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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 304
Bibémus
1894–95
Alternate titles: Die roten Felsen bei Gardanne; La terre rouge (Bibémus); Rochers rouges à Bibémus
Rewald (794): 1894–95; Venturi revised: 1895–99; Venturi (781): c.1900
Oil on canvas
28 x 35 3/8 in. (71 x 90 cm)
Vollard A stockbook: no. 3862, huile. esquisse terrain rouge arbres verts, 73 x 92 cm (100 frs)
Vollard W stockbook: no. 4005, paysage; huile, 71 x 90 (80,000 (?))
Provenance
Ambroise Vollard, Paris
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris (October 10, 1911)
Auguste Pellerin, Paris (October 10, 1911)
Ambroise Vollard, Paris
Galerie Thannhauser, Lucerne (Oct. 29, 1929);
Justin K. Thannhauser, New York;
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York (1976)
Exhibition History
1931 Frankfurt am Main
Städelsches Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, Vom Abbild zum Sinnbild, June 3–July 3, 1931, no. 25, as Die roten Felsen bei Gardanne, lent by Private collection.1939 Melbourne and traveling
Town Hall, Melbourne, Australia, Exhibition of French and British Contemporary Art, opening: October 16, 1939, no. 24, as Rochers rouges à Bibémus, c. 1900. Traveled to: Exhibition Gallery, David Jones', Sidney, Australia, opening: November 20, 1939.1939 Lyon
Musée de Lyon, Palais Saint-Pierre, Lyon, France, Centenaire de Paul Cézanne, May 7–June 18, 1939, no. 37, lent by Thannhauser.1939 Adelaide and traveling
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia, Exhibition of French and British Contemporary Art, August 1939, no. 24.1939b Paris
Société des artistes indépendants, Grand Palais, Paris, 50e exposition - Centenaire du peintre indépendant Paul Cézanne, March 17–April 10, 1939, no. 16, as Bibémus, lent by Thannhauser ("exhibited for the first time").1952 Chicago and traveling
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Cézanne: Paintings, Watercolors & Drawings, A Loan Exhibition, February 7–March 16, 1952, no. 105, ill. lent by Thannhauser. Traveled to: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, April 1–May 16, 1952.1955 San Francisco
San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, Art in the Twentieth Century, June 17–July 10, 1955.1963b New York
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, Cézanne and Structure in Modern Painting, June–August 1963.2019 Aix-en-Provence
Hôtel de Caumont, Aix-en-Provence, France, Chefs-d'oeuvre du Guggenheim: de Manet à Picasso, la collection Thannhauser, May 1–September 29, 2019, p. 89, ill., cover (detail), as Bibémus, c. 1894-1895.Published References
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 781, ill. vol. II, as Bibémus.Barnett 1978
Barnett, Vivian Endicott. The Guggenheim Museum: Justin K. Thannhauser Collection. New York: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1978, no. 6, p. 35, 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. 794, ill. vol. 2, as Bibémus.Machotka 2011a
Machotka, Pavel. "Des paysages du nord aux premiers pas du cubisme." In Cézanne et Paris. Paris: Éditions de la Rmn-Grand Palais, 2011. Exhibition catalogue, p. 195, fig. 111, as Bibémus, n.b.: photo is better in catalogue than this one, which is too blue/purple.Fontanella 2018
Fontanella, Megan et al. Thannhauser Collection: French Modernism at the Guggenheim. New York: Guggenheim Museum Publication, 2018, pp. 70-73, no. 8, ill., fig. 8.2 (oblique view), fig. 8.3 (infrared reflectogram), fig. 8.4 and 8.5 (detail), as Bibémus.Dauberville 2020
Dauberville, Guy-Patrice, and Floriane Dauberville. Paul Cezanne chez Bernheim-Jeune. Paris: Editions G-P.F. Dauberville & Archives Bernheim-Jeune, 2020, no. 115, ill., as La terre rouge (Bibémus).Swinbourne 2020
Swinbourne, Anna. "L'Estaque; Fontainebleau; Bibémus; Château Noir." In Cézanne, The Rock and Quarry Paintings. Princeton: Princeton University Art Museum; New Haven: Yale University Press. Exhibition catalogue, p. 103, fig. 68, as Bibémus, dated 1895–1900.Record last updated July 20, 2022. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Bibémus, 1894–95 (FWN 304)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=954 (accessed on April 18, 2024).
