadrien. La couleur et la parole: les chemins de Paul Cézanne et de Martin Heidegger. Paris: Gallimard, 2018, ill. p. 215, as La Carrière de Bibémus.
Dumas, Ann. "Cézanne and his love affair with the rocks of Provence." RA Magazine (Summer 2020), ill.
Gloor, Lukas. "Der Bestand der Sammlung Emil Bührle: Illustrierte Liste aller 633 Käufe." In Die Sammlung Emil Bührle: Geschichte, Gesamtkatalog und 70 Meisterwerke. München: Hirmer, 2021, p. 272, no. 329, fig. 329 p. 273, as La Carrière de Bibémus.
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Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "La Carrière de Bibémus, c.1898 (FWN 317)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=813 (accessed on April 26, 2024).
