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Catalogue entry

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)
Vollard archives: photo no. 291
Private collection

Keywords

Provenance
Ambroise Vollard, Paris
Galerie E. Bignou, Paris and New York
Georges F. Keller, New York
Max Kaganovitch, Paris
Emil Georg Bührle, Zurich (Nov. 27, 1953);
Dieter Bührle, Zurich (1960)
Galerie des Arts Anciens et Modernes, Schaan, Liechtenstein
Norton Simon, Los Angeles;
Lucille Ellis Simon, Los Angeles;
Sotheby's, New York, Nov. 15, 1989, no. 25, ill.
Stephen Hahn, New York
Private collection
Exhibition History
1936g New York
Bignou Gallery, New York, Paul Cézanne, November–December 1936, no. 23, as La Carrière de Bibémus.
1937 Detroit
Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Cézanne, January 5, 1937.
1937a London
Alex Reid & Lefevre, London, Cézanne, June 1937, no. 23, as La Carrière de Bibémus, daed c. 1900.
1938d New York
Bignou Gallery, New York, Masterpieces by 19th Century French Painters, April 11–30, 1938, no. 3.
1939c New York
Bignou Gallery, New York, Significant Landmarks of 19th Century French Painting, February 20–March 25, 1939, no. 4.
1949 Palm Beach
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.
1953–54 Bienne
Galerie des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Bienne, Bienne, Switzerland, Chefs-d'oeuvre des XIXe et XXe siècles, 1953–54, no. 22.
1954 Essen
Folkwang Museum, Essen, Germany, Werke der französischen Malerei und Graphik des 19. Jahrhunderts, July–September 1954, no. 7.
1956 The Hague
Haags Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, the Netherlands, Paul Cézanne, June 1–August 1, 1956, no. 48, ill. lent by Bührle.
1956 Aix-en-Provence
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.
1956 Zurich
Kunsthaus, Zurich, Paul Cézanne, August 22–October 7, 1956, no. 76, pl. 40.
1956 Munich
Haus der Kunst, Munich, Paul Cézanne, October 12–November 18, 1956, no. 153 (supplement), 1898/99, lent by E. G. Bührle, Zurich.
1956–57 Cologne
Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, (Kunsthaus Lempertz), Cologne, Cézanne, Ausstellung zum Gedenken an sein 50. Todesjahr, December 1956–January 1957, no. 29, ill. lent by Bührle.
1958 Zurich
Kunsthaus, Zurich, Sammlung Emil G. Bührle, June 8–September 30, 1958, no. 229.
1961 Wolfsburg
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.
1963 Hamburg
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.
1977–78 New York and traveling
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).
2006 Washington, D.C. and traveling
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.
2017–18 Karlsruhe
Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe, Germany, Cézanne - Metamorphosen, October 28, 2017–February 11, 2018, no. 80, ill.
2020 Princeton and traveling
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 1936a
Venturi, Lionello. "Sur les dernières années de Cézanne." Minotaure, no. 9 (1936), fig. 4.
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 777, ill. vol. II, as Carrière de Bibémus.
Rewald 1937a
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 ...
Taillandier 1961
Taillander, Yvon. P. Cézanne. Milan: Antonio Vallardi, 1961, p. 83.
Beucken 1962
Beucken, Jean de. Cézanne. New York: Viking Press, 1962, p. 104, 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. 158, fig. 3.
Cahn 1995b
Cahn, Isabelle. Paul Cézanne. Paris: Somogy Editions d'Art, 1995, p. 119, ill.
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. 838, ill. vol. 2, as La Carrière de Bibémus.
Société Paul Cézanne 2005
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 2008
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 2011a
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 2018
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 2020
Dumas, Ann. "Cézanne and his love affair with the rocks of Provence." RA Magazine (Summer 2020), ill.
Gloor 2021
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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Record last updated July 22, 2020. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
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 20, 2024).