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Catalogue entry

FWN 336
La Citerne dans le parc du Château Noir
c.1900
Alternate titles: Cistern in the Grounds of Château Noir; Cistern in the Park of Château Noir; Cistern in the Park of the Château Noir; Citerne au parc du Château Noir; Felsenlandschaft; Im Park des Château Noir
Rewald (907): c.1900; Venturi revised: 1895–99; Venturi (780): c.1900
Oil on canvas
29 1/4 x 24 in. (74.3 x 61 cm)

Keywords

Provenance
Jos. Hessel, Paris
Paul Cassirer, Berlin (Mar. 31, 1914)
Rudolf W. Vollmoeller, Zurich (May 18, 1916);
Hans V. Vollmoeller, Zurich
Richard H. Zinser, New York (Oct. , 1950)
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Pearlman, New York (1952);
Henry and Rose Pearlman Foundation, New York (after 1974)
Exhibition History
1915a Berlin
Paul Cassirer, Berlin, XVII. Jahrgang 1914–15, Sommer-Ausstellung, Summer 1915, no. 11, as Felsenlandschaft, tentative identification.
1915b Berlin
Paul Cassirer, Berlin, XVIII. Jahrgang, 1915–16, Zweite Ausstellung, December 1915, no. 52, ill., as Felsenlandschaft.
1936 Basel
Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne, August 30–October 12, 1936, no. 54, as Im Park des Château Noir, c. 1900, lent by Private collection, Zürich.
1939 Lyon
Musée de Lyon, Palais Saint-Pierre, Lyon, France, Centenaire de Paul Cézanne, May 7–June 18, 1939, no. 125, lent by M. Vollmoeller, Zürich.
1939b Paris
Société des artistes indépendants, Grand Palais, Paris, 50e exposition - Centenaire du peintre indépendant Paul Cézanne, March 17–April 10, 1939, no. 18, as Citerne au parc du Château Noir, lent by Kunstmuseum Zürich ("exhibited for the first time in France").
1952 New York
Fine Arts Associates [Otto Gerson], New York, Cézanne: Rarely Shown Works, November 10–29, 1952, no. 10, ill. lent by Pearlman.
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. 60, ill. lent by Pearlman.
1958 Baltimore
The Baltimore Museum, Baltimore, Anonymous Collection [Pearlman Collection], July–September 1958, no. 10.
1959 Cambridge, Mass.
Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Drawings, Watercolors and Oils by Paul Cézanne, Lent by an Anonymous Collector, July 1–September 1, 1959, no. 3.
1959g New York
Knoedler Galleries, New York, A loan exhibition of Paintings, Watercolors and Sculpture from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Pearlman for the benefit of Greenwich House, January 27–February 21, 1959, no. 3, ill. in b/w, as Citerne au parc du Château Noir, c. 1900.
1960–61 Paris
Musée d'Art Moderne, Paris, Les Sources du XXe siècle: les arts en Europe de 1884 à 1914, November 4, 1960–January 23, 1961, no. 86, as La Citerne dans le parc du Château Noir, 1900-02, lent by Henry Pearlman, New York.
1961e New York
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Paintings from Private Collections: Summer Loan Exhibition, 1961, no. 16, lent by Mr. and Mrs. Henry Pearlman.
1963b New York
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, Cézanne and Structure in Modern Painting, June–August 1963.
1964 Brooklyn
Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York, The Pearlman Collection, May 22–October 15, 1964, no number.
1966b New York
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Summer Loan Exhibition, July–September 1966, no. 29, lent by Mr. and Mrs. Henry Pearlman.
1967 Detroit
Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Cézanne and His Contemporaries: The Mr. and Mrs. Henry Pearlman Collection, June 14–October 1, 1967, no. 3.
1968b New York
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York Collects, July 3–September 2, 1968, no. 34.
1968 New York
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York Collects: Paintings, Watercolors and Sculpture from Private Collections, July 3–September 2, 1968, no. 34, as Cistern in the Park of the Château Noir, lent by Mr. and Mrs. Henry Pearlman.
1970 Hartford
Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut, Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, Expressionism: The Mr. & Mrs. Henry Pearlman Collection of Works, June 10–October 4, 1970, no. 3.
1971a New York
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Summer Loan 1971: Paintings from New York Collections: Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Pearlman and the Henry and Rose Pearlman Foundation, July 13–September 7, 1971, no. 3.
1974 Brooklyn and traveling
Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York, Paintings, Watercolors, Sculptures and Drawings from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Pearlman, May 22–September 29, 1974, no. 4. Traveled to: Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, New Jersey, December 8, 1974–March 14, 1975; Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Utica, New York, April 13–August 31, 1975; Francine and Sterling Clark Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts, September 26, 1975–February 22, 1976; Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, April 6–May 30, 1976.
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. 48, pl. 53. 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).
1978a Paris
Grand Palais, Paris, Cézanne: Les dernières années (1895–1906), April 20–July 23, 1978, no. 50, ill.
1990 Aix-en-Provence
Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, Sainte-Victoire: Cézanne, June 16–September 2, 1990, no. 28, fig. 2.
2005–06 Marseille and traveling
Musée des Beaux-Arts, Marseille, France, Right Under the Sun, Landscape in Provence: From Classicism to Modernism (1750–1920), May 18–August 21, 2005, no. 37, ill., p. 179, as La Citerne dans le parc du Château Noir. Traveled to: Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, September 22, 2005–January 8, 2006.
2011–12 Milan
Palazzo Reale, Milan, Cézanne: Les ateliers du midi, October 20, 2011–February 26, 2012, no. 31, ill., as La Citerne dans le parc du Château Noir.
2014–16 Oxford and traveling
Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, Cézanne and the Modern: Masterpieces of European Art from the Pearlman Collection, March 13–June 22, 2014, no. 12, ill. has a Chabod (rue Jacob 20) stamp on verso. Traveled to: Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, July 11–October 5, 2014; High Museum of Art, Atlanta, October 25, 2014–January 11, 2015; Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada, February 7–May 18, 2015; Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, New Jersey, September 12, 2015–January 3, 2016.
2020 Princeton and traveling
Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, New Jersey, Cézanne, The Rock and Quarry Paintings, March 7–June 14, 2020, no. 23, ill., as Cistern in the Grounds of Château Noir, dated c.1900, catalogue notes by Sara Green. Traveled to: Royal Academy, London, July 12–October 18, 2020 (N.B. This venue was cancelled due to 2020 coronavirus).
2022–23 Chicago and traveling
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Cezanne, May 15–September 5, 2022, no. 85, ill. shown in Chicago only. Traveled to: Tate Moderrn, London, October 6, 2022–March 12, 2023.
Published References
Meier-Graefe 1918a
Meier-Graefe, Julius. Cézanne und sein Kreis: ein Beitrag zur Entwicklungsgeschichte: mit 127 Tonätzungen und fünfzehn Heliogravüren. Munich: R. Piper, 1918, ill. p. 185.
Meier-Graefe 1922
Meier-Graefe, Julius. Cézanne und sein Kreis: ein Beitrag zur Entwicklungsgeschichte: mit 171 Tonätzungen und einem Lichtdruck. Munich: R. Piper, 1922, ill. p. 223.
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 780, ill. vol. II, as Citerne au parc du Château Noir.
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.
Novotny 1938
Novotny, Fritz. Cézanne und das Ende der wissenschaftlichen Perspektive. Vienna: Anton Schroll, 1938, list of motifs: no. 17, fig. 31.
Cogniat 1939a
Cogniat, Raymond. Cézanne. Paris: Pierre Tisné, 1939, pl. 107.
Loran 1943
Loran, Erle. Cézanne's Composition. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1943, pp. 72–73, pl. XIII (with photograph of the motif).
Schildt 1946
Schildt, Göran. Cézanne. Stockholm: Wahlström & Widstrand, 1946, fig. 46 (Loran's photograph of the motif, fig. 47).
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. 88, ill, (with photograph of the motif).
Rubin 1977b
Rubin, William, ed. "Cézannisme and the Beginnings of Cubism." In Cézanne: The Late Work. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1977. Exhibition catalogue, p. 161, ill.
Geist 1985
Geist, Sidney. Délicatesse de Brancusi. Paris: Galerie de France, 1985, pp. 29–32, ill.
Kendall 1988
Kendall, Richard, ed. Cézanne: By Himself. London: Macdonald, 1988, p. 271, 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. 128, fig. 2.
Cachin and Rishel 1995
Cachin, Françoise, and Joseph Rishel. Cézanne. Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux, 1995. Exhibition catalogue, p. 454, fig. 1.
Lartigue 1995
Lartigue, Charles de. Les paysages de Paul Cézanne. Lyon: Les Créations du Pélican, 1995, p. 144, 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. 142.
Machotka 1996
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: Landscape into Art. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1996, p. 103, fig. 72, with photograph of motif, p. 71, fig. 71, as La Citerne dans le parc 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. 907, ill. vol. 2, as La Citerne dans le parc du Château Noir.
Giles and Armstrong 2002
Giles, Laura, and Carol Armstrong, eds. Cézanne in Focus, Watercolors from The Henry and Rose Pearlman Collection. Pricneton, N.J.: Princeton University Art Museum, 2002. Exhibition catalogue, p. 68, fig. 1.
Simms 2002
Simms, Matthew. "Painting on Drawing: Cézanne's Watercolors." In Cézanne in focus : watercolors from the Henry and Rose Pearlman Collection. Princeton: Princeton University Art Museum (2002–03 Princeton), p. 20, fig. 7.
Athanassoglou-Kallmyer 2003
Athanassoglou-Kallmyer, Nina M. Cézanne and Provence: The Painter in His Culture. Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, 2003, p. 169, fig. 4.24, as La Citerne dans le parc du Château Noir.
Société Paul Cézanne 2005
Société Paul Cézanne. P. Cézanne: Les sites provençaux. Edited by Pavel Machotka. Marseille: Editions Crès, 2005, p. 103, ill. with photo of motif (c. 1935), as La Citerne dans le parc du Château Noir.
Conisbee 2006b
Conisbee, Philip. "Le Tholonet, Bibémus, and the Château Noir." In Cézanne in Provence. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art and New Haven: Yale University Press, 2006. Exhibition catalogue, p. 197, fig. 10, as La Citerne dans le parc 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. 31.
Coutagne 2011e
Coutagne, Denis. "Il paesaggio in Cézanne." In Cézanne: Les ateliers du midi. Milan: Skira, 2011. Exhibition catalogue, p. 44, ill. (detail).
Colrat 2013
Colrat, Jean. Cézanne: Joindre les mains errantes de la nature. Paris-Sorbonne: PUPS, 2013, p. 106, pl. 25.
Machotka 2014
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: Landscape into Art. Prague: Arbor Vitae, 2014, p. 172, fig. 64a, with black and white photo of motif, fig. 64b, as La Citerne dans le parc du Château Noir.
Simms 2014a
Simms, Matthew. "Cézanne, Painting, and Harmony." In Cézanne and the Modern: Masterpieces of European Art from the Pearlman Collection. Princeton: Princeton University Art Museum; New Haven: Yale University Press, 2014. Exhibition catalogue, p. 138 and 141, fig. 87 (cat. 12).
Dumas 2020
Dumas, Ann. "Cézanne and his love affair with the rocks of Provence." RA Magazine (Summer 2020), ill.
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. 183, fig. 9, as Cistern in the Park of Château Noir.
La Citerne dans le parc du Château Noir, c.1900 (FWN 336). The cistern in the park of Château Noir.
John Rewald Archive, Department of Image Collections, National Gallery of Art Library, Washington, D.C.
The cistern in the park of Château Noir. John Rewald Archive, Department of Image Collections, National Gallery of Art Library, Washington, D.C.
Photo: John Rewald, circa 1935; © Sabine Rewald
Record last updated June 16, 2022. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "La Citerne dans le parc du Château Noir, c.1900 (FWN 336)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=881 (accessed on March 29, 2024).