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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 351
La Montagne Sainte-Victoire vue des Lauves
1902–04
Alternate titles: La Montagne Sainte-Victoire; Le Mont Sainte-Victoire vu des Lauves ; Mont Sainte-Victoire; Montagne Sainte-Victoire seen from Les Lauves; Sainte-Victoire
Rewald (912): 1902–04; Venturi revised: 1902–6; Venturi (798): 1904–6; Machotka et al: 1902–06
Oil on canvas
27 1/2 x 35 3/16 in. (69.8 x 89.5 cm)
Vollard B stockbook: no. 4461, paysage, Ste. Victoire, 73 x 92 cm (6000/10000 frs)
Vollard archives: photo no. 494, Annotated by Cezanne's son: Sainte-Victoire 1905
Provenance
(Estate of Paul Cezanne?)
Ambroise Vollard, Paris, and Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris (Feb. 12, 1907)
Paul Rosenberg, Paris and New York;
Philadelphia Museum of Art (1936)
Exhibition History
1948c New York
Paul Rosenberg, New York, 21 Masterpieces by 7 Great Masters, November 15–December 18, 1948, no. 3, ill. lent by Philadelphia Museum.1950–51a Philadelphia
Philadelphia Museum of Arts, Philadelphia, Diamond Jubilee Exhibition, Masterpieces of Painting, November 4, 1950–February 11, 1951, no. 89, ill., as Sainte-Victoire, lent by Philadelphia Museum.1952 Chicago and traveling
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Cézanne: Paintings, Watercolors & Drawings, A Loan Exhibition, February 7–March 16, 1952, no. 109, ill. lent by Philadelphia. Traveled to: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, April 1–May 16, 1952.1955a Paris
Orangerie, Paris, De David à Toulouse-Lautrec: Chefs-d'oeuvre des collections américaines, April 20–July 5, 1955, no. 6, pl. 67, lent by Philadelphia Museum of Art.1956 The Hague
Haags Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, the Netherlands, Paul Cézanne, June 1–August 1, 1956, no. 52, ill.1956 Zurich
Kunsthaus, Zurich, Paul Cézanne, August 22–October 7, 1956, no. 88, pl. 47.1956 Munich
Haus der Kunst, Munich, Paul Cézanne, October 12–November 18, 1956, no. 66, ill. lent by Philadelphia.1958 Brussels
Brussels, World's Fair, April 17–October 19, 1958, no. 53.1959e New York
Wildenstein Galleries, New York, Loan Exhibition: Cézanne, November 5–December 5, 1959, no. 54, ill. lent by Philadelphia Museum.1965b New York
Wildenstein Galleries, New York, Olympia's Progeny: French Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Paintings (1865-1905), October 28–November 27, 1965, no. 81, ill., as La Montagne Sainte-Victoire, 1904-06, lent by The Philadelphia Museum of Art.1971 Washington, D.C. and traveling
Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C., Cézanne: An Exhibition in Honor of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Phillips Collection, February 27–March 28, 1971, no. 33. Traveled to: The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, April 17–May 16, 1971; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, June 1–July 3, 1971.1977–78 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. 58, pl. 122. 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. 82, ill.1983 Philadelphia
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Cézanne in Philadelphia Collections, July 19–August 21, 1983, no. 20, ill. lent by Philadelphia Museum.1995–96 Paris and traveling
Grand Palais, Paris, Cézanne, September 26, 1995–January 14, 1996, no. 203, ill. Traveled to: Tate Gallery, London, February 8–April 28, 1996; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, May 26–September 1, 1996.2006 Washington, D.C. and traveling
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Cézanne in Provence, January 29–May 7, 2006, no. 159, ill. Traveled to: Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, June 9–September 17, 2006.2009 Philadelphia
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Cézanne and Beyond, February 26–May 17, 2009, pl. 182, p. 476, as Le Mont Sainte-Victoire vu des Lauves.Published References
Venturi 1936a
Venturi, Lionello. "Sur les dernières années de Cézanne." Minotaure, no. 9 (1936), fig. 8.Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 798, ill. vol. II, as La Montagne Sainte-Victoire.Huyghe 1936d
Huyghe, René. Cézanne. Paris: Plon, Éditions d'Art et d'Histoire, 1936, pl. 34.Rewald 1936e
Rewald, John. Cézanne et Zola. Paris: Editions A. Sedrowski, 1936, fig. 77, with photograph of motif.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 La Montagne Sainte-Victoire vue des Lauves.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. 151, ill.Novotny 1938
Novotny, Fritz. Cézanne und das Ende der wissenschaftlichen Perspektive. Vienna: Anton Schroll, 1938, list of motifs: no. 88.Barnes and de Mazia 1939
Barnes, Albert C., and Violette de Mazia. The Art of Cézanne. New York: Harcourt Brace, 1939, no. 189, p. 281, ill.Rewald 1939c
Rewald, John. Cézanne, sa vie, son œuvre, son amitié pour Zola. Paris: Albin Michel, 1939, fig. 86, with photograph of motif.Mackenzie 1940
Mackenzie, Helen Frances. Understanding Picasso: A Study of His Styles and Development. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1940, pl. 7.Loran 1943
Loran, Erle. Cézanne's Composition. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1943, pp. 104–05, pl. XXVI (with photograph of the motif).Rewald 1944
Rewald, John. "As Cézanne Recreated Nature." Art News 43, no. 1 (February 15, 1944), p. 10, ill. (with photograph of motif).Rewald 1946
Rewald, John. The History of Impressionism. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1946, p. 427, ill.Rewald 1948b
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: A Biography. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1948, fig. 105 (with photograph of motif).Guerry 1950
Guerry, Liliane. Cézanne et l'expression de l'espace. Paris: Flammarion, 1950, pl. 49.Rewald 1950a
Rewald, John. Cézanne. London: Phoenix House, 1950, fig. 84.Loran 1952
Loran, Erle. "Cézanne in 1952." Quarterly (Art Institute of Chicago) 46, no. 1 (February 1, 1952), fig. 1, p. 3.Sargent 1952
Sargent, Winthrop. "Cézanne: The Great Paintings of a Frustrated Recluse Changed the Whole Course of Modern Art." Life 32, no. 8 (February 25, 1952), p. 84, ill.Biederman 1958
Biederman, Charles. The New Cézanne. Winona, MN: Leicht Press, 1958, pls. 3 (detail), 9.Canaday 1959
Canaday, John. Mainstreams of Modern Art. New York: Holt, 1959, p. 355, fig. 430.Langui 1959
Langui, Émile. 50 Years of Modern Art. New York: Praeger, 1959, no. 53, p. 90, ill.Sérullaz 1959
Sérullaz, Maurice. Les Peintres Impressionnistes. Paris: Pierre Tisné, 1959, p. 123, ill., as Sainte-Victoire, dated 1904.Haftmann 1960b
Haftmann, Werner. Painting in the Twentieth Century. 2. London: Lund Humphries, c. 1960, ill. p. 41, as Mont Sainte-Victoire, 1904/06.Itten 1961
Itten, Johannes. The Art of Color: The Subjective Experience and Objective Rationale of Color. New York: Reinhold, 1961, p. 85, pl. 15.Rewald 1961
Rewald, John. The History of Impressionism. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1961, p. 579, ill.Beucken 1962
Beucken, Jean de. Cézanne. New York: Viking Press, 1962, p. 119, ill.Gabo 1962
Gabo, Naum. Of Diverse Art. New York: Pantheon Books, 1962, p. 168, no. 67.Guerry 1966
Guerry, Liliane. Cézanne et l'expression de l'espace. Paris: Albin-Michel, 1966, pl. 49.Hamilton 1967
Hamilton, George Heard. Painting and Sculpture in Europe, 1880–1940. Baltimore: Penguin Books, 1967, pl. 9B.Martini and Negri 1967
Martini, Alberto, and Renata Negri. Cézanne e il post-impressionismo. Milan: Fabbri, 1967, pl. VIII.Raphael 1968
Raphael, Max. "The Work of Art and the Model in Nature: Cézanne: Mont Sainte-Victoire." In The Demands of Art. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1968, pp. 9, 16–17, 36–37 (quoted above; translated by N. Guterman).Brion 1971
Brion, Marcel. Cézanne. Milan: Fratelli Fabbri, 1971, ill. p. 67.Miura, Kuroe, and Takashina 1972
Miura, Shumon, Mitsuhiko Kuroe, and Shūji Takashina. Cézanne. Tokyo: Chūō Kōronsha, 1972, pl. 54.Nakahara 1974
Nakahara, Yusuke. Cézanne. Tokyo: Shinchosha, 1974, pl. 29.Elgar 1975
Elgar, Frank. Cézanne. New York: Praeger, 1975, fig. 125.Henning 1976
Henning, Edward B. "Picasso: Harlequin with Violins (Si Tu Veux)." Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 69, no. 8 (January 1976), p. 8, fig. 13.Hughes 1977
Hughes, Robert. "The Triumph of the Recluse." Time (October 17, 1977), pp. 84–85, ill.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. 98, ill. (with photograph of the motif).Embiricos 1978
Embiricos, Georges A. "Cézanne et la répétition." Connaissance des Arts, no. 315 (May 1978), p. 71, ill.Venturi 1978
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne. Geneva: Skira, 1978, p. 140, ill.Hughes 1980
Hughes, Robert. The Shock of the New: Art and the Century of Change. London: British Broadcasting Corporation, 1980, p. 19, pl. 2.Plazy 1981
Plazy, Gilles. Cézanne. Fribourg: Editions Medea, 1981, pp. 108–09, photo reversed.Ponente 1981
Ponente, Nello, ed. Cézanne e le avanguardie. Rome: Officina Edizioni, 1981, Lux: pl. 33.Arrouye 1982a
Arrouye, Jean. La Provence de Cézanne. Aix-en-Provence: Edisud, 1982, pp. 96–97.Barskaya 1983a
Barskaya, Anna and Evgenia Georgievskaia. Paul Cézanne: Bilder aus Museen der Sowjetunion. Leningrad: Aurora Art Publishers, 1983, ill. p. 149.Butler 1984
Butler, Marigene. "An Investigation of the Materials and Technique Used by Paul Cézanne." American Institute for Conservation. 1984, ill.Hamilton 1984
Hamilton, George Heard. "The Dying of the Light: The Late Work of Degas, Monet, and Cézanne." In Aspects of Monet, edited by John Rewald and Frances Weitzenhoffer. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1984, p. 236, fig. 92.Read 1985
Read, Herbert. A Concise History of Modern Painting. New York: Thames & Hudson, 1985, p. 15, ill.Lévêque 1988
Lévêque, Jean Jacques. La Vie et l'oeuvre de Paul Cézanne. Courbevoie: ACR, 1988, p. 210, ill. in color.Plazy 1988
Plazy, Gilles. Cézanne ou la peinture absolue. Paris: Editions Liana Levi, 1988, p. 155, ill. in color.Teboul 1988
Teboul, Jacques. Les Victoires de Cézanne. Paris: Adam Biro, 1988, no. 26, ill.Düchting 1989
Düchting, Hajo. Paul Cézanne: Natur wird Kunst. Cologne: Benedict Taschen Verlag, 1989, p. 221, ill.Wadley 1989
Wadley, Nicholas. Cézanne and His Art. London: Hamlyn, 1989, p. 82, ill. in color.Hoog 1990
Hoog, Michel. "L'Oeuvre." In Sainte-Victoire Cézanne. Aix-en-Provence: Musée Granet, 1990, p. 203, fig. 183.Coutagne 1990c
Coutagne, Denis. "Cézanne, tradition et modernité." In Sainte-Victoire: Cézanne. Aix-en-Provence: Musée Granet, 1990, p. 110, fig. 57.Wattenmaker et al 1993
Wattenmaker, Richard et al. Great French Paintings from The Barnes Foundation. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1993. Exhibition catalogue, p. 136, fig. 1.Kostenevich 1995
Kostenevich, Albert. Hidden Treasures Revealed. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1995. Exhibition catalogue, p. 206, fig. 2.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. 165.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. 912, ill. vol. 2, as Le Mont Sainte-Victoire vu des Lauves .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. 59, fig. 27, as Le Mont Sainte-Victoire vu des Lauves .Lewis 2000
Lewis, Mary Tompkins. Cézanne. London: Phaidon, 2000, p. 305, fig. 194.Keyes 2003
Keyes, George S. "Reconsideration of Late Variants of Cézanne's 'Theme of Mont Sainte-Victoire.'" Bulletin of the Detroit Institute of Arts vol. 77, no. 1/2 (2003), p. 34, fig. 2.Tosini 2005
Tosini, Aurora Scotti. "Paul Cézanne (1839–1906)." In Cézanne, Renoir. Milan: Skira, 2005. Exhibition catalogue, p. 53, ill.Riley 2006
Riley, Bridget. "Cézanne in Provence." The Burlington Magazine 148, no. 1242 (September 2006), pp. 628-29, fig. 56, as Montagne Sainte-Victoire seen from Les Lauves.Simms 2008
Simms, Matthew. Cézanne's watercolors: between drawing and painting. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2008, p. 163, fig. 115.Bernstein 2009
Bernstein, Roberta. "Cézanne and Johns: 'At Every Point in Nature There Is Something to See.'" In Cézanne and Beyond. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art; New Haven: In association with Yale University Press, 2009. Exhibition catalogue, p. 476, pl. 182, as Mont Sainte-Victoire.Chevrier 2009
Chevrier, Jean-François. "Jeff Wall: Within the View(ing), or The Spirit of Place." In Cézanne and Beyond. New Haven: Philadelphia Museum of Art; New Haven: In association with Yale University Press, 2009. Exhibition catalogue, p. 511, ill., p. 476, pl. 182, as Mont Sainte-Victoire.Armstrong 2018
Armstrong, Carol. Cézanne's Gravity. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2018, fig. 77.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. 145, fig. 7, as Montagne Sainte-Victoire seen from Les Lauves.Record last updated June 8, 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 vue des Lauves, 1902–04 (FWN 351)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=886 (accessed on April 25, 2024).
