The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne
An Online Catalogue Raisonné under the Direction of Société Paul Cezanne
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FWN 46
Paysage
c.1867
Alternate titles: L'Estaque; Paysage (L'Estaque); Paysage (l'Estaque?); Paysage, L'Estaque
Rewald (130): c.1867; Venturi revised: 1867–69; Venturi (44): 1867–69
Oil on canvas
13 x 18 1/8 in. (33 x 46 cm)
Provenance
Private collection;
Published References
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 44, ill. vol. II, as Paysage.
Adhémar, Jean. "Le cabinet de travail de Zola." Gazette des beaux-arts, vol. 56, periode 6 (November 1960), p. 294, no. 124bis.
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. 130, ill. vol. 2, as Paysage (l'Estaque?).
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: The Eye and the Mind, 2 vols. Marseille: Editions Crès, 2008, vol. 1, fig. 39; vol. 2, p. 49, as Paysage.
Blanc, Geneviève. L'Oeuvre de Cezanne à L'Estaque, Huiles – Aquarelles – Dessins, 1864–1885. Marseille: Éditions Gaussen, 2019, fig. 149 (discussion p. 123; the subject is not l'Estaque in the author's view), as Paysage, L'Estaque.
Dauberville, Guy-Patrice, and Floriane Dauberville. Paul Cezanne chez Bernheim-Jeune. Paris: Editions G-P.F. Dauberville & Archives Bernheim-Jeune, 2020, no. 129, ill., as Paysage (L'Estaque).
Notes
Venturi thought this might be the Chappe telegraph tower on the summit of Montmartre, which Pissarro painted in 1863 (cf. Pissarro-Snollaerts, vol. II, p. 76, no. 67). The telegraph was destroyed by fire in 1844; the tower survived until 1866. One can find old postcard views of the tower and panoramas of the butte, but the identification of the painting with Montmartre is not convincing. If the tower is indeed represented here, then the painting would require a date no later than 1866.
Blanc (2019, p. 123) does not believe that the painting was neither executed in L'Estaque nor Montmartre.
Postcard view of the telegraph tower on Montmartre before it was destroyed by fire.
Record last updated October 13, 2025. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Paysage, c.1867 (FWN 46)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=5 (accessed on October 14, 2025).
