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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 156
Le Viaduc à l'Estaque
1882
Alternate titles: Berglandschaft; Felsige Landschaft; Felslandschaft; Paysage; Paysage rocheux; The Estaque Viaduct; The viaduct at L'Estaque; Viaduct at L'Estaque
Rewald (441): 1882; Venturi revised: 1883–85; Cézanne fils: L'Estaque, 1871; Venturi (401): 1882–85; Cooper: between May 1883 and January 1884; Gowing: possibly 1882 (also: late 1881–early 1882 or mid–1883)
Oil on canvas
18 5/16 x 21 5/8 in. (46.5 x 55 cm)
Vollard A stockbook: no. 3486, huile; rochers gris; arbres verts petite maison rougeâtre, 46 x 55 cm (100 frs)
Vollard B stockbook: no. 3518, Paysage. Montagnes, 46 x 55 cm (200 frs)
Vollard archives: photo no. 44, Annotated by Cezanne's son: L'Estaque 1871
Provenance
Ambroise Vollard, Paris
Paul Cassirer, Berlin (Mar. 31, 1913)
Oskar Schmitz, Dresden (on temporary deposit at the Kunsthalle Basel)
Edward Molyneux, Paris
Wildenstein Galleries, Paris, London, and New York
Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College, Oberlin (1950)
Exhibition History
1913b Berlin
Berlin, XXVI. Ausstellung der Berliner Secession, Spring 1913, no. 30, as Felslandschaft, lent by Cassirer.1932a Zurich
Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich, Sammlung Oscar Schmitz: Französische Malerei des XIX. Jahrhunderts, January 14–February 14, 1932, no. 29, as Paysage rocheux.1932b Zürich
Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich, Sammlung Oscar Schmitz, Dresden-Zürich; Französische Impressionisten aus verschiedenem Besitz, January 14–February 14, 1932, no. 41, as Paysage rocheux.1933 Zurich
Kunsthaus, Zurich, Französische Maler des XIX. Jahrhunderts, May 14–August 6, 1933, no. 78, as Felsige Landschaft, 1865/70, [lent by Schmitz].1936c New York
Wildenstein Galleries, New York, The Oscar Schmitz Collection, 1936, no. 12, ill.1936a Paris
Wildenstein Galleries, Paris, La Collection Oskar Schmitz, 1936, no. 12, ill.1939b New York
New York World's Fair, French Pavilion, New York, Five Centuries of History Mirrored in Five Centuries of French Art, 1939, no. 369, pl. LXVII, lent by E. Molyneux, Paris.1939b Paris
Société des artistes indépendants, Grand Palais, Paris, 50e exposition - Centenaire du peintre indépendant Paul Cézanne, March 17–April 10, 1939, no. 24, as Paysage, tentative identification, lent by Kunsthalle Basel.1947b New York
Wildenstein Galleries, New York, Cézanne, March 27–April 26, 1947, no. 21, ill. lent by Wildenstein.1948b New York
Wildenstein Galleries, New York, Six Masters of Post-Impressionism, April 8–May 8, 1948, no. 4, pl. 4, as Le Viaduc à l'Estaque, lent by Wildenstein.1952 Chicago and traveling
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Cézanne: Paintings, Watercolors & Drawings, A Loan Exhibition, February 7–March 16, 1952, no. 56, ill. lent by Oberlin. Traveled to: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, April 1–May 16, 1952.1954a New York
Knoedler Galleries, New York, Paintings and Drawings from Five Centuries, 1954, no. 61, ill.1954 Fort Worth
Art Center, Fort Worth, Texas, Inaugural Exhibition, October 8–31, 1954, no. 8, ill.1956 The Hague
Haags Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, the Netherlands, Paul Cézanne, June 1–August 1, 1956, no. 25, ill.1956 Aix-en-Provence
Pavillon de Vendôme, Aix-en-Provence, France, Exposition pour commémorer le cinquantenaire de la mort de Cézanne, July 21–August 15, 1956, no. 25, ill. lent by Allen Memorial.1956 Zurich
Kunsthaus, Zurich, Paul Cézanne, August 22–October 7, 1956, no. 43, pl. 15.1956 Munich
Haus der Kunst, Munich, Paul Cézanne, October 12–November 18, 1956, no. 31, ill. lent by Allen Memorial.1956–57 Cologne
Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, (Kunsthaus Lempertz), Cologne, Cézanne, Ausstellung zum Gedenken an sein 50. Todesjahr, December 1956–January 1957, no. 16, ill. lent by Allen Memorial.1957 Milwaukee
Milwaukee Art Institute, Milwaukee, Inaugural Exhibition, September 12–October 20, 1957, no. 66.1959e New York
Wildenstein Galleries, New York, Loan Exhibition: Cézanne, November 5–December 5, 1959, no. 22, ill. lent by Oberlin.1960 Berkeley
Galleries of the Art Department, University of California, Berkeley, California, Art from Ingres to Pollock: Painting and Sculpture since Neoclassicism, March 6–April 3, 1960, no. 22.1961 Vienna
Österreichische Galerie, Belvedere, Vienna, Paul Cézanne, April 14–June 18, 1961, no. 20, pl. 12.1961 Aix-en-Provence
Pavillon de Vendôme, Aix-en-Provence, France, Exposition Cézanne: Tableaux, Aquarelles, Dessins, July 1–August 15, 1961, no. 9, pl. 7.1966 Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Treasures from the Allen Memorial Art Museum, July 21–September 11, 1966.1987 Milan
Palazzo Reale, Milan, Da Raffaello a Goyada…van Gogh a Picasso, 1987, ill., pp. 186–89.2005–06 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. 30, ill., p. 173, as Le Viaduc à l'Estaque. 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. 46, ill. Traveled to: Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, June 9–September 17, 2006.2020 Princeton and traveling
Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, New Jersey, Cézanne, The Rock and Quarry Paintings, March 7–June 14, 2020, no. 5, ill., as Viaduct at L'Estaque, dated c. 1882, catalogue notes by Annemarie Iker. Traveled to: Royal Academy, London, July 12–October 18, 2020 (N.B. This venue was cancelled due to 2020 coronavirus).Published References
Glaser 1913
Glaser, Curt. "Die XXVI. Ausstellung der Berliner Secession." Die Kunst für Alle 28, no. 20 (July 15, 1913), ill. p. 472, as Felslandschaft.Denis 1914
Denis, Maurice. "Cézanne: I [and] II." Kunst und Künstler 12, no. 4 and no. 5 (1914), ill. p. 215.Dormoy 1926c
Dormoy, Marie. "La collection Schmitz à Dresde." L'Amour de l'art 7, no. 10 (October 1926), p. 341, as Paysage.Pfister 1927
Pfister, Kurt. Cézanne: Gestalt, Werk, Mythos. Potsdam: Gustav Kiepenheuer Verlag, 1927, fig. 64, as Berglandschaft.Waldmann 1930a
Waldmann, Emil. "La Collection Schmitz: L'art français." Documents 6 (1930), p. 320.Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 401, ill. vol. II, as Le Viaduc à l'Estaque.Venturi 1939
Venturi, Lionello. Archives de l'impressionnisme. 2 vols. Paris and New York: Durand-Ruel, 1939.Cogniat 1939a
Cogniat, Raymond. Cézanne. Paris: Pierre Tisné, 1939, pl. 52.Johnson 1949
Johnson, Ellen. "The Viaduct of L'Estaque of Paul Cézanne." Bulletin of the Allen Memorial Art Museum 7, no. 1 (Fall 1949), pp. 4–12, ill.Johnson 1963b
Johnson, Ellen. "The Viaduct at L'Estaque: A Footnote." Bulletin of the Allen Memorial Art Museum 21, no. 1 (Fall 1963), pp. 24–28, ill. with Renoir's painting and photographs of the approximate motifs of both landscapes.Stechow 1967
Stechow, Wolfgang. European and American Paintings and Sculpture in the Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College. Oberlin. Oberlin: Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College, 1967, pp. 30-31, fig. 107.Brion 1971
Brion, Marcel. Cézanne. Milan: Fratelli Fabbri, 1971, ill. p. 77.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. 441, ill. vol. 2, as Le Viaduc à l'Estaque.Riley 2006
Riley, Bridget. "Cézanne in Provence." The Burlington Magazine 148, no. 1242 (September 2006), p. 623, fig. 48, as The viaduct at L'Estaque.Blanc 2013
Blanc, Geneviève. L'Estaque, Art et Patrimoine, Chronique d'une double histoire. Gémenos: Groupe Horizon, 2013, p. 173, ill.Machotka 2014
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: Landscape into Art. Prague: Arbor Vitae, 2014, p. 93, fig. 27a, with color photo of approximate site, fig. 27a, as Le Viaduc à l'Estaque.Blanc 2019
Blanc, Geneviève. L'Oeuvre de Cezanne à L'Estaque, Huiles – Aquarelles – Dessins, 1864–1885. Marseille: Éditions Gaussen, 2019, fig. 90 (discussion pp. 80–83), as Le Viaduc à l'Estaque.Blanc 2020
Blanc, Geneviève. Et si L'Estaque m'était contée? [privately published], 2020, p. 68, ill.Jarrige and Touzet 2022
Jarrige, François and Jean-Remy Touzet. "Adieu la mythologie! Le chemin de fer dans le paysage: Sous le roc lui-même." In Le voyage en train. Nantes; Gent: Musée d'arts; Editions Snoeck, 2022. Exhibition catalogue, p. 44, fig. 8 p. 47, as Le Viaduc à l'Estaque, c. 1879-1882.
Auguste Renoir, Crags at L'Estaque, 1882. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Site identified by Pavel Machotka, Xavier Prati and Benedicte Sire.
Photo: Pavel Machotka, 2004; © Courtesy Pavel Machotka Archive
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Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Le Viaduc à l'Estaque, 1882 (FWN 156)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=432 (accessed on May 3, 2024).
