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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)
Catalogue entry
FWN 357
La Montagne Sainte-Victoire vue du bosquet du Château Noir
c.1904
Alternate titles: La Montagne Sainte-Victoire; La Montagne Ste. Victoire; Le Mont Sainte-Victoire; Mont Sainte-Victoire Seen from the Grove at the Château Noir; Mount Sainte-Victoire
Rewald (902): c.1904; Venturi revised: c.1900; Venturi (665): 1894–1900; Reff: end of 1890s (MoMA)
Oil on canvas
25 5/8 x 31 5/8 in. (65 x 80.3 cm)
Vollard B stockbook: no. 4472, paysage. Les crêtes de Ste. Victoire, 65 x 81 cm (4500/9000 frs)
Private collection, Qatar
Provenance
(Estate of Paul Cezanne?)
Ambroise Vollard, Paris
Alex Reid & Lefèvre, London (Feb. 7, 1934)
Lord Ivor Spencer Churchill, London (June 5, 1934)
Galerie E. Bignou, New York
Mr. and Mrs. Edsel B. Ford, Grosse Pointe Shores, Michigan;
Edsel & Eleanor Ford House, Grosse Pointe Shores
Private collection, Qatar
Exhibition History
1930a Paris
Galerie Pigalle, Paris, Exposition Cèzanne, 1839–1906, January 4–February 7, 1930, no. 41, as Le Mont Sainte-Victoire, c. 1903, lent by Vollard.1931a Paris
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Cézanne, May 18–29, 1931.1933–34 New York and traveling
Knoedler Galleries, New York, Paintings from the Ambroise Vollard Collection, XIX-XX Centuries, November 6–December 3, 1933, no. 14, ill., as Le Mont Sainte-Victoire, 1902, no. 12 in Detroit venue. Traveled to: Arts and Crafts Club, Detroit, December 11, 1933–January 1934.1934b London
Alex Reid & Lefevre, London, Renoir, Cézanne and Their Contemporaries, June 1934, no. 11, as La Montagne Sainte-Victoire, 1899.1936 Basel
Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne, August 30–October 12, 1936, no. 51, as La Montagne Ste. Victoire, c. 1900, lent by Lord Ivor Spencer Churchill, London.1938d New York
Bignou Gallery, New York, Masterpieces by 19th Century French Painters, April 11–30, 1938, no. 1.1938 Montreal
W. Scott & Sons, Montreal, Paintings by French Masters: Delacroix to Dufy, October–November 1938, no. 2.1939c New York
Bignou Gallery, New York, Significant Landmarks of 19th Century French Painting, February 20–March 25, 1939, no. 3, ill.1939c London
Alex Reid & Lefevre, London, Milestones of French Painting, June 1939, no. 3.1951 Pittsburgh
Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, French Painting, 1100–1900, October 18–December 2, 1951, no. 121, ill.1954 Detroit
Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, The Two Sides of the Medal: French painting from Gèrôme to Gauguin, September 28–October 31, 1954, extended until November 11, no. 100, ill., as Mount Sainte-Victoire, c. 1894-1900, lent anonymously.1978a Paris
Grand Palais, Paris, Cézanne: Les dernières années (1895–1906), April 20–July 23, 1978, no. 93, ill.1990 Edinburgh
National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Cézanne and Poussin: The Classical Vision in Landscape, August 9–October 21, 1990, no. 62, ill.Published References
Dormoy 1930
Dormoy, Marie. "Die Cézanne—Ausstellung im Théâtre Pigalle." Kunst und Künstler 28, no. 6 (1930), pp. 247–48.P.C. 1930
P.C. "Rundschau: Paris." Der Cicerone 22, no. 3 (1930), p. 87.Morsell 1933
Morselle, Mary. "Vollard Collection Exhibited at Knoedler's." The Art News 32, no. 5 (November 11, 1933), p, 4, ill., as La Montagne Sainte-Victoire.Burlington 1934
"Notable Works of Art Now on the Market." The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs 65, no. 381 (December 1934), pl. XIV, as La Montagne Sainte-Victoire.Fry 1934
Fry, Roger. "An Exhibition of French Painting." The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs 65, no. 376 (July 1934), p. 35, fig. A p. [31], as La Montagne Sainte-Victoire.Venturi 1935b
Venturi, Lionello. "Paul Cézanne." L'Arte 6, nos. 4 and 5 (July 1935), p. 41, fig. 25.Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 665, ill. vol. II, as La Montagne Sainte-Victoire.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. 56, as La Montagne Sainte-Victoire.Goldwater 1938
Goldwater, Robert J. "Cézanne in America: The Master's Paintings in American Collections." Art News Annual 36, no. 26 (March 26, 1938), p. 157.Novotny 1938
Novotny, Fritz. Cézanne und das Ende der wissenschaftlichen Perspektive. Vienna: Anton Schroll, 1938, list of motifs: no. 31, fig. 11.Brian 1939
Brian, Doris. "Milestones in French Painting, Significant Charting of the Progress of the XIX Century." Art News Vol. 37, issue 22 (Feb. 25, 1939), p. 9, ill,, as La Montagne Sainte-Victoire.Loran 1943
Loran, Erle. Cézanne's Composition. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1943, pp. 102–03, pl. XXV (with photograph of the motif).Novotny 1950
Novotny, Fritz. "Cézanne als Zeichner." Wiener Jahrbuch für Kunstgeschichte 14 (1950), p. 237.Venturi 1950a
Venturi, Lionello. Impressionists and Symbolists: Manet, Degas, Monet, Pissarro, Sisley, Renoir, Cézanne, Seurat, Gauguin, Van Gogh, Toulouse-Lautrec. New York: Scribner, 1950, fig. 131.Rubin 1977a
Rubin, William, ed. Cézanne: The Late Work. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1977. Exhibition catalogue, pl. 114.Rewald 1977b
Rewald, John. "Cézanne's Last Motifs at Aix." In Cézanne: The Late Work. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1977. Exhibition catalogue, p. 89, ill. (with photograph of the motif).Parinaud 1982
Parinaud, André. "Cézanne c'est la vie." Arts, no. 62 (April 23, 1982), ill. p. 12; p. 13 photo of the motif.Pickvance and Takumi 1986
Pickvance, Ronald, and Hideo Takumi. Cézanne. Tokyo: Tokyo Shimbun, 1986. Exhibition catalogue, p. 104, ill.Cachin and Rishel 1995
Cachin, Françoise, and Joseph Rishel. Cézanne. Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux, 1995. Exhibition catalogue, p. 264, fig. 2.Kostenevich 1995
Kostenevich, Albert. Hidden Treasures Revealed. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1995. Exhibition catalogue, p. 206, fig. 3.Machotka 1996
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: Landscape into Art. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1996, p. 109, fig. 78, with photograph of the motif, p. 108, fig. 77, as La Montagne Sainte-Victoire vue du bosquet du Château Noir.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. 902, ill. vol. 2, as La Montagne Sainte-Victoire vue du bosquet du Château Noir.Lewis 2000
Lewis, Mary Tompkins. Cézanne. London: Phaidon, 2000, p. 304, fig. 190.Société Paul Cézanne 2005
Société Paul Cézanne. P. Cézanne: Les sites provençaux. Edited by Pavel Machotka. Marseille: Editions Crès, 2005, p. 121, ill. with photo of motif (c. 1976), p. 120, as La Montagne Sainte-Victoire vue du bosquet du Château Noir.Feilchenfeldt 2005c
Feilchenfeldt, Walter. "Cézannes Motive: Versuch einer neuen Ordnung." In "By Appointment Only": Schriften zu Kunst und Kunsthandel, Cézanne und Van Gogh. Wädenswil: Nimbus, 2005, p. 213, ill.Conisbee 2006d
Conisbee, Philip. "The Late Paintings of Mont Sainte-Victoire." In Cézanne in Provence. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art and New Haven: Yale University Press, 2006. Exhibition catalogue, p. 290, fig. 13, as La Montagne Sainte-Victoire vue du bosquet du Château Noir.Machotka 2008
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: The Eye and the Mind, 2 vols. Marseille: Editions Crès, 2008, vol. 1, fig. 340; vol. 2, p. 224, as La Montagne Sainte-Victoire vue du bosquet du Château Noir.Novotny 2011
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. 11.Machotka 2014
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: Landscape into Art. Prague: Arbor Vitae, 2014, p. 197, fig. 74b, with color photo of motif, p. 194, fig. 74a, as La Montagne Sainte-Victoire vue du bosquet du Château Noir.Betz 2017
Betz, Juliane. "Hineinsehen or Seeing-In': Some Basics on Formal Ambiguities in the Works of Paul Cézanne." In Cézanne Metamorphoses. Munich and Karlsruhe: Prestel and Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, 2017. Exhibition catalogue, fig. 14.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. 335, fig. 4, as Mont Sainte-Victoire Seen from the Grove at the Château Noir.Clark 2022
Clark, T.J. If These Apples Should Fall, Cézanne and the Present. London and New York: Thames & Hudson, 2022, pls. 46, 48 (detail).
Photograph by Lionello Venturi, 1933–35 (Courtesy Archivio di Lionello Venturi, Department of Art History and Performance, Sapienza University, Rome)
Photograph of the motif.
John Rewald Archive, Department of Image Collections, National Gallery of Art Library, Washignton, D.C.
Photo: John Rewald, circa 1939; © Sabine Rewald
Site identified by Erle Loran.
Photo: Pavel Machotka, 2010; © Courtesy Pavel Machotka Archive
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Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "La Montagne Sainte-Victoire vue du bosquet du Château Noir, c.1904 (FWN 357)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=876 (accessed on April 19, 2024).
