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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 359
Château Noir
1900–04
Alternate title: Le Château Noir
Rewald (937): 1900–04; Venturi revised: c.1904; Venturi (796): c.1904; Rivière: 1904; Vollard: 1904
Oil on canvas with added strips of canvas at the left and right edges
29 1/8 x 38 in. (74 x 96.5 cm)
Vollard B stockbook: no. 4462, Château noir, paysage, 74 x 97 cm (8000/15000 frs)
Provenance
Estate of Paul Cezanne
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, and Ambroise Vollard, Paris (February 12, 1907)
Ambroise Vollard, Paris (May 19, 1908)
Marius de Zayas, New York (1914)
Agnes and Eugene Meyer, Washington, D.C. (1916);
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. (1958)
Exhibition History
1907a Paris
Salon d'Automne, Grand Palais, Paris, Rétrospective d'oeuvres de Cézanne, October 1–22, 1907, no. 49 (?), as Le Château Noir, lent Bernheim-Jeune and Vollard (jointly owned).1912 London
Grafton Galleries, London, Second Post-Impressionist Exhibition, October 5–December 31, 1912, no. 2, as Le Château Noir, lent by Vollard.1916d New York
Modern Gallery [de Zayas], New York, Paintings by Cézanne, January 25, 1916.1917 New York
Arden Gallery, New York, [Cézanne], March 1917, lent by Meyer.1921c New York
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Paintings, May 3–September 15, 1921, no. 23, as Le Château Noir, lent by Meyer.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. 34, pl. 57. 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. 51, ill.1995–96 Paris and traveling
Grand Palais, Paris, Cézanne, September 26, 1995–January 14, 1996, no. 189, ill. Traveled to: Tate Gallery, London, February 8–April 28, 1996; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, May 26–September 1, 1996.2004–05 Paris and traveling
Musée d'Orsay, Paris, New-York et l'art moderne. Alfred Stieglitz et son cercle (1905–1930), October 18, 2004–January 16, 2005, no. 42, p. 322, ill. in color p. 91, as Château Noir, 1900-1904, lent by National Gallery of Art, Washington; shown in Paris only. Traveled to: Museo nacional Reina Sofia, Madrid, February 10–May 16, 2005.2005–06 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. 38, ill., p. 180, as Château Noir. Traveled to: Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, September 22, 2005–January 8, 2006.2006 Washington, D.C. and traveling
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Cézanne in Provence, January 29–May 7, 2006, no. 98, ill. shown in Washington only. 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. 54, p. 93, as Château Noir.2021–22 Budapest
Szépmüvészeti Múzeum, Budapest, Hungary, Cezanne to Malevich, Arcadia to Abstraction, October 28, 2021–February 13, 2022, no. 18, ill.2022–23 Chicago and traveling
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Cezanne, May 15–September 5, 2022, no. 131, ill. Traveled to: Tate Moderrn, London, October 6, 2022–March 12, 2023.Published References
Vollard 1914
Vollard, Ambroise. Paul Cézanne. Paris: Vollard, 1914, pl. 53, as Le Château Noir.Carroll 1921
Carroll, Raymond. "Art Atrocities Puzzles Critics." Evening Public Ledger (Philadelphia), September 7, 1921, p. 5, as Le Château Noir.Rivière 1923
Rivière, Georges. Le Maître Paul Cézanne. Paris: Librairie Floury, 1923, p. 224, listed.The Metropolitan Museum of Art 1923
"List of Accessions and Loans, October 1923." The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 18, no. 11 (November 1923), p. 263, listed.Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 796, ill. vol. II, as Le Château Noir.Novotny 1937
Novotny, Fritz. Cézanne. Vienna: Phaidon, 1937, pl. 86.Novotny 1938
Novotny, Fritz. Cézanne und das Ende der wissenschaftlichen Perspektive. Vienna: Anton Schroll, 1938, list of motifs: no. 12.Cogniat 1939a
Cogniat, Raymond. Cézanne. Paris: Pierre Tisné, 1939, pl. 108.Schildt 1946
Schildt, Göran. Cézanne. Stockholm: Wahlström & Widstrand, 1946, fig. 70.Novotny 1947
Novotny, Fritz. Cézanne. London: Phaidon Press, 1947, pl. 88, as Le Château Noir, 1904-06.Dorival 1948
Dorival, Bernard. Cézanne. Paris: Pierre Tisné, 1948, pl. 142, listed p. 169.Murphy 1968
Murphy, Richard W. The World of Cézanne, 1839–1906. New York: Time-Life Books, 1968, p. 151.National Gallery of Art 1975
European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 1975, no. 1508, p. 59, ill., as Le Château Noir.Rewald 1977a
Rewald, John. "Cézanne's Final Decade." Horizon (October 1977), p. 43, ill.Gordon 1978
Gordon, Donald E. "The Expressionist Cézanne." Artforum 16, no. 7 (March 1978), p. 39, ill.Watson 1979
Watson, Ross. National Gallery of Art, Washington. London: Orbis, 1979, pp. 120–21, ill.Kelder 1980
Kelder, Diane. The Great Book of French Impressionism. New York: Abbeville Press, 1980, p. 417, ill.Ponente 1980
Ponente, Nello. Paul Cézanne. Bologna: Capitol, 1980, pl. 37.House 1985
House, John. Impressionist Masterpieces: National Gallery of Art, Washington. New York: Hugh Lauther Levin, 1985, p. 58, pl. 18.Bessonova and Williams 1986
Bessonova, Marina, and William Williams. Impressionism and Post-Impressionism: The Hermitage, Leningrad, The Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, and the National Gallery of Art, Washington. New York: Park Lane, 1986, p. 170, ill.Rewald 1986b
Rewald, John. Cézanne: A Biography. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1986, p. 247, ill.Düchting 1989
Düchting, Hajo. Paul Cézanne: Natur wird Kunst. Cologne: Benedict Taschen Verlag, 1989, p. 206, ill.Rewald 1989
Rewald, John. Cézanne and America: Dealers, Collectors, Artists and Critics, 1891–1921. Princeton: Princeton University Press; London: Thames & Hudson, 1989, pp. 302, 305, 306, 319, 330, pl. XV.Verdi 1992
Verdi, Richard. Cézanne. London and New York: Thames & Hudson, 1992, p. 186, fig. 165.Lartigue 1995
Lartigue, Charles de. Les paysages de Paul Cézanne. Lyon: Les Créations du Pélican, 1995, pp. 140-41, ill.Cahn 1995b
Cahn, Isabelle. Paul Cézanne. Paris: Somogy Editions d'Art, 1995, p. 121, ill.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. 937, ill. vol. 2 and p. 21, ill. col. vol. 1, as Château Noir .Coutagne 2002
Coutagne, Denis. "The Major Works in the Lauves Studio." In Atelier Cézanne, 1902–2002: Le centenaire. Aix-en-Provence: Société Paul Cézanne, 2002, fig. 33, ill. in color.Feilchenfeldt 2005e
Feilchenfeldt, Walter. "Cézannes Gemälde: Formate und Themen, Echtheitsfragen." In "By Appointment Only": Schriften zu Kunst und Kunsthandel, Cézanne und Van Gogh. Wädenswil: Nimbus, 2005, p. 237, ill.Machotka 2008
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: The Eye and the Mind, 2 vols. Marseille: Editions Crès, 2008, vol. 1, fig. 326; vol. 2, p. 219, as Château Noir .Rishel 2009
Rishel, Joseph J. "Cézanne and Hartley: On Sacred Ground." In Cézanne and Beyond. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art; New Haven: In association with Yale University Press, 2009. Exhibition catalogue, p. 174, ill., p. 93, pl. 5, as Château Noir (shown with Hartley view of Château Noir (1925).The Metropolitan Museum of Art 2009
The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Masterpieces of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism: The Annenberg Collection - New Edition. Stein, Susan Alyson and Asher Ethan Miller. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art; New Haven: Yale University Press, 2009, fig. 113, ill. p. 155.Shiff 2009a
Shiff, Richard. "Lucky Cézanne (Cézanne Tychique)." In Cézanne and Beyond. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art; New Haven: Yale University Press, 2009. Exhibition catalogue, p. 93, pl. 5, as Château Noir .Chiappini 2011
Chiappini, Rudy. "Quel silenzio, in attesa del tempo della rivelazione." In Cézanne: Les ateliers du midi. Milan: Skira, 2011. Exhibition catalogue, p. 38, fig. 21.Chiappini 2013
Chiappini, Rudy. "I temi prediletti del padre della modernità." In Cézanne e gli artisti italiani del '900. Milan: Skira, 2013. Exhibition catalogue, p. 101, fig. 9.Elderfield, Morton, Rey 2017a
Elderfield, John, Mary Morton, Xavier Rey. Cézanne Portraits. London and Princeton, N,J.: National Portrait Gallery Publications and Princeton University Press, 2017. Exhibition catalogue, fig. 78.Dauberville 2020
Dauberville, Guy-Patrice, and Floriane Dauberville. Paul Cezanne chez Bernheim-Jeune. Paris: Editions G-P.F. Dauberville & Archives Bernheim-Jeune, 2020, no. 63, ill.Sidlina 2022
Sidlina, Natalia. "Cezanne's Slow Homecoming." In Cezanne. Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 2022, p. 64, fig. 5 (X-radiograph image indicating added strips of canvas to the left and right edges).Record last updated January 19, 2024. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Château Noir, 1900–04 (FWN 359), with added strips of canvas at the left and right edges." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=910 (accessed on April 24, 2024).
