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Catalogue entry

FWN 348
La Montagne Sainte-Victoire
1900–02
Alternate titles: Mont Sainte-Victoire; Mont Sainte-Victoire Seen from Bibémus; Montagne Sainte-Victoire; Montaña Sainte-Victoire
Rewald (901): 1900–02; Venturi revised: 1890–95; Venturi (661): 1890–94; Reff: c.1897 (MoMA)
Oil on canvas
21 1/2 x 25 1/2 in. (54.6 x 64.8 cm)

Keywords

Provenance
Ambroise Vollard, Paris
Reid & Lefèvre, London (Jan. 31, 1936)
Captain Stanley W. Sykes, Cambridge (April 9, 1936)
Arthur Tooth & Sons, London
Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Maitland (Apr. 14, 1959);
National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh (1960)
Exhibition History
1936b London
Alex Reid & Lefevre, London, Corot to Cézanne, June 1936, no. 5, as La Montagne Sainte-Victoire, c. 1892, From a private collection, Paris; tentative identifiation.
1963 Edinburgh
National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, 19th and 20th Century French Paintings: The Maitland Gift and Related Pictures, 1963, no number, ill., p. 30.
1978a Paris
Grand Palais, Paris, Cézanne: Les dernières années (1895–1906), April 20–July 23, 1978, no. 80, ill.
1984 Madrid
Museo Español de Arte Contemporáneo, Madrid, Paul Cézanne, March 9–April 1984, no. 42.
1990 Aix-en-Provence
Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, Sainte-Victoire: Cézanne, June 16–September 2, 1990, no. 40, fig. 184.
1990 Edinburgh
National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Cézanne and Poussin: The Classical Vision in Landscape, August 9–October 21, 1990, no. 60, ill.
1993 Tübingen
Kunsthalle, Tübingen, Germany, Cézanne Gemälde, January 16–May 2, 1993, no. 89, ill.
1997–98 Stockholm
Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, Cézanne i blickpunkten, October 17, 1997–January 11, 1998, no. 17, ill., pp. 64–65 (dated c. 1900).
2006 Washington, D.C. and traveling
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Cézanne in Provence, January 29–May 7, 2006, no. 72, ill., (dated c. 1890–95). Traveled to: Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, June 9–September 17, 2006.
2006–07 London
National Gallery, London, Cézanne in Britain, October 4, 2006–January 7, 2007, no. 37, ill., as Mont Sainte-Victoire.
2012–13 Budapest
Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, Hungary, Cézanne and the Past: Tradition and Creativity, October 25, 2012–February 17, 2013, no. 117, ill.
2014a Madrid
Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, Cézanne: site / non-site, February 4–May 18, 2014, no. 38, ill.
2017–18 Karlsruhe
Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe, Germany, Cézanne - Metamorphosen, October 28, 2017–February 11, 2018, no. 58, ill.
2020 Princeton and traveling
Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, New Jersey, Cézanne, The Rock and Quarry Paintings, March 7–June 14, 2020, fig. 67, as Montagne Sainte-Victoire, dated 1890–95, to be shown in London only. Traveled to: Royal Academy, London, July 12–October 18, 2020 (N.B. This venue was cancelled due to 2020 coronavirus).
Published References
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 661, ill. vol. II, as La Montagne Sainte-Victoire.
Rubin 1977a
Rubin, William, ed. Cézanne: The Late Work. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1977. Exhibition catalogue, pl. 115.
Trustees of the National Galleries of Scotland 1980
Illustrations. Edinburgh: Trustees of the National Galleries of Scotland, 1980, p. 20, ill.
Arrouye 1982a
Arrouye, Jean. La Provence de Cézanne. Aix-en-Provence: Edisud, 1982, p. 95, ill.
Coutagne 1984
Coutagne, Denis. "Le retour de l'enfant prodigue." In Cézanne au Musée d'Aix. Aix-en-Provence: Musée Granet, 1984, ill. p. 44.
Kendall 1988
Kendall, Richard, ed. Cézanne: By Himself. London: Macdonald, 1988, p. 206, ill.
Düchting 1989
Düchting, Hajo. Paul Cézanne: Natur wird Kunst. Cologne: Benedict Taschen Verlag, 1989, p. 213, ill.
Hoog 1990
Hoog, Michel. "L'Oeuvre." In Sainte-Victoire Cézanne. Aix-en-Provence: Musée Granet, 1990, p. 205, fig. 184.
Kendall 1993a
Kendall, Richard, ed. Cézanne & Poussin: A Symposium. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1993, pl. 13.
Bonafoux 1995
Bonafoux, Pascal. Cézanne: portrait. Paris: Editions Hazan, 1995, p. 101, ill.
Bozal 1995
Bozal, Valeriano. "Paul Cézanne: la mirada es le leguaje." La Balsa de la Medusa (Madrid) 36 (1995), p. 98, as Montaña Sainte-Victoire.
Lartigue 1995
Lartigue, Charles de. Les paysages de Paul Cézanne. Lyon: Les Créations du Pélican, 1995, p. 31, ill.
Schmitt 1995
Schmitt, Evmarie. Cézanne in der Provence. München and New York: Prestel, 1995, p. 91.
Cahn 1995b
Cahn, Isabelle. Paul Cézanne. Paris: Somogy Editions d'Art, 1995, p. 112, ill.
Coutagne et al. 1996
Coutagne, Denis, et al. Les Sites Cézanniens du Pays d'Aix: Hommage à John Rewald. Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux, 1996, p. 164.
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. 901, ill. vol. 2, as La Montagne Sainte-Victoire.
Smith 1996
Smith, Paul. Interpreting Cézanne. London: Tate Publishing, 1996, p. 59, fig. 48, as Mont Sainte-Victoire Seen from Bibémus.
Benesch 2000
Benesch, Evelyn. "From the Incomplete to the Unfinished: Realisation in the Work of Paul Cézanne." In Cézanne: Finished, Unfinished. Ostfildern-Ruit: Hatje Cantz, 2000. Exhibition catalogue, p. 53, fig. 16, as La Montagne Sainte-Victoire.
Van Look 2008
Van Look, Hans-Günther. Sehrevolte der Scheinung: Cézanne am Mont Sainte-Victoire. Munich: Verlag Karl Alber GmbH Freiburg, 2008, pp. 2–4 of illustrations (detail pp. 2–3).
Société Paul Cézanne 2011
Société Paul Cézanne. P. Cézanne: À Paris et en Île de France. ed., Denis Coutagne. Marseille: Éditions Crès, 2011, p. 120, ill., as La Montagne Sainte-Victoire.
Coutagne 2015
Coutagne, Denis. "P. Cézanne, sur la colline de la Constance–Valcros." Aix-en-Provence: SPLA Pays d'Aix Territoires, June 2015, ill. 84.
Bonfort 2016
Bonfort, ed., Didier. Dans les pas de P. Cezanne, Valcros - Bellevue - Montbriand. Didier Bonfort, ed.. Aix-en-provence: Sauvegarde des paysages de Cezanne, February 2016, p. 31, ill., as La Montagne Sainte-Victoire, with photo of the motif.
La Montagne Sainte-Victoire, 1900–02 (FWN 348)
Photo: Paul Smith
La Montagne Sainte-Victoire, 1900–02 (FWN 348). Recent photograph of the motif
Recent photograph of the motif
Photo: Courtesy Didier Bonfort

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Record last updated March 7, 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, 1900–02 (FWN 348)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=875 (accessed on March 28, 2024).