PAUL CEZANNE (1839-1906)

Lot 57
19.11.2024 00:00UTC +00:00
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ID 1336254
Lot 57 | PAUL CEZANNE (1839-1906)
Estimate value
$ 5 000 000 – 10 000 000
PAUL CEZANNE (1839-1906)
Melun vu depuis Le Mée-sur-Seine
oil on canvas
23 ¾ x 29 in. (60.3 x 73.7 cm.)
Painted in 1879-1880




Provenance

Julien-François (Père) Tanguy, Paris.
Andries Bonger, Amsterdam (acquired from the above, 1894, until at least 1913).
Paul Rosenberg, Paris.
Georges Renand, Paris (by 1931, until at least 1939).
Francis Zatzenstein-Matthiesen, London.
M. Knoedler & Co., Inc. and Jean Pierre Durand, New York (jointly acquired from the above, July 1949).
Edith and William Goetz, Los Angeles (acquired from the above, December 1949, until at least 1970).
Ishizuka Research Institute, Tokyo; sale, Sotheby Parke Bernet Inc., New York, 2 May 1974, lot 213.
Acquired at the above sale by the family of the present owner.



Literature

K. Scheffler, "Die Jüngsten" in Kunst und Künstler, vol. 11, no. 8, 1913, p. 396 (illustrated; titled Landschaft).
R. Bouyer, "Les Expositions" in Le bulletin de l'art ancien et moderne: Supplément hebdomadaire de la Revue de l'art ancien et moderne, Paris, February 1932 (illustrated, p. 59; dated 1882 and titled Environs de Pontoise).
G. Besson, "Paul Cezanne" in Estampes, August 1936, p. 6, no. 4 (illustrated, fig. 12).
J. de Laprade, "L'exposition Cezanne à l'Orangerie" in Beaux-arts: Chronique des arts et de la curiosité, no. 177, 22 May 1936, p. 9 (illustrated; titled Vue présumé de Melun).
L. Venturi, Cezanne: Son Art, son œuvre, Paris, 1936, vol. I, pp. 131-132, no. 307 (illustrated, vol. II, p. 130, pl. 83; dated 1879-1882 and titled Un village).
F. Novotny, Cezanne, Vienna, 1937, no. 307 (illustrated, pl. 30; titled Landscape in Northern France).
A.C. Barnes and V. de Mazia, The Art of Cezanne, New York, 1939, p. 196, no. 77 (illustrated; titled Ile-de-France).
R. Cogniat, Cezanne, Paris, 1939 (illustrated in color, pl. 57; dated 1882 and titled Environs de Pontoise).
E. Jaloux, "Cezanne" in Marianne: Grand hebdomadaire politique et littéraire illustré, vol. 7, no. 331, 22 February 1939, pp. 12-13, no. 6 (illustrated; dated 1882 and titled Un village).
P. Auzas, Peintures de Cezanne, Paris, 1947 (illustrated in color, pl. IX; dated 1879-1882 and titled Cergy, vue de Ham).
B. Dorival, Cezanne, Paris, 1948, p. 153 (illustrated in color, pl. 60; dated 1879-1882 and titled Un Village (Cergy, près Pontoise)).
F. Novotny, Cezanne, London, 1948 (illustrated, pl. 26; titled Paysage d'Ile-de-France).
I. Dunlop and S. Orienti, The Complete Paintings of Cezanne, New York, 1972, pp. 100-101, no. 319 (illustrated, p. 101; dated 1879-1882 and titled Provençal Village).
J. Rewald, The Paintings of Paul Cezanne: A Catalogue Raisonné, New York, 1996, vol. I, p. 275, no. 414 (illustrated, vol. II; titled Petite Ville de l'Ile de France).
F. Leeman, Odilon Redon and Emile Bernard: Masterpieces from the Andries Bonger Collection, exh. cat., Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, 2009, p. 117, no. 75 (illustrated, p. 117; illustrated in situ in Andries Bonger's home, 1904, p. 96, fig. 96).
D. Coutagne, ed., P. Cezanne: A Paris et en Ile-de-France, Marseille, 2011, p. 85, no. FN 27.
B. Schaefer, ed., "Sonderbundausstellung 1912-Rekonstruktion" in 1912, Mission Moderne: Die Jahrhundertschau des Sonderbundes, exh. cat., Wallraf-Richartz-Museum & Fondation Corboud, Cologne, 2012, p. 554, no. 127 (illustrated in color).
B. Echte and W. Feilchenfeldt, eds., Kunstsalon Paul Cassirer: Die Ausstellungen 1912-1914, Wädenswil, 2016, vol. 6, pp. 504-505 and 791 (illustrated in color, p. 504; titled Blick auf eine Stadt (Landschaft aus der Ile-de-France)).
N. Athanassoglou-Kallmyer, "Cezanne Nostalgique: Nostalgia, Memory, Illusion" in Nineteenth-Century Art Worldwide, vol. 22, no. 2, fall 2023 (illustrated, fig. 11).
M. Rikhof, "Symbolist, Post-Impressionist, Cubist, Traditionalist: The Reception of Paul Cezanne in the Netherlands, 1890-1930" in Van Gogh, Cezanne, Le Fauconnier & the Bergen School, exh. cat., Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, 2023, pp. 55-56 (illustrated in color, p. 56, fig. 39).
Société Paul Cezanne, The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné, www.cezannecatalogue.com, no. 144 (accessed 19 October 2024; illustrated in color).



Exhibited

Cologne, Städtische Ausstellungshalle, Internationale Kunstausstellung des Sonderbundes Westdeutscher Kunstfreunde und Künstler, May-September 1912, no. 127 (titled Ansicht von Pontoise).
(probably) Berlin, Paul Cassirer, XV. Jahrgang, 1912-1913, Erste Ausstellung, October-December 1912, no. 26 (titled Blick auf die Stadt).
Munich, Moderne Galerie, December 1912, no. 2 (titled Stadtansicht).
Berlin, Paul Cassirer, Degas/Cezanne: XVI. Jahrgang, 1913-14, Zweite Ausstellung, November-December 1913, no. 32 (titled Blick auf eine Stadt).
Paris, Paul Rosenberg, Exposition d’œuvres importantes de grands maîtres du dix-neuvième siècle, May-June 1931, p. 2, no. 4 (illustrated; dated 1882 and titled Environs de Pontoise).
Paris, Musée de l'Orangerie, Cezanne, May-October 1936, p. 82, no. 48 (titled Paysage d'Ile-de-France).
Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Honderd Jaar Fransche Kunst, July-September 1938, p. 38, no. 19 (illustrated; dated 1879-1882 and titled Vue de village, probablement Cergy près de Pontoise, vue de Ham).
Paris, Paul Rosenberg, Exposition Cezanne: Organisée à l'occasion de son centenaire, February-April 1939, p. 20, no. 6 (illustrated, p. 21; dated 1882 and titled Un village).
Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Tenth Anniversary Exhibition, August 1951.
The Art Institute of Chicago and New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Cezanne: Paintings, Watercolors & Drawings, A Loan Exhibition, February-May 1952, no. 31 (dated 1879-1882 and titled The Village).
San Francisco, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, The Collection of Mr. & Mrs. William Goetz, April-May 1959, no. 11 (illustrated; dated 1879-1882 and titled Paysage d'Ile de France).
New York, Wildenstein & Co. Inc., Loan Exhibition: Cezanne, November-December 1959, no. 16 (illustrated; dated 1879-1882 and titled Un Village).
Los Angeles, Otis Art Institute, Hollywood Collects, April-May 1970 (illustrated; dated 1879-1882 and titled Landscape, Ile de France).
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