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Catalogue entry

FWN 273
La Montagne Sainte-Victoire
c.1890
Alternate titles: Der Mont Sainte-Victoire; La montagna Sainte-Victoire; La montagne Sainte-Victoire; La Montagne Sainte-Victoire au pin parasol (le bassin au dessus de Montbriand); La Montagne Sainte-Victoire au pin parasol (vue du bassin de Montbriand); La Montagne Sainte-Victoire du pin parasol; La Montagne Ste.-Victoire au pin parasol; Mont Sainte-Victoire; Montagne Sainte-Victoire au pin parasol
Rewald (698): c.1890; Venturi revised: c.1890; Venturi (488): 1886–90; Rivière: 1883; Cooper: 1885; Gowing: 1888–89
Oil on canvas
25 5/8 x 37 1/2 in. (65 x 95.2 cm) [this larger size from Orsay website]
Vollard archives: photo no. 551, Annotated by Cezanne's son: 1886

Keywords

Provenance
Auguste Pellerin, Paris;
M. et Mme René Lecomte, Paris;
Private collection;
Musée d'Orsay, Paris
Exhibition History
1910a Paris
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Paul Cézanne, January 10–22, 1910.
1936c Paris
Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris, Cézanne, May 20–October 11, 1936, no. 91, pl. XXVII, as La Montagne Ste.-Victoire au pin parasol, lent by Lecomte.
1937a Paris
Palais National des Arts, Paris, Chefs-d'oeuvres de l'art français [World's Fair], June–October 1937, no. 257, pl. 88, as La Montagne Ste.-Victoire au pin parasol.
1954 Paris
Orangerie, Paris, Hommage à Cézanne, July 2–October 17, 1954, no. 52, pl. XXIII, lent by private collection, Paris.
1974b Paris
Orangerie, Paris, Cézanne dans les musées nationaux, July 19–October 14, 1974, extended until October 28, no. 37, ill. in color, as La montagne Sainte-Victoire.
1982 Aix-en-Provence
Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, Cézanne, June 12–August 31, 1982, no. 20, ill.
1990 Aix-en-Provence
Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, Sainte-Victoire: Cézanne, June 16–September 2, 1990, no. 37, fig. 247.
1995–96 Paris and traveling
Grand Palais, Paris, Cézanne, September 26, 1995–January 14, 1996, no. 95, ill. Traveled to: Tate Gallery, London, February 8–April 28, 1996; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, May 26–September 1, 1996.
2003–04 Treviso
Casa dei Carraresi, Treviso, Italy, L'Oro e l'azzurro: I colori del Sud da Cézanne a Bonnard, October 10, 2003–March 7, 2004, no. 90, ill., as La montagna Sainte-Victoire, 1887-1890.
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. 33, ill., p. 175, 191 (detail), as La Montagne Sainte-Victoire. 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. 70, fig. 10, p. 67 (dated c. 1885–90). Traveled to: Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, June 9–September 17, 2006.
2007–08 Vienna
Belvedere, Vienna, Wien–Paris: Van Gogh, Cézanne und Österreichs Moderne, 1880–1960, October 3, 2007–January 13, 2008, ill., p. 285, as La Montagne Sainte-Victoire.
2009–10 Canberra
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia, Masterpieces from Paris: Van Gogh, Gauguin, Cézanne & beyond, Post-impressionism from the Musée d'Orsay, December 4, 2009–April 5, 2010, no. 34, ill., as La Montagne Sainte-Victoire.
2010b Tokyo
National Art Center, Tokyo, Post-impressionnisme: 115 chefs-d’œuvre de la collection du Musée d’Orsay, May 26–August 16, 2010, no. 35, ill., as La Montagne Sainte-Victoire.
2010–11 San Francisco
de Young Museum, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco, Van Gogh, Gauguin, Cézanne, and Beyond: Post-Impressionist Masterpieces from the Musée d'Orsay, September 2010–January 2011, no. 21, ill., as La Montagne Sainte-Victoire.
2011 Rovereto
Museo di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto, Rovereto, Italy, La rivoluzione dello sguardo: impressionismo e postimpressionismo dal Musée d'Orsay, March 19–July 24, 2011, no. 73, ill., as La Montagne Sainte-Victoire.
2014 Seoul
National Museum of Korea, Seoul, South Korea, Au-delà de l'impressionnisme: la naissance de l'art moderne, May 5–July 31, 2014, no. 45, ill., as La Montagne Sainte-Victoire.
2014–15 Essen and traveling
Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany, Monet, Gauguin, Van Gogh... Inspiration Japan, September 27, 2014–January 18, 2015, no. 7, ill., p. 179, as Der Mont Sainte-Victoire, shown in Essen only. Traveled to: Kunsthaus, Zurich, February 20–May 10, 2015.
2020 Paris
Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris, Cezanne et les Maîtres, rêve d'Italie, February 27–July 5, 2020, no. 29, ill. lent by Musée d'Orsay, Paris.
2022–23 Chicago and traveling
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Cezanne, May 15–September 5, 2022, no. 113, ill. Traveled to: Tate Moderrn, London, October 6, 2022–March 12, 2023.
Published References
Klingsor 1923
Klingsor, Tristan L. Cézanne. Paris: Rieder, 1923, pl. 29.
Rivière 1923
Rivière, Georges. Le Maître Paul Cézanne. Paris: Librairie Floury, 1923, p. 211, listed.
Faure 1923a
Faure, Élie. P. Cézanne. Paris, 1923, pl. 51, as La Montagne Sainte-Victoire.
Kardas 1934
Kardas. "Chez Paul Cézanne à Aix." L'Art vivant (Paris), no. 180 (January 1934), ill. p. [10].
Faure 1936
Faure, Élie. Cézanne. Paris: Editions Braun, 1936, pl. 37.
Laprade 1936
Laprade, Jacques de. "L'exposition Cézanne à l'Orangerie." Beaux-arts: Chronique des arts et de la curiosité, no. 177 (May 22, 1936), ill. p. 2, as Montagne Sainte-Victoire au pin parasol.
Huyghe 1936b
Huyghe, René. "Cézanne et son oeuvre." L'Amour de l'art 17, no. 5 (May 1936), fig. 67 p. 180, as La Montagne Sainte-Victoire, c. 1887.
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 488, ill. vol. II, as La Montagne Sainte-Victoire.
Huyghe 1936d
Huyghe, René. Cézanne. Paris: Plon, Éditions d'Art et d'Histoire, 1936, pl. 35.
Huisman 1937
Huisman, Georges. Histoire-guide de la peinture française. Paris: Denoel, 1937, p. 38.
Huisman 1937a
Huisman, Georges (introduction). "La rétrospective d'art français." L'Amour de l'art 18, no. 5 (May 1937), fig. 92, p. 38, as La Montagne Sainte-Victoire du pin parasol.
Bazin 1938
Bazin, Germain. "Cézanne et la Montagne Sainte-Victoire." L'Amour de l'art 19, no. 10 (December 1938), ill. p. 378.
Novotny 1938
Novotny, Fritz. Cézanne und das Ende der wissenschaftlichen Perspektive. Vienna: Anton Schroll, 1938, fig. 43.
Barnes and de Mazia 1939
Barnes, Albert C., and Violette de Mazia. The Art of Cézanne. New York: Harcourt Brace, 1939, no. 124, p. 273, ill. (analysis p. 363).
Clogenson 1946
Clogenson, Y.E. Alphonse Daudet: Peintre de la vie de son temps. Paris: J.B. Janin, 1946, p. 195, ill.
Cheney 1947
Cheney, Sheldon. The Story of Modern Art. New York: Viking Press, 1947, p. 229, ill.
Dorival 1948
Dorival, Bernard. Cézanne. Paris: Pierre Tisné, 1948, pl. 91, listed pp. 159-160.
Reff 1960d
Reff, Theodore. "Reproductions and Books in Cézanne's Studio." Gazette des beaux-arts, vol. 56, periode 6 (November 1960), fig. 2 p. 306.
Gazette des beaux-arts 1971
"[Aquisitions des musées du monde entier]." La Chronique des arts: supplément à la Gazette des beaux-arts, no. 1225 (February 1971), p. 19, no. 81, ill., as La Montagne Sainte-Victoire, 1887-1890.
Crespelle 1979
Crespelle, Jean-Paul. "Cézanne's Magic Mountain." Réalités (November–December 1979), p. 59, ill. (detail).
Barskaya 1983a
Barskaya, Anna and Evgenia Georgievskaia. Paul Cézanne: Bilder aus Museen der Sowjetunion. Leningrad: Aurora Art Publishers, 1983, ill. p. 134.
Coutagne et al. 1996
Coutagne, Denis, et al. Les Sites Cézanniens du Pays d'Aix: Hommage à John Rewald. Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux, 1996, p. 160.
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. 698, ill. vol. 2, as La Montagne Sainte-Victoire.
Smith 1998
Smith, Paul. "Joachim Gasquet, Virgil and Cézanne's Landscape: My Beloved Golden Age." Apollo (London) 148, no. 439 (October 1998), fig. 6, as La Montagne Sainte-Victoire, c. 1890 (?)
Tanaka 2001
Tanaka, Hidemichi. "Cézanne and 'Japonisme.'" Artibus et Historiae 22, no. 44 (2001), p. 216, fig. 21, as Mont Sainte-Victoire.
Dittmann 2005
Dittmann, Lorenz. Die Kunst Cézannes: Farbe, Rythmus, Symbolik. Cologne: Böhlau, 2005, p. 115, ill. in b/w.
Smith 2006
Smith, Paul. "Cézanne's Late Landscapes, or the Prospect of Death." In Cézanne in Provence. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art; New Haven: Yale University Press, 2006. Exhibition catalogue, p. 67, fig. 10, as La Montagne Sainte-Victoire.
Novotny 2011
Novotny, Fritz. Paul Cézanne: Gesammelte Schriften zu seinem Werk und Materialien aus dem Nachlaß. Introduction by Gabriel Ramin Schor (editor), Agnes Blaha (assistance). Vienna: Klever, 2011, fig. 43.
Chédeville 2014c
Chédeville, François. "Le Viaduc dans la plaine de l'Arc II." Société Paul Cézanne (October 12, 2014), fig. 19.
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. 60.
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. 28, ill., as La Montagne Sainte-Victoire au pin parasol (vue du bassin de Montbriand), with details of painting superimposed over a photo of the motif.
La Montagne Sainte-Victoire, c.1890 (FWN 273). Photo montage of motif
Photo montage of motif
Photo: Didier Bonfort
Record last updated May 12, 2023. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "La Montagne Sainte-Victoire, c.1890 (FWN 273)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=676 (accessed on March 29, 2024).