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 242
Le Pilon du Roi
1887–88
Alternate titles: Grand Paysage, en largeur; Le Pilon du Roi (vu depuis Lou Deven); Paysage (étude); Paysage - Les roseaux; Paysage provençale
Rewald (605): 1887–88; Venturi revised: 1890–94; Venturi (658): 1890–94
Oil on canvas
32 7/16 x 39 13/16 in. (82.3 x 101 cm)
Vollard A stockbook: no. 3859, huile; paysage; au 1r plan des roseaux genre mais, 81 x 100 cm (200 frs)
Vollard B stockbook: no. 3419, Paysage avec des roseaux au premier plan, 81 x 100 cm (300 frs)
Vollard archives: photo no. 451, Annotated by Cezanne;s son: Jas de Bouffan 1885
Provenance
Exhibition History
Salon d'Automne, Grand Palais, Paris, Salle Cézanne, October 15–November 15, 1904, no number, possibly no. 16 or 25.
Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich, Französische Kunst des XIX. und XX. Jahrhunderts, October 5–November 14, 1917, no. 10, as Grand Paysage, en largeur, lent by A.K[ann].
Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern, Sammlung Oskar Reinhart Bern, December 16, 1939–May 14, 1940, no. 34.
Kunsthaus, Zurich, Sammlung Oskar Reinhart. Alte Meister und Französische Maler des 19. Jahrhunderts, December 1940–March 1941, no. 12.
Kunstmuseum, Winterthur, Switzerland, Die Privatsammlung Oskar Reinhart, August 21, 1955, no. 11, as Le Pilon du Roi.
Published References
Gold, Alfred. "Kunst und Sammler in Dänemark und Skandinavien." Der Cicerone 12, no. 24 (1920), p. 872.
Courthion, Pierre. "L'art français dans les collections privées en Suisse: La collection Oscar Reinhart." l'Amour de l'Art 7, no. 1 (January 1926), ill. p. 14.
Scheffler, Karl. "Die Sammlung Oskar Reinhart in Winterthur." Kunst und Künstler 25, no. 1 (1927), p. 6.
Waldemar-George. "La Collection Oskar Reinhart." Formes: revue internationale des arts plastiques, nos. 26–27 (1932), p. 296, ill. between pp. 296 and 297, as Paysage provençale.
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 658, ill. vol. II, as Le Pilon du Roi.
Koella, Rudolf. Collection Oskar Reinhart. Paris: Bibliothèque des arts, 1975, pp. 256, 323, pl. 121.
Rishel, Joseph J. Cézanne in Philadelphia Collections. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1983. Exhibition catalogue, p. 62, fig. 29a, as Le Pilon du Roi.
"Das Tor zur Moderne. Paul Cézanne in Schweizer Sammlungen." Du 49, no. 9 (September 1989), p. 68, ill.
Asmussen, Marianne. Wilhelm Hansen's Original French Collection at Ordrupgaard. Copenhagen: Munksgaard, 1993, no. 94.
Frehner Matthias and Christina. Zurich: Schweizerisches Institut für Kunstwissenschaft, p. 110, ill.
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: Landscape into Art. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1996, p. 75, fig. 43, with photograph of motif, p. 74, fig. 42, as Le Pilon du Roi.
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. 605, ill. vol. 2 and p. 55, ill. col. vol. 1, as Le Pilon du Roi.
Reinhard-Felice, Mariantonia et al. Sammlung Oskar Reinhart 'Am Römerholz' Winterthur. Basel: Schwabe & Co., AG, 2003, no. 145, pp. 500-502, ill., as Le Pilon du Roi.
Société Paul Cézanne. P. Cézanne: Les sites provençaux. Edited by Pavel Machotka. Marseille: Editions Crès, 2005, p. 73, ill. with photo of motif (c. 1976), p. 72, as Le Pilon du Roi.
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, Pavel. Cézanne: Landscape into Art. Prague: Arbor Vitae, 2014, p. 127, fig. 42b, with color photo of motif, fig. 42a, as Le Pilon du Roi.
Coutagne, Denis. "P. Cézanne, sur la colline de la Constance–Valcros." Aix-en-Provence: SPLA Pays d'Aix Territoires, June 2015, ill. p. 90.
Bonfort, ed., Didier. Dans les pas de P. Cezanne, Valcros - Bellevue - Montbriand. Didier Bonfort, ed.. Aix-en-provence: Sauvegarde des paysages de Cezanne, February 2016, p. 17, ill., as Le Pilon du Roi (vu depuis Lou Deven), with photo of motif inset into painting.
Dauberville, Guy-Patrice, and Floriane Dauberville. Paul Cezanne chez Bernheim-Jeune. Paris: Editions G-P.F. Dauberville & Archives Bernheim-Jeune, 2020, no. 76, ill., as Paysage - Les roseaux.
Dombrowski, André, Nancy Ireson, and Sylvie Patry, eds. Cézanne in the Barnes Foundation. New York: Rizzoli Electa in association with The Barnes Foundation, 2021, p. 126, fig. 3, as Le Pilon du Roi.
Record last updated March 31, 2021. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Le Pilon du Roi, 1887–88 (FWN 242)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=588 (accessed on November 23, 2024).
