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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 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
Ambroise Vollard, Paris
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris (March 14, 1911)
Alphonse Kann, Saint-Germain-en-Laye (March 24, 1911)
Wilhelm Hansen, Ordrupgaard (Copenhagen) (1918)
Oskar Reinhart, Winterthur (1923);
Sammlung Oskar Reinhart, "Am Römerholz", Winterthur
Exhibition History
1904b Paris
Salon d'Automne, Grand Palais, Paris, Salle Cézanne, October 15–November 15, 1904, no number, possibly no. 16 or 25.1917 Zurich
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].1939–40 Bern
Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern, Sammlung Oskar Reinhart Bern, December 16, 1939–May 14, 1940, no. 34.1940–41 Zurich
Kunsthaus, Zurich, Sammlung Oskar Reinhart. Alte Meister und Französische Maler des 19. Jahrhunderts, December 1940–March 1941, no. 12.1955a Winterthur
Kunstmuseum, Winterthur, Switzerland, Die Privatsammlung Oskar Reinhart, August 21, 1955, no. 11, as Le Pilon du Roi.Published References
Vollard 1914
Vollard, Ambroise. Paul Cézanne. Paris: Vollard, 1914, pl. 44.Gold 1920
Gold, Alfred. "Kunst und Sammler in Dänemark und Skandinavien." Der Cicerone 12, no. 24 (1920), p. 872.Courthion 1926a
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 1927c
Scheffler, Karl. "Die Sammlung Oskar Reinhart in Winterthur." Kunst und Künstler 25, no. 1 (1927), p. 6.Waldemar-George 1932
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.Iavorskaia 1935b
Iavorskaia, Nina. Paul Cézanne. Milan: Hoepli, 1935, pl. XX.Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 658, ill. vol. II, as Le Pilon du Roi.Koella 1975
Koella, Rudolf. Collection Oskar Reinhart. Paris: Bibliothèque des arts, 1975, pp. 256, 323, pl. 121.Rishel 1983
Rishel, Joseph J. Cézanne in Philadelphia Collections. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1983. Exhibition catalogue, p. 62, fig. 29a, as Le Pilon du Roi.Du 1989
"Das Tor zur Moderne. Paul Cézanne in Schweizer Sammlungen." Du 49, no. 9 (September 1989), p. 68, ill.Asmussen 1993
Asmussen, Marianne. Wilhelm Hansen's Original French Connection at Ordrupgaard. Copenhagen: Munksgaard, 1993, no. 94.Frehner 1993
Frehner Matthias and Christina. Zurich: Schweizerisches Institut für Kunstwissenschaft, p. 110, ill.Machotka 1996
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 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. 605, ill. vol. 2 and p. 55, ill. col. vol. 1, as Le Pilon du Roi.Reinhard-Felice et al. 2003
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 2005
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 2005e
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 2014
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 2015
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 2016
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 2020
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, Ireson and Patry 2021
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.
Site identified by Pavel Machotka.
Photo: Pavel Machotka, 1976; © Courtesy Pavel Machotka Archive
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 April 24, 2024).
