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)
FWN 97
La Baie de l'Estaque vue de l'est
c.1876–79
Alternate titles: L'Estaque; La Montagne Marseilleveyre; La Montagne Marseilleveyre et l'Ile Maire; Le Golfe bleu (L'Estaque); Sea at L'Estaque
Rewald (394): 1878–79; Venturi revised: 1883–85; Venturi (408): 1882–85; Ratcliffe: possibly 1876, but may have been reworked later
Oil on canvas
21 13/16 x 25 13/16 in. (55.5 x 65.5 cm)
Provenance
Exhibition History
Biennale, Venice, Italy, Mostra Individuale di Paul Cézanne, April 15–October 31, 1920, no. 17, (dated 1883), as L'Estaque, lent by Fabbri.
Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland, Cézanne, February 6–March 6, 1921, no. 7, as Le Golfe bleu (L'Estaque), lent by Fabbri.
Paul Rosenberg, Paris, Le grand siècle, June 15–July 11, 1936, no. 2, as L'Estaque, 1882–85, lent by M. H.-R. Stirlin.
Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne, August 30–October 12, 1936, no. 32, ill., as La Montagne Marseilleveyre et l'Ile Maire, c. 1885, lent by H.R.S, Zürich.
Palais National des Arts, Paris, Chefs-d'oeuvres de l'art français [World's Fair], June–October 1937, no. 251, as L'Estaque, lent by Stirlin.
Galerie de la Gazette des Beaux-Arts, Paris, La peinture française du XIXe siècle en Suisse, March–June 1938, no. 7, pl. III, lent by anon.
Paul Rosenberg, Paris, Exposition Cézanne (1839-1906), organisée à l'occasion de son centenaire au profit de l’œuvre de l'allaitement maternel, February 21–April 1, 1939, no. 15, ill., as La Montagne Marseilleveyre et l'Ile Maire, 1885, lent by Stirlin.
Musée de Lyon, Palais Saint-Pierre, Lyon, France, Centenaire de Paul Cézanne, May 7–June 18, 1939, no. 28, pl. X, lent by Stirlin, Zürich.
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires, Argentina Republic, La Pintura francesca: de David a nuestros días, July 18–August 1939, no. 6, as L'Estaque, 1822[sic]-85. Traveled to: Museo Municipal de Bellas Artes Juan B. Castagnino, Rosario, Argentina Republic, August 31–September 10, 1939; Salón Nacional de Bellas Artes, Montevideo, Uruguay, April 1940; Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Rio de Janeiro, June–July 1940.
Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome, Mostra di capolavori della pittura francese dell'ottocento, February–March 1955, no. 8, fig. 86, as L'Estaque, c. 1882-85. Traveled to: Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, Italy, April–May 1955.
Haus der Kunst, Munich, Paul Cézanne, October 12–November 18, 1956, no. 33, lent by Private collection.
Petit Palais, Paris, De Géricault à Matisse: chefs-d'oeuvre français des collections suisses, March–May 1959, no. 19.
Palais de Beaulieu, Lausanne, Switzerland, Chefs-d'œuvre des collections suisses: de Manet à Picasso, May 1–October 25, 1964, no. 90, ill., as La Montagne Marseilleveyre et l'Ile Maire, 1882-1885, lent by Private collection, Lausanne.
Orangerie, Paris, Chefs-d'oeuvre des collections suisses de Manet à Picasso, May 10–October 2, 1967, no. 89, ill. lent by H. R. Stirlin, St-Prex.
National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, Cézanne, March 30–May 19, 1974, no. 21, ill. Traveled to: Municipal Museum, Kyoto, Japan, June 1–July 17, 1974; Cultural Center, Fukuoka, Japan, July 24–August 18, 1974.
Wildenstein Galleries, New York, Treasures from Rochester, April 14–May 28, 1977, ill., p. 63.
Musée Saint-Georges, Liège, Belgium, Cézanne, March 12–May 9, 1982, no. 11, ill. 1882- 85 (1878-79 suggested by Rewald). Traveled to: Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, June 12–August 31, 1982 (exhibition catalogue; preface by Denis Coutagne).
Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, Cézanne, June 12–August 31, 1982, no. 11, ill.
Heckscher Museum, Huntington, New York, Illuminations: images of landscape in France, 1855–1885, March 10–April 29, 1990, no. 19. Traveled to: Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, May 26–July 29, 1990; Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis, Tennessee, September 8–November 10, 1990.
National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Monet to Matisse: Landscape Painting in France, August 11–October 23, 1994.
Grand Palais, Paris, Cézanne, September 26, 1995–January 14, 1996, no. 54, ill. Traveled to: Tate Gallery, London, February 8–April 28, 1996; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, May 26–September 1, 1996.
Munson-Williams-Proctor Art Institute, Utica, New York, Circa 1900: From the Genteel Tradition to the Jazz Age, March 3–April 15, 2001, no. 75, ill., p. 49, as Sea at L'Estaque, dated 1878–82; shown in Utica, Buffalo and Rochester. Traveled to: Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York, May 6–August 19, 2001; Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithica, New York, September 8–November 25, 2001; Albany Institute of History and Art, Albany, New York, December 14, 2001–March 3, 2002; Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York, March 22–May 26, 2002; Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, June 15–September 15, 2002.
Louisiana Museum of Art, Humlebæk, Denmark, Cézanne & Giacometti: Paths of Doubt, February 20–June 29, 2008, no. 10, ill. p. 53, as La Baie de l'Estaque vue de l'est, lent by Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester.
Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, Cézanne: site / non-site, February 4–May 18, 2014, no. 51, ill.
Published References
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 408, ill. vol. II, as La Montagne Marseilleveyre et l'Ile Maire.
Besson, George. Cézanne, 10 Planches en couleurs. Paris: Les Éditions Braune & Cie, 1938(?).
"Une exposition Cézanne au profit de l'oeuvre de l'allaitment maternel." Beaux-arts: Chronique des arts et de la curiosité, no. 322 (March 3, 1939), ill. p. 1, as La Montagne Marseilleveyre.
Portmann, Paul. Paul Cézanne: sechs mehrfarbige Wiedergaben und ein mehrfarbiges Umschlagbild. Zurich: Rascher, 1957, p. 18, ill.
Review of Gallery Notes, ill.
"[Aquisitions des musées du monde entier]." La Chronique des arts: supplément à la Gazette des beaux-arts, no. 1213 (February 1970), p. 86, no. 379, ill., as L'Estaque.
Harris, Nathaniel. The Art of Cézanne. London: Optimum Books, 1982, p. 49, ill. in color.
Lévêque, Jean Jacques. La Vie et l'oeuvre de Paul Cézanne. Courbevoie: ACR, 1988, p. 183, ill. in color.
Lartigue, Charles de. Les paysages de Paul Cézanne. Lyon: Les Créations du Pélican, 1995, p. 84, ill.
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. 394, ill. vol. 2, as La Baie de l'Estaque vue de l'est.
Feilchenfeldt, Walter. "Die Zeichnungen Cézannes: Kleine Formate: Skizzen. Grosse Formate: Aquarelle ohne Farbe." In "By Appointment Only": Schriften zu Kunst und Kunsthandel, Cézanne und Van Gogh. Wädenswil: Nimbus, 2005, p. 221, ill.
Bardazzi, Francesca, ed. Cézanne in Florence: Two Collectors and the 1910 Exhibition of Impressionism. Translated by John Venerella. Milan: Mondadori Electa, 2007. Exhibition catalogue, p. 260, fig. 9, as La Baie de l'Estaque vue de l'est.
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: The Eye and the Mind, 2 vols. Marseille: Editions Crès, 2008, vol. 1, fig. 114; vol. 2, p. 89, as La Baie de l'Estaque vue de l'est.
Chiappini, Rudy. "Quel silenzio, in attesa del tempo della rivelazione." In Cézanne: Les ateliers du midi. Milan: Skira, 2011. Exhibition catalogue, p. 30, fig. 13.
Blanc, Geneviève. L'Estaque, Art et Patrimoine, Chronique d'une double histoire. Gémenos: Groupe Horizon, 2013, p. 183, ill.
Blanc, Geneviève. L'Oeuvre de Cezanne à L'Estaque, Huiles – Aquarelles – Dessins, 1864–1885. Marseille: Éditions Gaussen, 2019, fig. 29 (discussion p. 36), as La Baie de l'Estaque vue de l'est, with a vintage postcard view of the motif.
Blanc, Geneviève. Et si L'Estaque m'était contée? [privately published], 2020, p. 20, ill. with photo of motif.
Notes
See the remarks for La Mer à l'Estaque, 1876 (96).
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Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "La Baie de l'Estaque vue de l'est, c.1876–79 (FWN 97)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=390 (accessed on April 19, 2024).
