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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 338
Rochers près des grottes au-dessus du Château Noir
c.1904
Alternate titles: Les Rochers de Bibémus; Paysage; Rocce vicino alle grotte sopra; Rochers de Bibémus; Rochers de Bitémus [sic]; Rochers près des grottes; Rochers près des grottes au-dessus de Château Noir; Rocks above Château Noir; Rocks near the Caves above the Château Noir
Rewald (909): c.1904; Venturi revised: 1895–99; Venturi (786): 1900–1904
Oil on canvas
25 5/8 x 21 1/4 in. (65 x 54 cm)
Provenance
Galerie Barbazanges, Paris
Henri Matisse, Nice (Jan. 5, 1917);
Jean Matisse, Paris;
Maria Matisse, Pointoise;
Musée d'Orsay, Paris (1978);
Musée du Louvre, galerie du Jeu de Paume, Paris (1978-1986);
Musée d'Orsay, Paris (1986)
Exhibition History
1924a Paris
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Exposition Paul Cézanne (au profit de la caisse du monument Cézanne), March 3–24, 1924.1929 Cannes
Musée de Cannes, Cannes, France, La Provence et ses peintres au XIXe siècle, 1929, no. 10, lent by Matisse.1931a Paris
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Cézanne, May 18–29, 1931.1937c Paris
Jeu de Paume, Paris, Origines et développement de l'art international indépendant, July 30–October 31, 1937, no. 22, as Les Rochers de Bibémus, 1900z-01, lent by Henri Matisse.1978a Paris
Grand Palais, Paris, Cézanne: Les dernières années (1895–1906), April 20–July 23, 1978, no. 54, ill.1980–81 Paris and traveling
Grand Palais, Paris, Cinq années enrichissement du Patrimoine national 1975-1980: donations, acquisitions, dations, November 15, 1980–March 2, 1981, no. 206, ill., as Rochers près des grottes au-dessus de Château Noir.1982 Liège and traveling
Musée Saint-Georges, Liège, Belgium, Cézanne, March 12–May 9, 1982, no. 47, ill., as Rochers près des grottes au-dessus de Château Noir, c. 1904. Traveled to: Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, June 12–August 31, 1982 (exhibition catalogue; preface by Denis Coutagne).1982 Aix-en-Provence
Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, Cézanne, June 12–August 31, 1982, no. 12, ill.1990 Aix-en-Provence
Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, Sainte-Victoire: Cézanne, June 16–September 2, 1990, no. 34, fig. 245.1995 Marseille and traveling
Hôtel de la région Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Marseille, France, Peintres de la couleur en Provence 1875-1920, January 28–April 28, 1995, pp. 338-339, as Rochers près des grottes au-dessus de Château Noir. Traveled to: Musée du Luxembourg, Patis, France, May 15–August 15, 1995.1995–96 Paris and traveling
Grand Palais, Paris, Cézanne, September 26, 1995–January 14, 1996, no. 190, ill. shown in Paris only. Traveled to: Tate Gallery, London, February 8–April 28, 1996; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, May 26–September 1, 1996.1996 Tokyo and traveling
Metropolitan art museum, Tokyo, La Modernité : collections du musée d’Orsay, January 14–March 31, 1996, no. 145, ill., as Rochers près des grottes au-dessus de Château Noir. Traveled to: City Museum, Kobe, Japan, April 13–June 23, 1996.1996–97 Canberra and traveling
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia, Paris in the Late 19th Century, November 30, 1996–February 23, 1997, listed p. 182, ill. 53, as Rochers près des grottes au-dessus de Château Noir. Traveled to: Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia, March 15–May 22, 1997.1999 Saint-Tropez
L'Annonciade, Saint-Tropez, France, Les chemins du cubisme, July 17–October 17, 1999, catalogue entry p. 44, ill.2003–04 Treviso
Casa dei Carraresi, Treviso, Italy, L'Oro e l'azzurro: I colori del Sud da Cézanne a Bonnard, October 10, 2003–March 7, 2004, no. 40, ill., as Rocce vicino alle grotte sopra.2006 Washington, D.C. and traveling
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Cézanne in Provence, January 29–May 7, 2006, no. 112, ill. Traveled to: Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, June 9–September 17, 2006.2009–10 Canberra
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia, Masterpieces from Paris: Van Gogh, Gauguin, Cézanne & beyond, Post-impressionism from the Musée d'Orsay, December 4, 2009–April 5, 2010, no. 35, ill., as Rochers près des grottes au-dessus de Château Noir.2010b Tokyo
National Art Center, Tokyo, Post-impressionnisme: 115 chefs-d’œuvre de la collection du Musée d’Orsay, May 26–August 16, 2010, no. 40, ill., as Rochers près des grottes au-dessus de Château Noir.2010–11 San Francisco
de Young Museum, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco, Van Gogh, Gauguin, Cézanne, and Beyond: Post-Impressionist Masterpieces from the Musée d'Orsay, September 2010–January 2011, no. 25, ill., as Rochers près des grottes au-dessus de Château Noir.2012–13 Sao Paulo and traveling
Centro Cutural do Brasil, Sao Paulo, Impressionismo, Paris e a modernida: Obras-primas Musée d'Orsay, August 4–October 7, 2012, no. 75, ill., as Rochers près des grottes au-dessus de Château Noir. Traveled to: Centro Cutural do Brasil, Rio de Janeiro, October 22, 2012–January 13, 2013; Fundación MAPFRE, Madrid, February 12–May 5, 2013.2013 Madrid
Fundación Cultural MAPFRE, Madrid, Impresionistas y postimpresionistas: el nacimiento del arte moderno, February 2–May 5, 2013, no. 26, ill., as Rochers près des grottes au-dessus de Château Noir.2013 Ornans
Musée Gustave Courbet, Ornans, France, Courbet/Cézanne: La vérité en peinture, June 29–October 14, 2013, no. 41, ill., as Rochers près des grottes au-dessus du Château Noir.2017–18 Singapore and traveling
National Gallery, Singapore, Colours of Impressionism: Masterpieces from the Musée d'Orsay, October 16, 2017–March 11, 2018, pl. 64 p. 164, as Rochers près des grottes au-dessus du Château Noir. Traveled to: Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia, March 29–July 29, 2018.2020 Princeton and traveling
Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, New Jersey, Cézanne, The Rock and Quarry Paintings, March 7–June 14, 2020, no. 22, ill., as Rocks above Château Noir, dated 1900–04, 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).Published References
Denis 1924
Denis, Maurice. "Le dessin de Cézanne." L'Amour de l'art 5, no. 2 (February 1924), ill. p. 39, as Paysage, (Coll. Henri Matisse).Di San Lazzaro 1936
Di San Lazzaro, Gualtieri. Paul Cézanne. Paris: Chroniques du Jour, 1936, fig. 21.D'Ors 1936a
Ors, Eugenio d.' Paul Cézanne. New York: E. Weyhe, 1936, pl. 21.Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 786, ill. vol. II, as Rochers de Bibémus.Novotny 1938
Novotny, Fritz. Cézanne und das Ende der wissenschaftlichen Perspektive. Vienna: Anton Schroll, 1938, list of motifs: no. 28, fig. 33.Barnes and de Mazia 1939
Barnes, Albert C., and Violette de Mazia. The Art of Cézanne. New York: Harcourt Brace, 1939, no. 170, p. 266, ill.Cogniat 1939a
Cogniat, Raymond. Cézanne. Paris: Pierre Tisné, 1939, pl. 107.Loran 1943
Loran, Erle. Cézanne's Composition. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1943, p. 118, pl. XXXIV (with photograph of the motif).Auzas 1946
Auzas, Pierre. Peintures de Cézanne. Paris: Editions du Chêne, 1946, pl. XV (in color), as Rochers de Bitémus [sic], dated 1900–04.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. 91, ill. (with photograph of the motif).Müller 1982
Müller, Joseph-Emile. Cézanne. Translated by Jane Brenton. Paris: Fernand Hazan, 1982, pl. 56.Compin et al. 1986
Compin, Isabelle et Anne Roquebert. Catalogue sommaire illustré des peintures du musée du Louvre et du musée d'Orsay. 3, École Française, A-K. Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux, 1986, p. 116, ill., as Rochers près des grottes au-dessus du Château Noir, c. 1904.Coutagne 1995b
Coutagne, Denis. "Les paysages." Dossier de l'art (Dijon), no. 25 (September - October 1995), ill. p. 27 (cropped).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. 143.Machotka 1996
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: Landscape into Art. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1996, p. 106, fig. 76, with photograph of motif, fig. 75, as Rochers près des grottes au-dessus 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. 909, ill. vol. 2, as Rochers près des grottes au-dessus du Château Noir.Schmidt 1998
Schmidt, Katharina. "Cézannes letztes Stilleben." In Cézanne, Picasso, Braque: Der Beginn des kubistischen Stillebens. Ostfildern-Ruit: Hatje Cantz, 1998. Exhibition catalogue, fig. 14.Société Paul Cézanne 2005
Société Paul Cézanne. P. Cézanne: Les sites provençaux. Edited by Pavel Machotka. Marseille: Editions Crès, 2005, p. 109, ill. with photo of motif (c. 1935), p. 108, as Rochers près des grottes au-dessus du Château Noir.Machotka 2008
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: The Eye and the Mind, 2 vols. Marseille: Editions Crès, 2008, vol. 1, fig. 6; vol. 2, p. 20, as Rochers près des grottes.Nelson 2010
Nelson, B.R. "The portrayal of reflective life in action in painting: discovery of the inner life of sensory perception in watercolours by Turner and oil paintings by Cézanne." In Forms of Enlightenment in Art. Cambridge, England: Open Angle Books, 2010, pp. 185-188, as Rocks near the Caves above the 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. 33.Machotka 2014
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: Landscape into Art. Prague: Arbor Vitae, 2014, p. 179, fig. 67b, with black and white photo of motif, fig. 67a, as Rochers près des grottes au-dessus du Château Noir.Marchesseau 2017
Marchesseau, Daniel. Paul Cezanne, Le chant de la terre. Martigny: Fondation Pierre Gianadda, 2017. Exhibition catalogue, p. 230, ill.
Henri Matisse in Nice, 1932
Site located by Erle Loran.
Photo: Erle Loran; © Courtesy Pavel Machotka Archive
Record last updated September 27, 2022. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Rochers près des grottes au-dessus du Château Noir, c.1904 (FWN 338)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=883 (accessed on April 25, 2024).
